‘Wah! It’s changed a bit since then,’ he said. The audience started shifting in force to the other side of the screen when the wayang went electric. Before that, when the light came from a large, flickering flame encased in a lantern, it had been much easier to imbue the shadows with life (and also rather harder to show off any on-stage glamour). ‘Now, the audience wants to see everything. It’s all about the showmanship.’
