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REVIEW | Tali Tukang Gantung peeks behind the curtain of Malaysia’s death row machinery
Human rights activist Effa Qamariani depicts the lives impacted by Malaysia’s death penalty system with striking honesty, with Post-Show interview
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INTERVIEW | Joe Hasham: “Theatre Till the Day I Die, Which I Hope Isn’t Too Soon”
Playwright-director Joe Hasham and composer Wesley talk about the creative hurdles behind making God’s Waiting Room.
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REVIEW | Entourage: A murder-mystery, without the mystery
Jit Murad’s lost play stages a murder-mystery at the heart of KL’s party scene, but does his subversive storytelling survive its 20-year stagnancy?
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REVIEW | The Many Voices of a Single Instrument
LaguKu 3.0 gives young shigu drummers the opportunity to express their art in their own ways, with creative ideas and global influences
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REVIEW | The Slow Unravelling of the Absurd
Ian Skatu’s debut play is a brave and experimental absurdist work, but does it have a place within Malaysian theatre?
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REVIEW | Tallying Love and Heartache in Theatre
The trials and tribulations of a long-term Malaysian Chinese couple are explored in all its messy, complex, touching, and frustrating glory.
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REVIEW | Untellable Horror Told Masterfully!
Loh Kok Man’s The Bee has transcended language and culture to examine the darkest of humanity and how violence begets violence.
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REVIEW | A Triumph of Protest Theatre
Wild Rice’s ‘Accidental Death of an Activist’ adapts an Italian classic, but can it survive its Singapore-nisation?
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REVIEW | The Sisters Soong: Siblings On A Mission
The Sisters Soong take a brave new direction telling the story of the famous siblings, but is their irreverance to history their downfall?