afiqah's thoughts on HUNGRY

List down all the issues that it deals with.

hungry is a play that deals with the very interesting and always thought about, death and the reasons to life. as the title suggests, hungry, all the characters are hungry for something after they have meet their untimely demise.
so, in a nutshell, these are some of the main issues
1) what is there after life?
2) the meaning to life
3) the reasons for dying, suicide
4) the arts scene in Singapore
5) love
6) identity of a person


What is the MAIN issue for your character?

well, my character is guak, and the main issue for her is her need to understand that life is worth living, she does not realise this because she is so clouded with her over-ambitious desire to be a successful artist and only after death, does she realise that life ia ctually worth living after all. she realises this profoundly and is willing to risk it all to live again. in the play also, the issue of Singaporean artists is placed in question, as the struggling artist, Guak has not made it and this mirrors the situation in Singapore. she is hungry for life.

How can you link all the other characters to that key issue for your character?

i guess that what Guak wants is also similar to what the others want, to a certain extent. the need to have freedom and the want to live. eveyone of the characters want a second chance at life, but guak just shows it more.

What is the UNIFYING theme that stood out to you?

the unifying theme that spoke to me was the realisation that life is actually worth living,
because
1) guak and the other characters wants to move on.
2) sarah is looking for answers to the meaning of life.
3) death is not the end of one's journey.

Afiqah