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ASIAN PIRATE MUSICAL

The year is 2049: A lone pirate sails the Straits of Melaka under a red sky, alone… until a storm throws seafarers from across time and space onto the same ship.

The five form an unlikely crew: 14th century Muslim diplomat and navigator Zheng He, 19th century pirate queen Sek Yeong, 23rd century space revolutionaries Keliling and Riang, and 21st century climate survivor Nazar, desperate to get off a dying Earth. Together, they delve into what it means to be free, to resist and to grieve, and to stand in solidarity in the face of our future.

APM is created by a collective of six: Zhui Ning Chang, Frey Kwa Hawking, Jade Leamcharaskul, Sarita Lewis, Nemo Martin, and XANA, alongside many others who have contributed their time and talents to bringing this story to life. Faced with limited East Asian and Southeast Asian stories onstage, we created a musical that brought together our love for pirate adventure, time travel science fiction, and the mysteries of the deep ocean, starring a queer and Asian cast. It is our response to the geopolitical horrors and the climate crisis that permeate our lives today, a story in which we rehearse the hope, kindness, and queer joy we wish to bring into the world we live in.

For more information please see: https://asianpiratemusical.wordpress.com

zaazaa
When suicidal teenager Taro travels to America to meet their Hannibal-loving internet friend, what they don’t expect is to return home with their all-consuming anger legitimised and vented. Amidst working out their stranger-danger internet friend anxieties, Taro and Lector confront abandoned campsites, run-down murder motels, Japanese internment and Death Valley under the stars. 

Nemo is developing zaazaa as part of New Earth’s Professional Writer’s Programme 2020. This play was workshopped at the National Theatre Studios (dir. Andrea Ling).

A short excerpt was performed as part of New Earth Theatre’s New Work festival, which you can watch here:

TYPE SPECIMEN – short extract presented at Queer Upstairs – Royal Court

Type Specimen (dir. Myah Jeffers). Newt and Farah are presented with a challenge for their next heist: how far can they exploit the cracks of a 19th century cis, white English naturalist before things go wrong?

The Royal Court Theatre and The Queer House announce Queer Upstairs

[The Cobbled Streets of Geneva]
Produced by Ellandar Productions & 45 North

A queer British-Muslim romantic comedy. Adham is a silent and brooding middle-aged tragedy, standing outside a Mosque in North London. Waiting. It’s raining. Tea, an umbrella, and friendship arrive. Winner of VAULT 2020 Origins Award for Outstanding New Work.

Thankless Invisibility – Creating Apart
Produced by Exit Pursued by Panda

Dear Tomorrow – Hope From Home
Produced by Northern Stage & Actors Touring Company

Content information: contains strong language, recounting of experiences as a patient in a hospital ward, references to transgender discrimination, gender identity, medical prodceures and unwanted sexual advances.

To the Stag Dance
Produced by MPTheatricals

Part of MPT’s LGBTQ+ History Month celebration #QUEERME – a brand new song exploring the queer history & experiences of 19th Century Cowboys. Created by Nemo Martin & Hilmi Jaidin and performed by Ashley Goh.

It’s Not a Game to Someone (2020, Writer) – Commissioned as part of #WeRNotVirus

Pitch & Cologne – longlisted for BBC Writer’s Room, shortlisted for Charlie Hartill Award, American Shakespeare New Contemporaries Award.

Aro Thru The (2018, Writer) – short play commissioned by IVO Theatre, performed at Hackney Showrooms for the Outrageous! Festival.

Hold Me in Thine Eyes (2018, Writer) – play extract performed at Omnibus Theatre.