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Sifa 2022: Teater Ekamatra remakes Shakespeare with song and dance
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Bangsawan Gemala Malam is the troupe's remaking of Shakespeare's comic masterpiece, A Midsummer Night's Dream.
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Bangsawan Gemala Malam
Teater Ekamatra
Singapore International Festival of Arts
Victoria Theatre, Thursday (June 2), 8pm
The traditional Malay operatic theatre form of bangsawan may not, at first blush, seem a natural pairing for William Shakespeare. But this cross-cultural marriage works in Teater Ekamatra's oddball matchmaking scheme.
