It was a night of glitz and glamour, bold colours, and quite a few surprises. Such was the scene at the 14th Boh Cameronian Arts Awards, which was held recently in Kuala Lumpur.
Held annually, the awards (organised by Kakiseni) are devoted to recognising excellence in the Malaysian performing arts scene. For this 14th edition, however, the awards received a little bit more attention than usual, due to announcements that there would be alterations to its usual format. These changes, which involved the removal of judging categories, and a new list of “Best Of” productions for the year, took the local arts industry by surprise.