GOOD DAUGHTER
written by Mira Mustafa

Directed by Reza Zainal Abidin

Performed by Intan Shafinas, Farah Ashikin, Corrinn Adri, and Christine Wee

4 - 7 April 2001
8.30 pm
8 April 2001
3.00 pm

Who owns the rights to the love you leave behind? How do you leave your memories to your loved ones? How do you make sure what memories go to whom? How do you provide for your loved ones the love you leave behind in your last will and testament?

Good Daughter is a play that examines familial and generational relationships, highlighted in the tension between two sisters of differing dispositions as they battle to reclaim the memories of their dead mother from their adopted grandmother.

We see the three women attempting to come to terms with their problems and dissatisfactions, which, although not discussed openly, are felt deeply as they are more similar than they imagine.

Reza Zainal Abidin, the Director, has been involved in the Malaysian theatre scene since 1991. Besides acting, he has tried his hand as a make-up artist, dresser, front-of-house manager or just being Mr. Sibuk-around-the-scene.

As a natural progression (or unnatural), he has been seen on TV doing the odd appearances on local sitcoms until landing himself a regular role on Terserah Anda. When he is more focused, he finds time to lecture Cultural Studies and Marketing in the local colleges. This is his first attempt at directing.

Cast

Corinne Adri's first acting role was in Teck Tan's film Spinning Gasing as the second leading actress. Since then this model-turned-actress has guest-appeared in TV2 sitcom Buddies for 2 episodes (first season) and played a supporting role in the Primadonna telemovie for Singapore's Suria Channel. She is currently appearing in Wowboarding, a Singaporean sitcom on TCS5.

Farah Ashikin Ibrahim has appeared in a number of theatre productions such as A Flight Delayed (Dramalab) which played at the Singapore Festival of Arts 2000, as well as Nenek Tompok Hitam, Fatihah, Surau and Amir Muhammad's movie Lips to Lips.

Intan Shafinas's second play after I Remember The Rest House last year, where she played Syed Alwi's wife. She studied in Universiti Putra Malaysia where she took the TESL and minored in English Literature. She is currently working as the Marketing Executive at the Systematic corporate office. She loves music, plays the piano and a bit of violin (Indian classical style). She is also taking Odissi classes at the Temple of Fine Arts.

Christine Wee has portrayed different roles in dramas during English lessons at school. As a teacher, she has choreographed and directed sketches and dances for a number of school concerts. Good Daughter marks her theatre debut.

Production / Creative Team

Artistic Directors Krishen Jit & Joe Hasham

Producer Marion D'Cruz

Production Managers Simon Yap & Teoh Ming-Jin

Stage Managers Fred Lim How Ngean

Graphic Design 3nity

Publicity Mark Teh

Photography Pang Khee Teik