TO attend the Georgetown Festival 2018 event, Kaboom: Stories From Distant Frontlines, I had to walk through an alley that boasted old iron stuff, like an anvil, anchors, and fishing hooks. The end of the… Read More
Sept 6-8, 2018 at Shantanand Auditorium, The Temple of Fine Arts, Kuala Lumpur.
“Broken manifested from an idea, that everyone’s soul is incomplete, in some part of our life and coincidentally, there were many news / stories about women being oppressed and abused in our country and heated… Read More
**This article appeared for the now-defunct malaysianinsider in december 2014. USING the Malaysian traditional theatre of makyung, which received Unesco recognition as Oral and Intangible Heritage of the World in 2005-6, dancer-teacher-choreographer Joseph Gonzales has… Read More
THEATRE in Malaysia rarely breaks the invisible fourth wall – the unseen barrier between the stage and the audience — in such a dramatic scale as found in Shear Madness. The play, which has been running for… Read More
Tales From Amma’s Kitchen When: May 11-12, 8.30pm & May 12-13, 3pm Where: stage 2, Penangpac, F17, Jalan Seri Tg Pinang, Seri Tanjung Pinang Tickets @ RM40 (Flat Rate) Early Bird @ RM35 (Until… Read More
What has changed for Malaysians after the country’s development plan, Wawasan 2020, came about? Two years from reaching that date, five performers find themselves lumped with a new vision called Transformation Nasional 2050. I guess… Read More
**This article appeared in the print version of the New Straits Times. IT was entertaining to see a Temuan tale unfolding in shadow puppet play, with some live action, and plenty of audience participation. The… Read More
A STANDING ovation greeted the end of the play, Men in Heels, with some members of the audience wiping tears away as they applauded at the re-worked Pentas 2 stage of the Kuala Lumpur Performing… Read More
MARRYING the traditional folk theatre form of mak yong, right down to the Kelantanese dialect, to the text of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer’s Night Dream proved a commendable effort by Norzizi Zulkifli. It blended so well… Read More
