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Theatre review: Brown Boys Don’t Tell Jokes offers detailed characterisation and serious themes

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Five longtime friends, played by (seated from left) Adib Kosnan, Gosteloa Spancer, Shahid Nasheer, (standing from left) Krish Natarajan and Ebi Shankara, meet, squabble and get drunk in Myle Yan Tay's Brown Boys Don't Tell Jokes.

Five long-time friends meet, squabble and get drunk in Myle Yan Tay's Brown Boys Don't Tell Jokes.

PHOTO: JOSEPH NAIR

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Drama Centre Black Box
Thursday, 8pm 

This is not a comedy, although it has some laugh-out-loud funny moments. The humour plays second fiddle to some very serious themes and intense character-building in playwright Myle Yan Tay’s impressive debut script.

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