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Haresh Sharma restages play on life, death, land and family after 29 years

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First staged in 1994, Cultural Medallion recipient Haresh Sharma's Three Years In The Life And Death Of Land will play the Esplanade's Singtel Waterfront Theatre fro August 5 to 13.

Cultural Medallion recipient Haresh Sharma's Three Years In The Life And Death Of Land will play at the Esplanade's Singtel Waterfront Theatre from Aug 5 to 13.

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SINGAPORE – Performed once in 1994 at the Singapore Arts Festival and not since, Haresh Sharma’s Three Years In The Life And Death Of Land will make a comeback almost three decades later with updates and renovations.

“I was a bit surprised that some of the stories actually resonated,” says the 58-year-old Cultural Medallion recipient, although he has tightened the play and freshened up its references to make it “seem like it is just written today”.

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