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Blood Binds

 

Dates: - Bond-Age & Just Late: Thur 21 Aug 8pm, Fri 22 Aug 8pm, Sat 23 Aug 3pm 2008
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Sperm & The Lunar Interviews: Sat 23 Aug 8pm, Sun 24 Aug 3pm & 8pm 2008

Venue: Drama Centre Black Box

Produced by: Magdalena (Singapore) and The Substation as part of W!ld Rice's OCBC Singapore Theatre Festival 2008

Tickets: $35 from SISTIC. Call 63485555 or visit http://www.sistic.com.sg. Discounts available for early birds, students, package bookings and senior citizens.

What does it mean to be related by blood?  Is blood really thicker than water? What are the ties that bind? Funny, moving and close to the heart of every parent and child, Blood Binds challenges and explodes easy assumptions about parenthood through the lenses of age, desire and myth.

Blood Binds comprises 4 recent plays by seasoned Singaporean women playwrights:

* Bond-age by Ng Swee San

Feisty and fiercely independent May is forced by circumstances to depend on mousey Agnes to rescue her. Their little escapade forces them to confront their feelings of guilt and resentment towards their families, and to come to terms with aging and their evolving roles as mothers.

* Just Late by Dora Tan

More than just a comedy about how an old blind man ends up celebrating his 70th birthday with robbers, Just Late is about the realities of aging. It’s about regret, tenuous family connections and the loss of control in one’s life.

* Sperm by Tan Suet Lee 

Margaret, 43, single and successful wants a baby. Taking matters into her own hands she places an advert. Rose, her mother, can't understand why she can't do it the old fashioned way or why she would need a syringe. Fabian, strong and good-looking, responds. Can he give Margaret what she wants?

* The Lunar Interviews  by Verena Tay

Through seven monologues, The Lunar Interviews interweaves real life vignettes and moon goddess myths—Chang Er, Diana, Hina—exploring the themes of creation, nurturing, writing, men-women relationships, solitude, loneliness, exile and the Moon. Provocative and captivating, The Lunar Interviews humanises the mythic and brings the mythic into everyday reality.

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Reflections on Magdalena Sin Fronteras II (8–18 Jan 2008)

During the recent Magdalena festival in Cuba, Elizabeth de Roza presented a work demonstration, participated in a forum and conducted a workshop. Click here to read her reflections upon Magdalena Sin Fronteras II.

Play Pen

Monthly Meetings: Last Friday of every month, 7.30 pm

Venue: The Substation

Since the beginning of 2007, Magdalena (Singapore) started a writing support group, called Play Pen, for its members. As of January 2008, there were 6 registered members in Play Pen. Currently, we are developing some plays scheduled for presentation during the middle of 2008.