'Quills' has an exciting line-up of actors such as Lim Kay Tong, Karen Tan, Janice Koh and Daniel Jenkins.

To most people, Sade represents the ultimate hedonist and atheist. It is easy to look at the life of Sade, and his writing, always containing rape, sexual perversions and violence, and judge him to be insane, which many did in his lifetime.

But to the artist, Sade represents pure passion, uncompromising; the ultimate voice of the artist, his will to express himself so strong that he risked death to demonstrate the importance of liberty and freedom of expression. Truly, Sade is the epitome of what the French Revolution stood for, and not what it became.

Today, luna-id Theatre takes a look again at the Marquis de Sade with the play "Quills", and re-explores his philosophy of absolute freedom, bordering on anarchy, and where the artist stands with respect to the concept of artistic license, in contrast with the control of the media by the authorities.

What is too much? Why is it too much, and who decides? This is a problem that often appear in conflicts between the media and the authorities, who often prefer conservatism rather than to toe the line on sensitive topics. None of them are easy questions to answer.

Starring Rehaan Engineer as the Marquis de Sade, "Quills" has an exciting line-up of actors such as Lim Kay Tong, Karen Tan, Janice Koh and Daniel Jenkins. It will run from 16th-25th September at the DBS Arts Centre. Tickets are available from SISTIC at $30 onwards for matinee shows, and $40 onwards for evening shows. This play does have a mature rating (irony of ironies), so if you're 18 and above, don't miss this provocative play!