In the play, her mother falls in love with a Christian man, Robert, and she tells Nadirah she’s going to remarry, in a civil marriage.
Nadirah is joined by her all-loving, free-thinking best friend, Maznah, and her senior, Farouk, from the Muslim society, on a journey traversing through intersections of love, religion and ethnic tensions.
This play transcends many borders and iterations. Initially written in 2009 by Alfian, and first performed in Kuala Lumpur in 2012, this particular showing is a recording of a performance in Tokyo, Japan back in 2016 directed by Jo Kukathas, and starring a critically acclaimed cast of Sharifah Amani (Nadirah), Neo Swee Lin (Sahirah), Patrick Teoh (Robert), Iedil Dzuhrie Alaudin (Farouk) and Farah Rani (Maznah).
“Mummy and Nadirah is family” – Nadirah