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- The William Yau Zhen Zhong tragedy (Update)
- ‘Parah’ to represent Malaysia in World Theatre Festival
- End of the road for Mat Rempit
| The William Yau Zhen Zhong tragedy (Update) Posted: 28 Jan 2013 03:14 PM PST Published: Tuesday January 29, 2013 MYT 10:24:00 AM |
| ‘Parah’ to represent Malaysia in World Theatre Festival Posted: 28 Jan 2013 03:13 PM PST PETALING JAYA: Malaysian play Parah will represent the country in the World Theatre Festival 2013 in Brisbane, Australia, next month. The play will be performed over five days at the Visy Theatre, Brisbane Powerhouse from Feb 13. "I'm happy to be able to take a quintessentially Malaysian play outside of Malaysia. "This year, there are plays from Iran, Belgium, the United States, Germany, Ireland, Australia and Britain. "I'm looking forward to meeting artists from these countries, finding out more about their theatre and sharing our work with them." said director Jo Kukathas, who also directed the play during its critically-acclaimed run at KLPAC in February last year. Kukathas said Parah's involvement in the festival had been the idea of Sreedhevi Iyer, a Malaysian researcher living in Brisbane. She said Sreedhevi had brought the play to the attention of World Theatre Festival Artistic Director Andrew Ross, who enjoyed the play, and later invited them to be part of the festival. "Like Malaysia, Australia is a multi-cultural country coupled with a complex history of migrations. Therefore, issues of race, identity and politics are close to the surface. "Malaysia, with its hybrid culture and simmering racial and religious mix, is a country which holds many stories that would resonate in many places across the globe." Kukathas said. The cast of Parah comprise young actors Farah Rani, Iedil Putra, Branavan Aruljothi and Gregory Sze, who reprise their roles from last year's production. "I am very excited but it does feel surreal, really. I don't think it will properly kick in until we're actually there." Farah said about the experience. Written by Singaporean playwright Alfian Sa'at and inspired by the late Yasmin Ahmad's final film, Talentime, as well as Abdullah Hussain's novel, Interlok, Parah examines themes of identity, belonging and the power of words. |
| End of the road for Mat Rempit Posted: 28 Jan 2013 03:12 PM PST IT was probably not the smartest idea by a bunch of Mat Rempit to taunt the police right in front of their headquarters in Kuantan, as 11 people were arrested, including three minors, for riding their machines dangerously. Utusan Malaysia reported that a group of motorcyclists had brazenly performed dangerous stunts along the road fronting the police headquarters for a few years now, prompting the police to put an end to their dangerous ways. > Kosmo! reported that police in Kelantan said that horse steroid pills were popular among students as a cheap way to get high. Kota Baru OCPD Asst Comm Azham Othman said students as young as 15 were hooked due to the easy availability of the pills outside school. Other News & Views is compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with this > sign, it denotes a separate news item. |
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