Open Roads: The Woman in A Tree on A Hill

The Woman in A Tree on A Hill
By Ovidia Yu
Saturday 25 June 2011, 2-5pm
The Substation Classroom 1
Admission: $10 available from the box office
Contact Mish’aal 6337 7800 / registration@substation.org
This is an InHouse event

The Substation and the online arts journal, The Flying Inkpot Theatre and Dance, present the second season of Open Roads: Stage Talk. This reading club is a monthly platform for members of the public to come together and have a conversation about local plays. In 2010, Open Roads focussed on canonical local texts, but included this year, are new plays by Singaporean playwrights premiering in 2011.

Sessions will be facilitated by Matthew Lyon and Kenneth Kwok, editors of The Flying Inkpot Theatre and Dance. Refreshments will be provided. Copies of the script will be sent out to participants via email one-to-two weeks before the session for their pre-reading to facilitate discussion.

About The Woman in A Tree on A Hill

By weaving the tales of the Biblical Noah, Nu Wa, the Chinese Goddess of Creation and Marriage, and Singapore heartlanders, Nora and Norman, The Woman in A Tree on a Hill explores love, oppression, violence and freedom in ways that explode the myths and archetypes surrounding men and women.This classic text of Singapore literature was first staged by TheatreWorks in 1993. This session of Open Roads will include a live dramatised reading of excerpts from the play.

About Ovidia Yu

Ovidia Yu is an award-winning novelist, short-story writer and playwright. She has written over 20 plays including the acclaimed The Woman in a Tree on a Hill which won the Scotsman Fringe First Award when it was staged at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 1993. Her other plays include Three Fat Virgins Unassembled, Viva Viagra and The Silence of the Kittens.