Not because Malaysians need to support local theatre, but because it is a good play. 1st to 6th February 2012.
Due to the overwhelming response, where last night when I watched, there were people who paid just to sit on the floor, they have added another day on the roster. Click here for more info.
After a string of unimpressive plays, I’ve not gone to a theatre for a long time but was persuaded for this and it paid of. This one was well written overall, and I especially like Kahoe’s first monologue. I like how various angles were touched and covered well.
Secondly, from my observation in Malaysia, whenever history is contested (for school syllabus or outside that), it’s always questioning the facts. Rarely do we look at how history is written, where the words used can affect its understanding and articulation, and lead to a totally distorted view of what took place. This play brought out this thought cleverly.
Well done to Jo, Alfian, the actors and Instant Cafe Theatre. I hope this is not taken out of context nor as a sense of exaggeration, but the play lifted me as well as the standards of Malaysian theatre. The last time I was this captivated, was Rhythm in Bronze’s gamelan show, Alih PungGONG that coincidentally was staged on the exact same location.
