Lights, action, Terbalik – an experimental show

Actor chi too in Terbalik ... Mesti Kena Mata ..., an experimental workshop performance that challenges the typical hierarchy between the director and lighting designer in performance making. Photos: Five Arts Centre

If a story is a precious light in a world so dark – to borrow from children’s writer Kate DiCamillo – can the light be a story?

Acclaimed lighting designer Mac Chan definitely thinks so, and this is the notion he explores in his latest project Terbalik ... Mesti Kena Mata ... with Five Arts Centre.