'Rivers In The Sky' offers topical theatre in the age of climate change


Sabera Shaik, the co-director of 'Rivers In The Sky', says the upcoming show holds up a mirror and whoever looks into the looking glass will not only resonate with what is happening on stage but will also bring back their own personal interpretation. Photo: The Star/Shaari Chemat

"Rivers in the sky" is an evocative term to use for something so powerfully dangerous. In climate change terminology, these are defined as “giant rivers of water vapour in the sky with strong winds pushing them along.”

Once these “atmospheric rivers” turn into a storm, they can open up and cause massive floods and destruction. This is what Masakini Theatre Company has taken as its title for its new theatre performance scheduled to take place at Pentas 1, KLPac from Sept 1-3.

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