Arts Picks: Goddesses of Words, Gretel And Hansel, Arus Balik at NTU CCA

(Clockwise from top) Performance art by Singaporean artist ila, Gretel And Hansel by the Singapore Repertory Theatre's The Little Company and Goddesses of Words by theatre-maker Grace Kalaiselvi. PHOTOS: ILA, SRT'S THE LITTLE COMPANY, CHONG JUN LIANG
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This work, created by theatre-maker Grace Kalaiselvi with performers Rebekah Sangeetha Dorai, Pramila Krishnasamy and Mumtaz Maricar, uses the poems of famous Indian writer Sarojini Naidu as a backdrop for harrowing true tales of sexual assault, most of whichwere never reported here.

The play is the first in a six-part series that highlights the writing of Indian women in English.

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