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Explore our repository of articles, essays, reviews and interviews covering a wide range of arts and culture. The majority of these were commissioned and published on the online arts magazine Kakiseni from 2002 – 2010.
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The Pied Piper of Penang
The first question Janet Pillai asks me when she sees me is: “Have you finished…
Putting the “Ha” Back in Harold Pinter
The Homecoming, typical of Harold Pinter’s plays, starts out innocently enough, with a normal domestic…
Project Runaway
M! The Opera, staged at Istana Budaya from Thu 23 Mar to Sun 2 Apr…
THE 2005 NOMINEES!
dance nominees BEST GROUP PERFORMANCE Prize of RM1,000 and Tumasek Pewter Trophy En-Body-Men, choreographed by…
The Mild Mild West
In a lovely article for the British press, Annie Proulx, the author of the short…
Saidah! the Phenomenon
“Next time I say I want to do something like that [M! the Opera], please…
Protocol 101
Censorship is a contemporary issue. It is mitigated by a new set of protocols that…
Nomadic Dancers of Kuala Lumpur
The 2nd National Chinese Cultural Dance Competition organised by the Chinese Language Society of Malacca…
Mak Yong: A Jihad
Royat hilang berita nak timbul Timbul nak royat Seorang Raja sebuah negeri Seorang Raja sebuah…
Bebas Dari Onani
It is easier to dominate someone if they are unaware of being dominated. Colonised and…
Cartoons
Puffy face. Heavy eyebrows. Bushy moustache. Black turban inscribed with sacred words in Arabic calligraphy.…
Revenge of the Native
I must admit that I am rather partial to academic conference even when held on…