*This article appeared in Malaysian Reserve in April 2015. But I love it, so here is it again! AFTER six years of intense theatre work, since her staging of Hikayat Merong Mahawangsa — A Swashbuckling… Read More
“IT’s an ideal opportunity to do theatre in three languages – English, Mandarin and Bahasa Melayu,” says The Tragicomedy of Errors director, Loh Kok Man. A Pentas Project Theatre Production, Loh is using an authorised… Read More
Celebrating the 91st anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore’s visit to Penang in August 1927, Cape Poetics is presenting two magnificent stories over 2 weekends in Sept 2018 (Sept 1-2, Sept 8-9) performed by Himanshu Bhatt at… Read More
“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
#wearetheatrethreesixty2018 When: July 19-Aug 26/ Where: Lot’ng Arts Space, 32-2, Jalan USJ 10/1E , Subang Jaya What Am I A Bloody Banyan Tree? – July 19-29 Fall of the House of Usher – Aug 2-12 Cikgu… Read More
INDICINELIVE! When: July 19-29, 8.30pm Where: The indicine, The Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre Tickets: RM60, with concessions For mature audiences only. COMEDY is on the menu for indicineliVe!, says its artistic director Kelvin Wong. Last… 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
