Inch Chua and Benjamin Kheng star in Pangdemonium’s Chekhov adaptation Force Majeure

SINGAPORE – Russian playwright Anton Chekhov’s drama of unhappy families and secret affairs Three Sisters (1901) has been transplanted from its Russian setting to other conflict-ridden milieux – from 1990s Belfast during the Irish Troubles to Nigeria, when Biafra attempted to secede in 1967.

Now, South-east Asia gets its own version, but without the military overtones.