Theatre review: The Paiseh Pieces is a songbook for the misfits of adulting

(From left) Gail Belmonte, Nadya Zaheer and Kevin Brendan play three young adults who trash out their woes. PHOTO: POH YU KHING
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The Second Breakfast Company
Project Studio, Wisma Geylang Serai 
Wednesday, 8pm

The word “adulting” captures the awkwardness of graduating into the mid-20s – one is not quite yet a grown-up, but is on the way to becoming one. Or worse, adulting can feel like being an imposter or, as the first musical number in The Paiseh Pieces puts it, it could feel like Another Day Of Pretending To Be Adults. 

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