The latest reviews and critic recommendations from Indonesia.
As part of London School of Public Relations' 24th Theatre Festival and 13th Performing Arts Co mmunication Festival, class 23-3SP presented a play titled NYCTOPHOBIA on February 4th at the Amani Palladium Theater.
With excellent performances from a cross-generational cast, PANEMBAHAN RESO is a delightful watch.
GARIN WORKSHOP's celebration of Melanesian art astonishes.
Stephen Sondheim's cerebral, minimalist COMPANY might not be an obvious choice for a community theater here in Indonesia where musicals are still often seen as jazz-hands and kicklines, but director Fonnyta Amran and JPAC (Jakarta Performing Arts Community) made it work.
After the artful, intimate INTO THE WOODS last year, TEMAN (Teater Musikal Nusantara) is back with the bombastic and bodacious HAIRSPRAY.
As the inaugural show at the newly opened Amani Palladium Theater, LSPR Teatro's THE KING AND I was satisfyingly entertaining, though with some obvious room for improvement.
For their third annual concert, JAKSICAL went for a more intimate show with a handful of singers alongside a team of musicians, wrapped in a charming theme of globetrotting.
Despite its title, TEATER KELILING's THE GREAT RAHWANA focuses more on razzle-dazzle moments than consistently developing the titular character's duality.
Stephen Sondheim's musical INTO THE WOODS JR.
Society expects people to conform to its norms to be accepted.
Visiting the Great White Way is any musical theatre lover's dream.
It has been 14 years since poet and playwright Arifin C.
Pulitzer winning rock musical NEXT TO NORMAL is not the most obvious show to bring to Jakarta, much less by young actors still in school or college age.
On May 23rd, a new contemporary ballet show, KINTSUGI, ran for one show only at Teater Kecil, Jakarta.
In May of 2009, a little new Fox series called Glee aired for the first time.
The timeless story of Annie and the orphans are back on stage in Jakarta, after 2016's limited run of the Broadway cast.
Only a few performance venues in Indonesia can match Ciputra Artpreneur's sophistry and prestige.
The sorceress slumps in grief as the bodies of her victims are strewn around her.
TEMAN (Teater Musikal Nusantara), an Indonesian professional musical theatre company founded by alumni of LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore, held their first musical production: Sondheim's INTO THE WOODS.
Seven unruly children wreak havoc in their home, scaring away the latest woman unfortunate enough to be hired as their nanny.
Tick Tock Tick Tock.
After the 2-hour show of untamed expressions of love and longing for peace, the logic and passion behind HAIR are made clear: it's an outcry against the growing injustice of contemporary Indonesian society.
GEMINTANG is Teater Koma's 153rd production, the latest in a long line of theatrical entertainment combined with contemporary social commentary.
The date was May 25th 2018.
Cheers and boos from the raucous crowd filled Burhanuddin Stadium.
