Mari Kita Main Wayang (1994)

21 August 1994 – 27 August 1994 @ Jubilee Hall, Raffles Hotel

Synopsis

'MARI KITA MAIN WAYANG' (LET'S STAGE A PLAY) is a play within a play. Performed in Peranakan patois, it pokes fun, in good taste at a group of Babas who try to put up a play; entitled, "ENAM BINI" (SIX WIVES), this story is about an imaginary Baba King who keeps one concubine after another as he longs to get a son. Although the sixth concubine finally delivers a male child, surprises are in store for the king, the queen, as well as the concubine.

Cast:
Mabel Lee
Winston Tan
Cynthia Lee
Mary Ann Lau
Tony Quek
Adeline Tan
Lee Yong Ming
Rosalind Yapp
Margaret Lau-De Silva

Directors: Alvin Tan, Andrew Koh
Playwright: Felix Chia

Set Designer: Sebastian Zeng

Production Manger: Clarisse Ng
Front of House: Freddie Low
Photography: Wee Khim

(Source: Synopsis from The Necessary Stage Brochure and Credits from The Necessary Stage Programme)

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Mari Kita Main Wayang (1994), Programme
Programme for Mari Kita Main Wayang (1994). 
The Necessary Stage
Recorded: 21 August 1994
Mari Kita Main Wayang (1994), Brochure
Brochure for Mari Kita Main Wayang (1994). 
The Necessary Stage
Recorded: 21 August 1994