Papua New Guinea: Nora Brash, OBE, was a highly skilled writer.  We secured the permission from the playwright’s family to include Which Way, Big Man? This comedy is about the transition to independence and makes fun of PNG’s new bureaucrats. 

Jamaica: In Stafford Ashani’s  Masqueraders villagers present a play-within-a-play and discover the power of their imaginations as the music plays and the people chant. Masqueraders was the first play to be written, directed and produced by a Rastafarian in a formal theatre, in Jamaica.

 South Africa:  By Pieter-Dirk Uys, South Africa’s Barry Humphries, Nelson’s Warden is comic monologue where Nelson Mandela’s friendly prison guard is amused by the busloads of tourists coming to see Mandela’s prison cell. Nelson Mandela was a fan of Pieter-Dirk Uys. 

 India: Anuvab Pal’s Chaos Theory is short comedy about an Indian Professor of English literature arguing with an Indian Professor of Indian literature. It’s Shakespeare vs Rabindranath Tagore. Pal’s play got seriously good reviews in the US and India.

 South Africa: Ismail Mohamed’s Cheaper than Roses is a heartfelt monologue spoken by a young woman who ‘passes’ as White, and for good reason. This short poignant play is heart-felt realism.

 Indonesia: Agnes Christina’s Mango Citizenship is a hard-hitting satirical fable where one type of mango vies for recognition as a true mango. It’s definitely comedy-with-bite.

Ukraine: Temporarily Displaced Person is Kateryna Penkova’s short play describing the difficult task of finding accommodation for people who have lost their homes in the current war. This play is only a few minutes long but powerfully demonstrates the resilience of the Ukrainians.

Japan: Kobo Abe’s  Suitcase, is a short surrealist play about the powers of ancestors. Kobo is best known for his iconic film Woman in the Dunes.

Singapore: Faith Ng’s Whale Fall is delightfully quirky. Two students attempt to develop a play without a script. Faith’s rich characterisations give a sensitive portrayal of Singapore life.

Iraq: Hassan Abdulrazzak’s Apples tells of a tale of a young man in an Apple store wishing he could afford a phone. It would spoil the plot to say more! Hassan’s plays have received rave reviews in both New York and London.