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‘Instant classic’ Hotel by Wild Rice traces Singapore over 100 years in 5 hours

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Interview with Wild Rice's Ivan Heng (R), Alfian Saat and TV actress Oon Shu An on their upcoming play, Hotel.

(From left) Actress Oon Shu An, playwright Alfian Sa'at and co-director Ivan Heng are part of the upcoming Wild Rice play Hotel.

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SINGAPORE – The five-hour-long “instant classic” that is Wild Rice’s grand chamber play Hotel has a surprisingly nondescript origin story.

Having forgotten his passport in his hotel room, Wild Rice’s founding artistic director Ivan Heng returned to it only to find that all traces of his stay had been wiped away.

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