Documentation provided by The Necesssary Stage
Dates: October 29 – November 9, 2008 (Singapore), December 4 – 7, 2008 (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
Venue: The Necessary Stage Black Box / KLPAC
Type of Production: Theatre Production
Country of Production: Singapore
Presented by The Necessary Stage
Director: Alvin Tan
Playwright: Haresh Sharma
Multimedia Artist: Loo Zihan
Cast: Aidli “Alin” Mosbit, Najib Soiman and Siti Khalijah
Kartini and Juliana are not your typical mother-daughter pair – one loud and overbearing, the other straitlaced and on the threshold of entering politics. Together, they are Gemuk Girls and proud of it.
One day, they receive shocking news about Kartini’s father who had been arrested and detained in the 1960s. Suddenly the floodgates of the family’s emotional past are thrown open. Can a family survive as they struggle to reconcile the past with the present? Will Kartini and Juliana continue to be Gemuk Girls?
Gemuk Girls is a bold and often darkly humorous look at family politics and the politics of the day.
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