Please join us on the 26th of September for a play reading of SIN, by Trisa Triandesa. Sin is a stage adaptation of a Nuril Basri's novel, Not a Virgin, and offers insight into the LGBTQ community in Indonesia, demonstrating the conflict between traditional religious teaching and western permissiveness played out among the younger generation.
Sin is part of New Indonesian Plays, seven contemporary plays by established and emerging playwrights in Indonesia published by Aurora Metro books. It is the first collection of Indonesian plays to be published in the UK. It covers topics such as social justice, the aftermath of political clampdown and LGBTQ issues.
Please arrive from 6.30pm. The reading will begin at 7pm and lasts for 45 minutes, after which there will be opportunity to ask Trisa questions, and browse our selection of queer literature.
Tickets are free.
About the performers:
Trisa Triandesa (he/him) is an Indonesian actor/writer based in London. He acted on stage and TV and was involved in the first LGBT-themed web series in Indonesia — soon banned by the government — CONQ. He also starred in several films, including the award-winning and critically-acclaimed movie Selamat Pagi, Malam (In the Absence of the Sun) by one of Indonesia’s most exciting young directors, Lucky Kuswandi. He adapted Anton Chekhov - On the Harmful Effects of Tobacco (Apes) and translated Anton Chekhov - Three Sisters into Indonesian (Tiga Saudari).
Troy Cabida (he/him) is a Filipino poet based in south-west London. His recent poems appear in fourteen poems, bath magg, and 100 Queer Poems by Pan MacMillan. His debut pamphlet, War Dove, was published by Bad Betty Press in May 2020. Troy is currently undertaking a BA in Psychosocial Studies at Birkbeck, University of London and works as a Library Assistant for the National Poetry Library, Southbank Centre.
Marty Quell (he/him): “I trained as a theatre actor back in my home, Ireland and has been on this ongoing journey from Dublin to London. I like to write and create art. I love seeing the unorthodox sides of the world.”