Category: Theatre

Pushing the boundaries of theatre storytelling, Fragments of Tuah examines the myth and narrative of the legendary figure.

A local school’s production of an iconic rock musical performed is looked at by two theatre reviewers from different generations to rate the results. 

The trials and tribulations of a long-term Malaysian Chinese couple are explored in all its messy, complex, touching, and frustrating glory.

Ian Skatu’s debut play is a brave and experimental absurdist work, but does it have a place within Malaysian theatre?

Loh Kok Man’s The Bee has transcended language and culture to examine the darkest of humanity and how violence begets violence.

Wild Rice’s ‘Accidental Death of an Activist’ adapts an Italian classic, but can it survive its Singapore-nisation?

The Sisters Soong take a brave new direction telling the story of the famous siblings, but is their irreverance to history their downfall?

The tale of Hang Jebat’s dissent against the Melaka Sultanate has often been reduced to a cautionary tale about the consequences of defying the second line of our country’s national pledge: Loyalty to king and country. But what good is loyalty if it merely serves the corrupt or as Jebat would say, ‘yang zalim‘ (cruel)?…