Tiga, a collection of monologues based on everyday objects

Tiga executive producer June Tan (left) and scriptwriter Sharifah Aleysha, who is also acting in the Penang run this year. Photo: Hoe Hui Ting

Sharifah Aleysha, who also goes by Leysha, will be directed, for the first time ever in a theatre production, by her sister Sharifah Amani, 30, in one of the three monologues in Tiga, which will kick off its Penang run today.

Leysha, 24, wrote the scripts for Bed, Chair and Knife in the first edition of Tiga, staged at the Five Arts Centre studio in Kuala Lumpur in April last year. Its Penang run introduces a few new tweaks, including some new faces and a site-specific approach thanks to its staging at the Sinkeh venue in George Town. Anissa Azis, 26, is taking over from Nora Rahim in last year’s Knife, which is directed by Arshad Adam.