‘The Swordfish, Then The Concubine’ returns to question the power of oaths


If oaths from the past serve as the rule of law today, and these laws are passed down from generation to generation, are we able to adjust and change them?

That is a thought-provoking question. It is one that Chinese-language theatre director Loh Kok Man is examining in his remount of playwright/author Kee Thuan Chye's local theatre piece The Swordfish, Then The Concubine (Swordfish).

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