International Herald Tribune, 24 Aug 2008
SINGAPORE: A comedy pokes fun at the military. A drama depicts a local stripper from the 1950s. A satire portrays an ethnic Malay Muslim general who becomes a dictator.
The biennial Singapore Theatre Festival, which wraps up Sunday, showcased how artists here are taking advantage of relaxed government censorship to explore once taboo subjects — even, to some degree, the highly charged issues of race, religion and politics.
"There's a huge difference in what's allowed now compared to five years ago," said Gaurav Kripalani, who has helped stage "Rent," "Death of a Salesman" and "Avenue Q" as artistic director of the Singapore Repertory Theatre.
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