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From August 2024, all NUS undergraduates have the option of taking a second major or minor in performing arts.

From August 2024, all NUS undergraduates have the option of taking a second major or minor in performing arts.

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Clarissa Oon

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Half of the play was in a language I do not speak and referenced a faith that was not my own. But by the end of Teater Ekamatra’s Potong, I was in tears, and, from the sniffling around me, I was not alone.

Without giving away too much,

this witty yet incredibly bittersweet play

unravels the sense of loss that a degenerative illness brings to a family, as well as gender and faith issues in a Muslim context. 

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