Ombak Potehi’s “Kisah Pulau Pinang: The Penang Story”: A Slice of Malayan History
about 77 months ago (08/30/2018)
Ombak Potehi’s "Kisah Pulau Pinang: The Penang Story": A Slice of Malayan History | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles John K August 30, 2018 By Akanksha Raja (620 words, four-minute read) Ombak Potehi is Ombak Ombak Art Studio’s glove puppet theatre group established in 2015, consisting of young people – all under 30 – producing and performing puppet theatre, having been trained by experts from Penang’s Beng Geok Hong Puppet Troupe. To date, they’ve written and produced three works: The Story of Malek (2015), The Monkey King Adventures (2016) and Kisah Pulau Pinang – The Story of Penang (2017). The George Town Festival 2018 saw the group restaging Kisah Pulau Pinang at the Penang House of Music.