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Theatre review: Wild Rice’s Tartuffe challenges society’s love of charming conmen

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Wild Rice's Tartuffe: The Imposter, nominated for five The Straits Times Life Theatre Awards in 2023, is being restaged with Benjamin Chow (left) and Ivan Heng leading the ensemble.

Wild Rice's Tartuffe: The Imposter, nominated for five The Straits Times Life Theatre Awards in 2023, is being restaged with Benjamin Chow (left) and Ivan Heng leading the ensemble.

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Tartuffe: The Imposter
Wild Rice
Ngee Ann Kongsi Theatre, Funan
April 6, 7.30pm

Everyone, at some point, secretly wants a Tartuffe in their life – a charming imposter to peddle certainties at a time where there is none. Yet it is easier to spot this love of swindlers in others, and almost impossible to recognise one’s desire for such a man.

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