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As the Singapore Bicentennial is celebrated, six people form a group called Raffles Must Fall to examine our country's colonial legacy. Scenes from the past are re-enacted to better understand the nightmare of subjugation... and the dream of self determination.
Drawing upon a wealth of historical documentation, including speeches, newspaper articles and songs, the play confronts us with questions about how colonial structures still shape the society we live in today. Why celebrate the beginning of colonialism rather than its end? Has Singapore gained independence without truly undergoing a process of decolonisation? And if Raffles must fall, what will he take down with him?
