Singapore Arts Festival 2011: The 1955 Baling Talks May 18, 2011

Re-live the heated debates and shrewd political maneuverings of Malayan Chief Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman, Chief Minister of Singapore David Marshall and Chin Peng of the Communist Party of Malaya in The 1955 Baling Talks. Experience the clash of wills and impassioned debate on issues that still resonate within and between Singapore & Malaysia today, bluntly expressed by leaders at the highest political level.

Four sessions, each with a different set of reader-performers from both sides of the Causeway, including theatre & performance practitioners, politicians, civil society leaders, the legal fraternity, and journalists, will read the complete transcripts of the talks. Previous stagings of this piece have been celebrated for making history compelling to even blasé youth audiences, so expect a riveting and enlightening experience. Go on a journey back in time, to the two days that changed the course of history: The 1955 Baling Talks.

Tickets on sale at SISTIC.