United again: Malaysian and Singaporean actors performing Singapore's Ministry of Culture's happy and free campaign in Another Country by Wild Rice productions. Photo: Horng Yih Wong, Wild Rice
The year started on an optimistic note with the conference on Krishen Jit’s Performance Practice and Contemporary Malaysian Theatre taking place in Kuala Lumpur in January. All the keynote addresses, panel discussions and workshop dialogues pointed to a whole lot of problem-solving for theatre here. It was a big group hug for the industry, but as the months went by, it looked like nothing had changed.
Theatre, in general, kept to its mainstream ways, and was swamped by foreign plays, adaptations, satirical comedy and jukebox musicals.
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