The play opens with a scene showing the daily life of the peaceful and fun-loving inhabitants of Temasek, the prosperous fishing village. Temasek is a strategic port of call in the most extensive and important trading route of that time. Success invites jealousy and precisely so, Temasek becomes the target of envious neighbours, pirates and looters. The peace-loving villagers of this tiny island are distraught and are unable to defend themselves.The villagers hold a council to discuss their predicament.

Audience will then be introduced to Jeev, a feisty young girl whose brilliant idea goes unnoticed. In the next few scenes, our esteemed actors will vividly dramatize the antics of the village leaders, evoking amusement and laughter.When nothing else works, Jeev is in the limelight again. In a succession of scenes, Jeev and her friends create a giant puppet figure of a fearsome creature named ‘SINGA’ to scare away the intruders.It was at this moment that a young prince, mesmerized by the majestic ‘SINGA’ renames the land as Singapura; establishes a Kingdom and together with the natives, develops it to achieve greater glory.

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