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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…