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This controversial one-woman play was first presented in Singapore on 24 December 1998, and twice in February 1999, performed by the depicted character herself. An unforgettable interpretation of one woman’s experience of domestic violence, desolation and divorce has shocked some in the Singapore literary and Indian Muslim circles. The president of the theatre group, Agni Kootthu (Theatre of Fire) was arrested for her persistent attempt to perform the play in English and Malay in October 2000. The play was banned in Oct 2000. Bilingual in English and Tamil. With support from the National Arts Council Publishing and Translation Grant.

Two plays by the provocative Singapore playwright Elangovan: “Flush,” a monologue was performed at LASALLE-SIA College of the Arts in the 1st International Festival of Monologues in 2001, and “Oxygen” at The Substation in the same year. Both plays launch their ideas from settings in contemporary Singapore and both have given rise to shock, controversy and some admiration. The book received the Singapore Internationale Award 2002 from the Singapore International Foundation.

Four outspoken short plays penned by controversial Singapore writer Elangovan, whose satire and black humor is likely to leave the audience shaken but perhaps ready for some rethinking about today’s lifestyles.