Another Country looks at the similarities, differences and everything in between shared by Malaysia and Singapore.
Kalaripayattu is not something you would immediately link theatre with. Heck, you might even be scratching your head as to what it really is. But on a typical rehearsal day at Wild Rice, a theatre company along Singapore’s Kerbau Road, the five actors rehearsing for the upcoming play Another Country sometimes begin with kalaripayattu – an ancient martial arts from Kerala, India.
Sharda Harrison, one of the actors, mixes elements of it into the group warm-ups. And sometimes they even practice the ashtanga yoga. After all, the play, which opens on June 4 at DPAC, Petaling Jaya, is filled with physically demanding pieces. Infusing dance and movement, it is no wonder then that the Singaporean actors begin their rehearsals as such.
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