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Trojan Women will be staged as part of the Singapore International Festival of Arts 2017.

Trojan Women, conceived and directed by Singaporean theatre maker Ong Keng Sen, received rave reviews in The New York Times and The Guardian.

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SINGAPORE – Three Singaporean-led theatre shows played in Edinburgh in August to strong reception.

T:>Works founding artistic director Ong Keng Sen’s epic Korean opera Trojan Women wowed critics at the Edinburgh International Festival’s main stage from Aug 9 to 11. At its Festival Fringe, theatre group Gangguan! staged

playwright Edward Eng’s two-hander, Do Rhinos Feel Their Horns?,

while London-based Singaporeans Faizal Abdullah and Khai Ramli presented a lecture-performance,

Siapa Yang Bawa Melayu Aku Pergi?, or Who Took My Malay Away?.

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