Making a Scene

Gender is a double-edged sword for female artists—while female-centric stories can illuminate marginalised perspectives, there runs a risk of being pigeonholed into fixed narratives and stereotypes. How does this affect female artists and storytellers, what more when race comes into the picture? Ahead of International Women’s Day, listen to four South Asian female artists discuss the nuances of addressing gender, class and ethnicity in their storytelling. Poet Pooja Nansi is joined by bestselling author Balli Kaur Jaswal (Sugarbread, Inheritance) and storytelling duo Bindhumalini and Pallavi MD, creators of the music and literary performance The Threshold.

In this episode, we take a look at the different ways history is made on stage with Sharon Au, Nelson Chia and Goh Boon Teck, ahead of Toy Factory's production 7 Sages of the Bamboo Grove at Huayi – Chinese Festival of Arts 2020. Hosted by journalist Hong Xinyi.