By Merlynn Tong. Sydney Theatre Company. Wharf 1 Theatre. September 13 – October 13, 2024
Merlynn Tong’s play opens a fascinating window on the underbelly of Singapore’s glossy high capitalism with cultural traditions buried by the social imperative to get rich.
Tong and Charles Wu play estranged siblings standing in an apartment cleared out after the suicide of their mother. With their father long dead, the innocent 14-year-old Girl and the Boy, 21 and proudly in a criminal drug gang, face being orphans and, worse in Singapore, being poor.