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

