Memori Menonton "Two Lines In a Square": Penjara Bahasa dan Sang Tahanan Bebas Separa | ArtsEquator Skip to content Azrin Fauzi mengulas "Two Lines in A Square", persembahan yang dilancar di Taipei dan Kuala Lumpur dari dua perspektif berbeza...
Ghaib: Can the Unheard Speak? | ArtsEquator Skip to content Faisal Tehrani’s 'Ghaib', a complex portrayal of family, agency and voice, contends that real emancipation is still elusive in our society...
Parastoo Theatre: Art, Refuge, Action | ArtsEquator Skip to content The pioneering theatre company, founded and run by Afghan theatre maker and refugee, Saleh Sepas, is creating a practice that enriches the cultural landscape for all Malaysians...
“Spilt Gravy Ke Mana Tumpahnya Kuah” Makes Us Consider Time, History and the Prickly Question of Family | ArtsEquator Skip to content After years of waiting, Spilt Gravy Ke Mana Tumpahnya Kuah hits the screens in Malaysia on 9th June...
Jit Murad: Imaginasimu Akan Buat Kami Tersenyum | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia ArtsEquator Viewpoints Via The Star February 22, 2022 Oleh Fasyali Fadzly (1,400 patah kata, 6-minit bacaan) Walaupun saya bergiat di dalam bidang teater di Malaysia, saya bukan kawan Jit Murad...
Jit Murad: Your Imagination Will Make Us Smile | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia ArtsEquator Viewpoints Via The Star February 22, 2022 By Fasyali Fadzly and translated by Nabilah Said (1,650 words, 7-minute read) Even though I am a Malaysian theatre practitioner, I am not friends with Jit Murad...
Air Con: Who Do You Want To Be When You Grow Up? | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia ArtsEquator Viewpoints October 8, 2021 By Dhinesha Karthigesu (1,330 words, 5-minute read) Who do you want to be when you grow up? At the end of the play AIR CON , the character William (Nick Davis) asks the character Asif (Ryan Lee Bhaskaran) this question....
Cakap-Cakap: Interview with Jo Kukathas for Air Con | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia ArtsEquator Viewpoints September 23, 2021 We cakap-cakap (chit-chat) with Jo Kukathas about The Instant Café Theatre Company’s upcoming screening of Air Con , an award-winning 2008 play written by Shanon Shah...
Oppy & Professor Communitas: Meanderings of the Malay male theatremaker | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia ArtsEquator Viewpoints Five Arts Centre April 20, 2021 By Lily Jamaludin (1,170 words, 4-minute read) A new addition to the genre of online theatre, Oppy & Professor Communitas by Five Arts Centre is a thoughtful, humorous, and self-reflective examination of the role and struggle of Malaysian theatremakers...
Hitting up the Producers SG Directory: Taufik Darwis, Racy Lim and Khor Seng Chew | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia ArtsEquator Viewpoints March 19, 2021 What is producing within the context of the arts? It is a question whose answer might vary depending on who you ask...
Theatre goes online: Call me a purist, I don’t care | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles May 4, 2020 By Fasyali Fadzly (2,100 words, 7-minute read) No one would have guessed that the COVID-19 situation would become this bad...
Reflections on Art, Angin, Sickness and The Soul of Malaysia | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles Wong Horngyih, courtesy of Pusaka April 30, 2020 By Jo Kukathas (5,500 words, 15-minute read) The news that Germany rolled out a 50 billion bail-out for the arts during the Coronavirus pandemic made headlines worldwide the week it was announced...
Scene and Heard: Pat Gui, Stage Manager | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles Courtesy of Pat Gui April 15, 2020 (1,400 words, 5-minute read) I’m Pat Gui and I’ve been in the art industry for 29 years...
Jelmaan Baharu Teater Tradisional dalam "Hikayat Cendawan Putih" | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles Persatuan Teater Opera Mimpi Negeri Perlis November 6, 2019 Oleh Fasyali Fadzly (1,120 patah kati, 6-minit bacaan) Antara pengarah teater yang kurang dicanang dan disebut-sebut dalam pementasan teater kontemporari adalah Sharul Mizad atau lebih senang dikenali sebagai Ejad...
Tender notes on violence in "A Notional History" by Five Arts Centre | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles July 18, 2019 By Patricia Tobin ( 700 words, 5-minute read) It starts with a song...
Fahmi Fadzil's "GE14": The sound and fury signifying everything | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles Photo: Hideto Maezawa July 17, 2019 By Patricia Tobin ( 700 words, 5-minute read) “GE14 will be the arts festival to outdo all arts festivals,” said performer-politician Fahmi Fadzil...
Book Review: "Excavations, Interrogations, Krishen Jit & Contemporary Malaysian Theatre" | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles September 12, 2018 By Felipe Cervera (1600 words, eight-minute read) Excavations, Interrogations, Krishen Jit & Contemporary Malaysian Theatre , edited by Charlene Rajendran, Ken Takiguchi and Carmen Nge, is a long overdue resource that sheds light on important aspects of the cultural, artistic, and political histories of Malaysian contemporary theatre—and, by extension, some medullar elements of Singaporean theatre too...