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  • Be Heard

    21 Dec 2006, By Sonia Randhawa

    In 2001, a group of young Malaysians set up a project to help their fellow…

  • Telltale Lovebites

    20 Dec 2006, By Benjamin McKay

    It has been an important year for independent Malaysian cinema. Triumph on the international festival…

  • Roti Bakar With Planta

    20 Dec 2006, By Lucy Friedland

    I don’t bother with film shorts in the States. I think of American shorts as…

  • The 60 Second Plug: Lapar Lab’s “Five Alone”

    19 Dec 2006, By Juliet Jacobs

    Tell us a bit about Five Alone — how was it conceptualised? What can the…

  • Ladies and Gentlemen

    13 Dec 2006, By Juliet Jacobs, Zalina Lee

    He’s practically done it all: the West End (Miss Saigon, Rent), Hollywood (Anna & The…

  • X Marks the G-Spot

    13 Dec 2006, By Ann Lee

    When can you call yourself a playwright? After a three-act play? After one or two…

  • The 60 Second Plug: Integrated Expressions’ “Little Mission Impossible”

    12 Dec 2006, By Juliet Jacobs

    Little Mission Impossible: should we Expect the Impossible? Tell us more about the musical. Little…

  • Bootlegging

    5 Dec 2006, By Benjamin McKay

    It would take a very hard-hearted person to not admire the gumption of Khairil M…

  • Crossing the River

    30 Nov 2006, By Benjamin McKay

    An emerging visual artist whose work has been exhibited both in Malaysia and abroad, Yap…

  • Anugerah Seni Negara

    23 Nov 2006, By Juliet Jacobs, Kathy Rowland

    While most people spent Sunday evening huddled at home, awed by the almighty storm that…

  • The 60 Second Plug: Sankai Juku’s “Hibiki”

    21 Nov 2006, By Juliet Jacobs

    Hibiki is described as a work of “unparalleled simplicity and poetic beauty”. What can you…

  • The 60 Second Plug: PingStage’s Theatre Carnival — Monodrama 2006

    20 Nov 2006, By Juliet Jacobs

    ‘Three girls in a play’ is your tagline for the event — sounds naughty. Tell…

  • Stiff Monster

    9 Nov 2006, By Amir Hafizi

    Watching the KLPac production of Frankenstein in Love, I was somehow reminded of a play…

  • Stop the Sledgehammers

    2 Nov 2006, By Dr. Farish A Noor

    A nation is as rich as its geography; and geography is enriched when it is…

  • The 60 Second Plug: The DFP’s KL BBC Proms 2

    30 Oct 2006, By Zedeck Siew

    Tell us about yourself. What inspired you to pick up the baton? The sound of…

  • Pasar Ramadan

    25 Oct 2006, By Toni Kasim

    Walking into a Ramadan evening bazaar with a rumbling tummy is almost masochistic. Here you…

  • The Funky Guru

    24 Oct 2006, By Matt Armitage

    Finding out about international acts performing live in Malaysia can be a bit like playing…

  • Shining Through The Rain

    24 Oct 2006, By Benjamin McKay

    Some filmmakers use film as a tool to tell narratives and build worlds. Other filmmakers,…

  • Free To Speak

    19 Oct 2006, By Kee Thuan Chye

    Let’s start with a number of disclaimers: first, I’m writing as an individual and not…

  • Why Care?

    19 Oct 2006, By Lainie Yeoh

    Should I be afraid to point a camera at something if it’s wrong? A few…

  • Lepidopterists – the Musical

    17 Oct 2006, By Jess C.

    Those who are familiar with classical Chinese literature will have heard of Liang Shanbo and…

  • The 60 Second Plug: The ComeBackKings’ “Free Flow”

    16 Oct 2006, By Zedeck Siew

    Why the ComeBackKings? The first time we performed we were just a bunch of seniors…

  • Pak Saari Abdullah, 1952 – 2006

    12 Oct 2006, By Prof Ghulam-Sarwar Yousof

    I first met Saari when, in early February 1975, I started research work for a…

  • Listening to Pomeloes

    11 Oct 2006, By CH Loh

    What do the films Lelaki Komunis Terakhir and Gubra have in common? Obvious answer: they…

  • Drawing Water

    11 Oct 2006, By Gabrielle Low

    An Indonesian artist once pointed out to me the pervasiveness of visual clichés. He said…

  • Assembling Performance Virgins

    4 Oct 2006, By Zedeck Siew

    Recently we called on Thailand to ask about the coup. From a condo on the…

  • Race and Place

    3 Oct 2006, By Benjamin McKay

    One should applaud the release of another Malaysian independent feature on local screens – on…

  • Jack Nathan, 1965 – 2006

    3 Oct 2006, By Rafil Elyas

    Kumaresvara (Jack) Nathan, 360° Head Rotation co-founder, musical collaborator, and my very dear friend of…

  • Pillage the Village

    27 Sep 2006, By Amir Hafizi

    The programme leaflet for Anak Bulan Di Kampong Wa’ Hassan, staged recently at KLPac, has…

  • The 60 Second Plug: Francesca Beard’s “Chinese Whispers”

    24 Sep 2006, By Pang Khee Teik, Zedeck Siew

    Who is this ‘Beard’ that gave you your last name? Did you have a rough…

  • Hiking Out of Ipoh

    21 Sep 2006, By Benjamin McKay

    Coming of age stories, especially those that take us on a physical journey, can be…

  • Domestic Stress Test

    20 Sep 2006, By Zedeck Siew

    At the door to Laut Lebih Indah Dari Bulan, which ran between September 7 -…

  • Questioning Mark

    14 Sep 2006, By Benjamin McKay

    In an attempt to uncover the mysteries of creative practice in Malaysia, and discern what…

  • The 60 Second Plug: The Shape of Things

    7 Sep 2006, By Juliet Jacobs

    Shed some light on the play for us Well, it’s about art and how far…

  • Sejarah Masa Depan

    7 Sep 2006, By Saifullizan Tahir

    Majlis pelancaran buku From Majapahit to Putrajaya — yang mana saya terlewat dan bila sampai…

  • Street Smart Heritage

    6 Sep 2006, By Zedeck Siew

    The entrance to Khoo Kongsi, perhaps one of Penang’s most iconic locations, is a porte…