Introduction

Ripe with attitude, Goh Boon Teck's delirious imagination has descended on one of literary history's most perfect stories ever written, To Kill A Mockingbird.  This stylized and unconventional adaptation features a strong multi-racial cast of veterans and promising actors from both television and theatre. Aggressively modern and assertively trendy, audiences will be treated to a visual pastiche inspired by the coexistence of good and evil, and the simplicity of light and dark. While taking artistic liberties in its staging, the issues of class, courage, compassion and prejudice, explored in the book remain fundamental.  To Kill A Mockingbird will intoxicate with its gritty and intense look at human behavior, gone wrong.

Based on Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel published in 1960, this adaptation for stage is by Christopher Sergel.

To Kill a Mockingbird fearlessly illustrates the themes of racial injustice and the destruction of innocence. With its lessons on tolerance and to decry prejudice, this provoking play remains committed to explore the moral nature of human beings and the coexistence of good and evil.

The story teller: A young and feisty tomboy.

The place: A sleepy and tired old town.

The time: The early 20th century or any time when we slipped our conscience.

The issue: A black man is accused of raping a white woman.

The protagonist: An idealistic lawyer gets to defend the black man.

The problem: His defense is far from easy, because few people in this town believe in the guiltlessness of an accused black.

"To Kill a Mockingbird is a gift to the entire world. As a model of good writing and humane sensibility, this book will be read and studied forever."

President George W. Bush

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