Fifteen: Gritty and ambitious but needs fine-tuning

In a scene from Fifiteen, Ismail Jamaludin (left) and Erwin Shah Ismail plotting a bank robbery at a mamak stall. Ivan Chan (middle) plays the innocent waiter. Photo: SIFU Production

Everything about SIFU Production’s latest theatre offering, Fifteen, felt ambitious; from the script to the staging to the performances, there was a definite sense of daring and unconventionality to the decisions made.

A surreal satire set in contemporary Kuala Lumpur – the title refers to the year 2015 – the script, penned by Amir Imran, dealt with the social, economic and cultural realities of being a young adult in this city.