Series of seemingly unconnected events appear to converge onto Singapore's first expressway. The birth of a baby in a taxi, a suicide and an intended play. Are they related?

Writer: Chong Tze Chien
Director: Jonathan Lim

(Source: T:>Works Archive)

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Pan Island Expressway (1999)

T:>Works (TheatreWorks)

Staged: 5 May 1999

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Chong Tze Chien

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Jonathan Lim

Director

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Pan Island Expressway (2001), Review

Big Brother is Watching Every symbol of national pride so familiar to us was subverted by clever wordplay and skillful plot maneuvers - our vulnerable national mythologies left exposed as these signifiers were metamorphosised beyond recognition. And you thought those National Education lessons taught you everything you needed to know about our motherland. With razor sharp wit and an almost painful sense of irony, PAN ISLAND EXPRESSWAY (PIE) ripped apart the illusions our young nation has built

Daniel Teo

Reviewed: 3 April 2001

PIE TO SPOILT: A Collection of Plays

Chong Tze Chien exploded into the Singapore theatre scene in 1998 when his PIE won the Singapore Dramatist Award. Now a fulltime playwright with The Necessary Stage, Chong continues to impress audiences with his power over theatrical forms. PIE TO SPOILT, Chong's outstanding maiden collection, is an anthology of four highly innovative plays, exceptional in their structure and design. With characters often hovering on the verge, on the margins of society; with unusual settings rang

Chong Tze Chien

Published: 2002

Pan Island Expressway (2001)

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