VIRTUAL THEATRE: PITAPAT THEATRE’S 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY
Date and Time: March 26- April 2, 7pm
To mark Seremban-based Pitapat Theatre’s 10 year anniversary, the theatre company is making recordings of its past shows available online.
This weekend, catch IslandShade (March 26-28), a triple bill theatre performance under the "Theatre In Kampung" project. The show premiered in 2015 at the former Pitapat Theatre studio in Kampung Bahang, Penampang, Sabah.
The three plays are IslanD, a story about isolation and self-salvation, Shade, a story about an unwanted woman who encountered a life-changing event and Amazing Grace, a story about marriage and faith.
You can also catch Kakak (March 27-29), adapted from French dramatist Jean Genet’s The Maids (1947). It tells a story of two housemaids who intend to murder their mistress. But unlike The Maids, Kakak does away with the mistress character and the two female maids are now a man and woman who speak different languages.
Other Pitapat Theatre’s past shows to watch are Metamorphosisters (March 28-30), Theatre In Hotel (March 29-31), Hundred Days Of Solitude (March 30 - April 1) and The Room (March 31 - April 2).
These shows can be streamed for free on Pitapat Theatre’s Youtube channel. You can also help the theatre company by making a small donation.
VIRTUAL THEATRE: S.O.P
Date and Time: Until March 27, 9pm
This 28-minute experimental film is the result of a creative response to the pandemic, directed by lighting designer and theatre director Tan Eng Heng.
S.O.P, which was shot at KongsiKL, was originally slated for a December 2021 premiere. It stars choreographer/dancer Lee Kien Faye as the sole performer.
The film, which incorporates installations, dance, sound, lighting, and new media art, delves into our experience with the pandemic, the delays caused by various lockdowns, and the constant shifting of plans.
S.O.P, ticketed, will be streamed via CloudTheatre.
VIRTUAL THEATRE: OVERCOMING HARDSHIP THROUGH THEATRE
Date and Time: Unlimited
Have you ever wondered how Parastoo Theatre, a KL-based refugee arts organisation, creates its Theatre of the Oppressed content?
Saleh Sepas, the group's director and founder, explains the ins and outs of Parastoo Theatre in this brief video, from gathering stories from refugee communities to crafting a play and finally putting the show together. He also explains why refugee theatre is important for the community.
Additionally, viewers will see clips from a previous show and learn how audience participation is critical in coming up with solutions to the problems presented in the play.
Overcoming Hardship Through Theatre can be streamed via Parastoo Theatre’s Youtube channel.
LITERARY PODCAST: "WE SPEAK OF NAUGHTY THINGS": THE HIDDEN LIVES OF MIGRANT WOMEN
Date and time: Unlimited
In this George Town Literary Festival podcast, listeners can join Dr Vilashini Somiah and Rizal Rozhan as they discuss anthrophologist Vilashini's new book Irregular Migrants And The Sea At The Borders Of Sabah, Malaysia: Pelagic Alliance. Listen to stories of how migrant women found strength, courage and empowerment through the sea. Find out more about the "Rumah Merah" detention centre in Sabah.
This book is an exploration of the relationship between irregular migrants, many originating from southern Philippines and the sea, in their struggle against the realities of state power in Sabah.
As their numbers grew exponentially into the 21st century, the only solution currently provided by the Malaysian government is routine repatriation. Yet, despite increased border security, they continued to return. Thus the question: why do deported migrants return, time and again, despite the serious risk of being caught?
Vilashini's book explores the ways in which these irregular migrants contest inconvenient national sea boundaries, the trauma of detention and deportation, and other impositions of state power by drawing on supernatural support from the sea itself. The sea empowers them, and through individual narratives of the sea, we learn that the migrants’ encounter with the state and its legal system only intensifies rather than discourages their relationship with the Malaysian state.
Listen here.
VIRTUAL EXHIBITION: KALEIDOSCOPE JAPAN
Date and Time: March 28 - April 25
This hybrid exhibition features diverse conversations about Malaysia-Japan, created by 13 selected artists from a variety of disciplines and informed by observations about our social, cultural, political, and economic climates.
Throughout the exhibition's run, visitors can immerse themselves in each artist's narrative through the online Obento Lunch Tour (for non-video works) and Oshaberi Supper Tour (for video-based works), as well as watch a 12-hour durational hybrid performance by one of the selected artists.
Completed artworks were created in various forms including visual art, moving/static images, film, music, performing arts, literature and architecture.
The selected artists are ANGQASA, Arief Hamizan, Bryan Chang and Tung Jit Yang, Azzad Diah, Blankmalaysia, Dhan Illiani Yusof, Harold Reagan Eswar @ Egn, Jun Ong, Linus Chung, Ridhwan Saidi, Roopesh Sitharan and Katsuyuki Hattori, Shaman Tearoom, Wong Xiang Yi, and Yvonne Tan
Originally planned during the pandemic, this was intended to be entirely online, but as the situation has improved, additional elements to the exhibition have been added. You can also experience some of the exhibitions on-site at KongsiKL and Balai Seni Sabah.
Kaleidoscope Japan will be streamed live via the Japan Foundation’s Facebook page.
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