Singapore
Apropos the role of theater in public consciousness, this blogger covers the production of Ibsen's Public Enemy [that we saw last spring] praises the intention and framing [if not all the acting] and pushes the point that moral courage is everyone's responsibility. The energy behind the Wild RIce production, Ivan Heng,is the gay actor/producer who returned to Singapore a few years ago to stage more edgy works. In this production, the issue of water quality in a 'spa town' [Singapore] prompts whistleblowing and coverups, family friction, angst, political repression.
Apropos the role of theater in public consciousness, this blogger covers the production of Ibsen's Public Enemy [that we saw last spring] praises the intention and framing [if not all the acting] and pushes the point that moral courage is everyone's responsibility. The energy behind the Wild RIce production, Ivan Heng,is the gay actor/producer who returned to Singapore a few years ago to stage more edgy works. In this production, the issue of water quality in a 'spa town' [Singapore] prompts whistleblowing and coverups, family friction, angst, political repression.
If you want, see this blog. For more reviews, google Wild Rice Public Enemy.
http://blogcritics.org/theatre-review-singapore-public-enemy-wild-rices-adaptation-of-ibsens-an-enemy-of-the-people/