In the Living Room: Fundamentally Happy was presented on 5 April 2017 in front of a live audience.
The Necessary Stage’s researcher Shawn Chua is joined by Nelson Chia, the director and translator of the 2017 production, Aidli ‘Alin’ Mosbit, who played the character Habiba in the first staging, and theatre researcher Wong Chee Meng. The four discuss the creative processes behind the development of the original play and its Mandarin translation, as well as language and its culture and politics.
You can watch the 90-minute recording of the Living Room session below:
