Rohingya refugee children living in Penang will play the various popular roles in a musical adaptation of Rudyard Kipling's 'The Jungle Book'. Photo: School of The Arts, USM
In the centre of the big hall, the monkeys congregate. They circle their latest victim – a boy – and lure him in with promises of acceptance and fun. At the front of the room, a different scene unfolds. Young elephants stand in a line, reluctantly listening to yet another lengthy recollection by one of their elders.
In a corner of the same hall, three young boys in matching green school T-shirts and black tracksuits sit in a small circle, engaged in conversation with a young university student. Here, it’s just another night of rehearsals at the School of The Arts in Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), Penang.
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