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About Polygamy

P O L Y G AM Y, The Tale of the Three

Polygamy transports the audience into the lives of Meena and Sufi who are both married to the same man and are living under one roof. The play explores patriarchy, religion and identity of the marginalised sex in an Indian society. You will be in stitches as the women fight, you will cry as they plead, you will think when you leave as to why women need men as part of their identity. Polygamy is set in Southeast Asia and tells the story of two women, one Hindu and one Muslim who are married to the same man who has since converted to a Muslim. He abides by his religion and treats both his wives equally and yet in that equality, there is partiality. Polygamy explores why these women choose to remain as his wife, why they fight and yet protect each other, why the society accepts the acts of men and yet shuns the same notion if it came from women, it explores the need to be married, the need to have children, the need to be modern and yet convincingly traditional.

Written & directed by Dr Puva Arumugam, inspired by Singapore Playwright Alfian Saat’s Madu Dua.

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