There’s the kind of storytelling that lights up fireworks and milks this communal moment for all its worth. Best Of, The Necessary Stage’s enjoyable one-woman show featuring Siti Khalijah Zainal, skips all of that and simply tells.
—Mayo Martin, TODAYonline, on Best Of
In 2013, Siti Khalijah Zainal brought The Necessary Stage's Best Of to life, playing the role of a young Malay Muslim woman going through divorce. Through a glimpse into a day in her life, she shares intimately about prejudice, family, dreams, and the kindness of strangers.
Three years later, we presented the husband’s perspective in Best Of (His Story), where he brings the audience on a journey through his past, his hopes, his beliefs—and what ‘home’ means.
In Best Of Us, playwright and director Haresh Sharma revisits these plays, and for the first time, creates a narrative combining both husband and wife’s accounts.
What happens when the estranged couple reunite at the Syariah court? Where do they go from here? How would it change your view when you see both sides of the story?
Siti Khalijah Zainal reprises her role as the divorced wife, with Fir Rahman as the husband. These two award-winning and celebrated actors will face off in this brand-new iteration of two seminal plays by The Necessary Stage about a marriage that breaks apart—and the ties that bind and sustain us.
His is a character not privileged by the Singapore stage – a lowly educated average Joe who spouts non-politically correct remarks and speaks English with obvious discomfort. He exists in the lower rungs of society where art, politics and the media rarely explore. The Necessary Stage, a theatre company committed to indigenous stories, is once again showing us a side of Singapore often kept hidden.
—Helmi Yusof, The Business Times, on Best Of (His Story)
Written and Directed by Haresh Sharma
Performed by Fir Rahman and Siti Khalijah Zainal
Lighting Designer: Elizabeth Mak
Set Designer: Yvan Karlsson
Rated to be confirmed
Performed in English and Malay with English captions
Relaxed performance on Saturday 16 January 2027, 3pm.
Poat-show dialogues with the artists will take place after the 8pm performances on Thursday 14 January and Friday 15 January 2027, with speech to text interpretation available upon request. Please email your request to info@singaporefringe.com by 9 December 2026.
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Accessibility features:
· Open captions in English are available for all performances.
· Relaxed performance on Saturday 16 January 2027, 3pm.
· Speech to text interpretation for post-show dialogues on Thursday 14 January and Friday 15 January 2027 upon request via email to info@singaporefringe.com by 9 December 2026.