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It gets harder and harder to review the Rainforest World Music Festival without sounding like…

The moment you start focusing your attention on them, metaphors wriggle right out of the…

Since returning from England in the late 1980s, Kam Raslan has carved a niche for…

M! The Opera, staged at Istana Budaya from Thu 23 Mar to Sun 2 Apr…

I don’t even like jazz, as a genre, but jazz virtuosos do generate a peculiar…

Titiwangsa is a nice lyrical sort of name. The Titiwangsa Range itself conjures a sense…

On opening night of Monkey Business, director Krishen Jit wasn’t sitting like a stone deity…

Uncle Ant’s Agony and Ecstacy is a monthly column. Uncle Ant, or Agony Ant if…

Two years ago an email was circulated on the APA list and around the arts…

Uncle Ant’s Agony and Ecstacy is a monthly column. Uncle Ant, or Agony Ant as…

With another general election around the corner, it was inevitable that the Ministry of Culture,…

Uncle Ant’s Agony and Ecstasy is a monthly column. Uncle Ant will answer questions about…

What happens when you pick 12 actors with varying degrees of experience and skill, put…

In recent years, young filmmakers like Osman Ali, James Lee, Amir Muhammad, and a host…

As a cross-cultural project for “ASEAN-Japan Exchange Year 2003” it was decided that a young…

Call me an old stick-in-the-mud, but I’m one of those diehard conservatives who generally hopes…

“In the world of Animal Farm, most speechifying and public palaver is bullshit and instigated…

Fancy Poultry is what they call themselves – four very yummy chicks and a couple…

John Bell is arguably one of the world’s most accomplished Shakespearean actors without a knighthood…

“Pappa TARAHUMARA productions try to liberate themselves from ‘meaning,’ leaving members of the audience free…

How much does a minister get paid? RM9,000 a month? RM15,000? Okay, let’s say RM12,000.…

“Once upon a time, Kingdom Earth was a beautiful and joyful place with a noble emperor on the throne. Until Evil…

Chaotic Harmony Theatre is certainly not short on energy and enthusiasm, going by the number…

Good home cooking imparts a marvellous sense of well-being. Who was it who defined patriotism…