Best of Us

...deeply watchable and tosses up a great deal of food for thought – from funny to bitingly incisive observations on how the Malay community is perceived, to tender recollection of various religious traditions and the constant struggle to cope with loss.

—Corrie Tan, The Straits Times Life (2013), on Best Of

In 2013, Siti Khalijah Zainal brought The Necessary Stage's Best Of to life, playing the role of a young Malay Muslim woman going through divorce. Through a glimpse into a day in her life, she shares intimately about prejudice, family, dreams and the kindness of strangers.

Three years later, we presented the husband’s perspective in Best Of (His Story) , where he brings the audience on a journey through his past, his hopes, his beliefs—and what ‘home’ means.

In Best Of Us , playwright and director Haresh Sharma revisits these plays, and for the first time, creates a narrative combining both husband and wife’s accounts. What happens when the estranged couple reunite at the Syariah court? Where do they go from here? How would it change your view when you see both sides of the story? Siti Khalijah Zainal reprises her role as the divorced wife, with Fir Rahman as the husband.

These two award-winning and celebrated actors will face off in this brand-new iteration of two seminal plays by The Necessary Stage about a marriage that breaks apart—and the ties that bind and sustain us.

Production Credits

Playwright and Director – Haresh Sharma

Performers – Fir Rahman and Siti Khalijah Zainal

Set Designer – Yvan Karlsson

Lighting Designer – Elizabeth Mak

Production Manager – Celestine Wong

Stage Manager – Georgia Sim

Captioner – Natalie Linn Titus

Project Manager – Natasha Fathin

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