Talk about social distancing ... Badrika Bahadur (left) and Joshua Gui in the musical adaptation of filmmaker Yasmin Ahmad's 'Sepet', which was livestreamed to a global audience during the MCO period. Photo: Liver and Lungs Production
Online theatre in Malaysia is definitely going to be a long-term fixture, especially since livestreaming gives more theatre works here the opportunity to attract an audience abroad.
Shafeeq Shajahan and Hannah Shields, founders of Malaysian-British theatre group Liver and Lung Productions, definitely think this is a way forward. During the movement control order (MCO) period, they uploaded two productions Sepet The Musical and Malaya Relived: The Penang Riots on YouTube.
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