Mari Kita Main Wayang

Felix Chia was brought up in a traditional Baba household. After a career in journalism, he turned to books, producing social history (The Babas, Ala Sayang!), memoirs (Reminiscences) and short stories (The Lady in Red and Her Companions). He was commissioned by the Singapore Festival of Arts to write Pileh Menantu, a play in Baba patois, in 1984. He followed this with another popular play, Laki Tua Bini Muda.

Zulfadli Rashid is a playwright known for his thought-provoking and powerful works that explore the complexities of the human experience. His works tackle a wide spectrum of topics, from personal struggles to societal issues, marked by their emotional intensity and unflinching honesty. Written in the Malay and English languages, his body of work continues to grow and evolve.

More recently, Zulfadli has adapted and transcreated numerous plays that have been performed in Singapore and beyond.

In addition to his work as a playwright, Zulfadli is also a dedicated educator and mentor, working with young minds to help them develop their craft and find their own creative voices.

Alvin Tan has directed three Peranakan works for the theatre: Mari Kita Main Wayang (August 1994), Bedrooms (Dec 2009) and The Matriarchs (Nov 2021). He is the Founder and Artistic Director of The Necessary Stage (TNS) and a leading proponent of devising theatre in Singapore, having directed over 80 plays. He was the Co-Artistic Director of the M1 Singapore Fringe Festival from 2005 to 2015, and then the Artistic Director from 2021 to 2022. Alvin has been awarded a Fulbright Scholarship, the Young Artist Award (1998) and the Cultural Medallion (2014). In 2010, Alvin was conferred the Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres by the French Ministry of Culture. The following year, he was awarded Best Director at The Straits Times Life Theatre Awards for Model Citizens by The Necessary Stage. He was also the Artistic Director of Peer Pleasure, an annual youth theatre festival by ArtsWok Collaborative (2015–2017).