Centred around social and familial issues, NEW LIGHT / NEW WORKS will feature a dramatised reading of Reply When You Can, a project by Farhanah Diyanah, one of our writers-in-residence at the Jalan Besar Writing Residency.
In early 2020, FD facilitated drama workshops and wrote scripts for Youth Stories, a collective made up of social workers and youths from financially-challenged families between the ages of 10 to 16 years old. Through this involvement, she gathered their personal stories and together with four other playwrights – Adib Kosnan, Nabilah Said, Nessa Anwar and Raimi Safari – they have written 8 to 10-minute plays that are inspired by the stories.
The plays will be read by theatre practitioners Daya AJ, Izzathy Halil, Kaykay Nizam, Rizman Putra, Rusydina Afiqah, Shida Mahadi, Siti Khalijah Zainal, Siti Zuraida and Suhaili Safari, with Stage Manager Rashid Shiddiq, and will be performed in English and Malay with English surtitles. This project is powered by National Youth Council, Young ChangeMakers and is supported by Beyond Social Services and Kampong Kapor Family Service Centre.
Playwrights: Farhanah Diyanah, Adib Kosnan, Nabilah Said, Nessa Anwar, Raimi Safari
Cast:
Daya AJ
Izzathy Halil
Kaykay Nizam
Rizman Putra
Rusydina Afiqah
Shida Mahadi
Siti Khalijah Zainal
Siti Zuraida
Suhaili Safari
Stage Manager: Rashid Shiddiq
(Source: Sing Lit Station Website)