“Miss British”: Embodying the Post-Colonial Complaint
about 61 months ago (04/18/2019)
"Miss British": Embodying the Post-Colonial Complaint | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles Photo courtesy of Esplanade - Theatres on the Bay April 18, 2019 By Aparna Nambiar (1440 words, six-minute read) “How has colonialism affected you?” This question flashes upon the giant screens that span the studio walls of The Esplanade Theatre Studio. Miss British , directed by Felipe Cervera and devised by The Art of Strangers staged between April 4th and 7th 2019, offers this answer: colonial attitudes make us both victims and perpetrators of prejudice. This is a significant claim given Singapore’s particular manifestation of hierarchical multiculturalism, with its distinct, racial overtones.