Merely Playing: Historical Threesomes

Hey all, check out The Nut Graph for the latest article in my column Merely Playing. It's more Malaysia-centric this time around as it deals with the idea of juxtaposing three historical figures in a scene together. As part of a playwriting exercise, we came up with an unlikely scenario: what if Malaysian politician Anwar Ibrahim, infamous 1960s exotic dancer (read: stripper) Rose Chan and Argentinian revolutionary Che Guevara were in a room together? What would they say, or do, or think, or feel?

The [script] reading itself was a precursor to the more fascinating aspect of the evening: an interactive playwriting session, in which we imagined three historical persons, living or dead, in an encounter with one another. What would they say to each other, and how would their different beliefs, ideals and experiences colour their meeting? More importantly, who would we, as Malaysians, pick to be part of this scenario? What were the stories and issues we wanted to explore through these people, using what we knew of their voice, their personalities?

Who would your three choices of famous persons in an unlikely encounter be? Read the full article here!