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Tikam-Tikam: Chance encounters with performance texts written & curated by Leow Puay Tin
A playful, experimental publication by one of Southeast Asia’s most original playwrights, and writer of the much-loved plays 'Three Children', '(A Modern Woman Called) Ang Tau Mui' and 'Family'.
'Tikam-Tikam: Chance encounters with performance texts' written & curated by Leow Puay Tin invites lovers of Malaysian writing to read, play, and perform a collection of delightful stories together. This volume brings together six works from the playwright’s innovative tikam-tikam method of combining storytelling with chance and randomness - inspired by the nostalgic childhood game.
Perform:
• 'Malaysia@Random', an eclectic collection of writings on Malaysia.
• 'Mortal Man: Two Monologues', where a writer remembers a conversation with a famous theatre director from 20 years ago.
Play:
• with 'Merdeka!' reflections by three public intellectuals - Mavis Puthucheary, Azmi Sharom and Tricia Yeoh.
• with the legendary Krishen Jit’s 'Director’s Notes' for the actor and the audience.
Read:
• about a professor who questions artists in a creative workshop in 'The Attempted Canning of an Octopus'.
• the poignant portrait of a 'Woman Ice-Seller' in the 1960s.
'Tikam-Tikam: Chance encounters with performance texts written & curated by Leow Puay Tin' showcases the unpublished works of a profound creator and weaver of stories, who has consistently experimented with serendipity and the structures of storytelling for over four decades.
'Tikam-Tikam: Chance encounters with performance texts' written & curated by Leow Puay Tin invites lovers of Malaysian writing to read, play, and perform a collection of delightful stories together. This volume brings together six works from the playwright’s innovative tikam-tikam method of combining storytelling with chance and randomness - inspired by the nostalgic childhood game.
Perform:
• 'Malaysia@Random', an eclectic collection of writings on Malaysia.
• 'Mortal Man: Two Monologues', where a writer remembers a conversation with a famous theatre director from 20 years ago.
Play:
• with 'Merdeka!' reflections by three public intellectuals - Mavis Puthucheary, Azmi Sharom and Tricia Yeoh.
• with the legendary Krishen Jit’s 'Director’s Notes' for the actor and the audience.
Read:
• about a professor who questions artists in a creative workshop in 'The Attempted Canning of an Octopus'.
• the poignant portrait of a 'Woman Ice-Seller' in the 1960s.
'Tikam-Tikam: Chance encounters with performance texts written & curated by Leow Puay Tin' showcases the unpublished works of a profound creator and weaver of stories, who has consistently experimented with serendipity and the structures of storytelling for over four decades.
500 pages, Unbound
First published January 1, 2025
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