Ovidia Yu: Eight Plays
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Look inside the bookĀ Ā |Ā Ā Get the E-bookĀ
Fall in love with Singaporeās most prominent feminist playwright. Ovidia Yu dissects all things femaleāfrom breasts to virginity, motherhood to lesbian loveāand lays them bare in this omnibus collection of her finest works.
It containsĀ award-winning works such asĀ The Woman in a Tree on the Hill, the only Singapore play to win the Edinburgh Fringe First award;Ā Hitting (On Women), as well as the comedyĀ Three Fat VirginsĀ and sociopolitical dramaĀ Silence of the Kittens. This book is the third in our playwright omnibus series. -
On The Woman in a Tree on the Hill
āThis productionās strength isā¦in the details. Touching and very brilliant.ā
āJeremy Samuel, The Flying InkpotOn Three Fat Virgins
āOvidia Yuās light and witty comedy is (juxtaposed with) dark undercurrents of frustration, claustrophobia and hopelessnessā¦ā
āKenneth Kwok, The Flying InkpotOn Hitting (On) Women
āā¦a well-crafted play that gives an intimate examination of the knotted, entangled lives of two women.ā
āThe Business Times -
Ovidia Yu has written over thirty plays including The Woman in a Tree on the Hill, the only Singapore play to win an Edinburgh Fringe First. In her writing, she uses humour and storytelling to address the changing roles and identities of Singaporeans, on the principle that without entertainment there can be no engagement. Ovidia Yu received the National Arts Council Young Artist AwardĀ (Drama and Fiction), the Singapore Youth Award (Arts and Culture), and the Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry Singapore Foundation Award for outstanding contribution to the development of arts.
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- Description
- Praise
- About the Playwright
-
Look inside the bookĀ Ā |Ā Ā Get the E-bookĀ
Fall in love with Singaporeās most prominent feminist playwright. Ovidia Yu dissects all things femaleāfrom breasts to virginity, motherhood to lesbian loveāand lays them bare in this omnibus collection of her finest works.
It containsĀ award-winning works such asĀ The Woman in a Tree on the Hill, the only Singapore play to win the Edinburgh Fringe First award;Ā Hitting (On Women), as well as the comedyĀ Three Fat VirginsĀ and sociopolitical dramaĀ Silence of the Kittens. This book is the third in our playwright omnibus series. -
On The Woman in a Tree on the Hill
āThis productionās strength isā¦in the details. Touching and very brilliant.ā
āJeremy Samuel, The Flying InkpotOn Three Fat Virgins
āOvidia Yuās light and witty comedy is (juxtaposed with) dark undercurrents of frustration, claustrophobia and hopelessnessā¦ā
āKenneth Kwok, The Flying InkpotOn Hitting (On) Women
āā¦a well-crafted play that gives an intimate examination of the knotted, entangled lives of two women.ā
āThe Business Times -
Ovidia Yu has written over thirty plays including The Woman in a Tree on the Hill, the only Singapore play to win an Edinburgh Fringe First. In her writing, she uses humour and storytelling to address the changing roles and identities of Singaporeans, on the principle that without entertainment there can be no engagement. Ovidia Yu received the National Arts Council Young Artist AwardĀ (Drama and Fiction), the Singapore Youth Award (Arts and Culture), and the Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry Singapore Foundation Award for outstanding contribution to the development of arts.
