Tan Tarn How’s Undercover is a farce about the Internal Security Department of “an imaginary country”. The play revolves around the Head of the department, his Deputy, and their first ever female recruit – a good-looking intelligence officer called Dolly Parton Ong who is promptly renamed “Jane” in a bid to appear plainer. Jane is tasked to infiltrate a charitable organisation called The Centre which is suspected of subversive activities. The focus of her covert mission is the