Review: Jakarta Movin’s SENJA TEDUH PELITA: A Laborious Spectacle
What did our critic think of SENJA TEDUH PELITA at JAKARTA MOVIN?…
Salihara Theater
Review: A Work in Progress: Indonesian Musical Company’s MET LIEFDE – DR. VENESSA
On March 14, 2026, Indonesian Musical Company’s Winter Class staged MET LIEFDE – DR. VENESSA. Held in Gedung Kesenian Miss Tjitjih, this production served as a showcase of everything the students had learned: acting, dancing, and theater tech. Being a backstory for one of the characters in one o…
Review: DI HATI ADA CINTA’s Ode to Enduring Love
What did our critic think of DI HATI ADA CINTA at KETEMU DI SENI?…
Review: The Warm, Eclectic Platter of GUDEG NANIK: WUTAH by MIMIC THEATER
What did our critic think of GUDEG NANIK: WUTAH at MIMIC THEATER?…
Review: TEATER PARRESIA CASCARA'S ESTHER: A Safe and Straightforward Performance
On 28 March 2026, the team from Broadway World Indonesia attended Teater Parresia Cascara’s Esther, presented at Gereja St. Yakobus. Written and directed by Venantius Vladimir Ivan Pratama, the retelling of the story of Esther in this recent production was a piece of work steeped in atmospheric am…
Review: A Playful Story of Grief in KAKEK DAN PERAHU KUNING
On March 14, the performing arts community WAKTUNYA MAIN put on a production of KAKEK DAN PERAHU KUNING (“The Old Man and the Yellow Boat”) at Galeri Indonesia Kaya. This production is a rerun, following the show’s debut at Festival Musikal Indonesia 2025.…
Review: PRANALIKA’s OFF THE CLOCK - A Heartfelt Celebration of Teachers
What did our critic think of OFF THE CLOCK at PRANALIKA PRODUCTIONS?…
Review: SEMESTA BERDENDANG Brings Music, Energy, and Humor
On April 4, 2026, the student board of Prasetiya Mulya University put on an original musical called MUSIKAL PASAR DANGDUT: SEMESTA BERDENDANG, or SEMESTA BERDENDANG for short, at Teater Besar, Taman Ismail Marzuki…
Review: Big Ben's THE LITTLE MERMAID JR. is A Cute Underwater Fairytale
S blížícím se koncem divadelní sezóny se každý divák jistě těší na oznámení premiérových inscenací sezóny následující. Přestože mnohá divadla svůj budoucí repertoár již oznámila, plzeňské divadlo zatím drží dramaturgický plán pod pokličkou.…
Review: AdPro's CHICAGO Dominates GBB
From 8-12 April 2026, Adnan Production brought the longest-running American musical in Broadway history, Chicago, onto the stage of Graha Bhakti Budaya. It ran a total of eight shows (including the Gala performance), showcasing the many different talents within the theatre industry of Indonesia.…
Past Shows
Death and the Maiden
Death and the Maiden tells the story of Paulina, who had been tortured and raped by soldiers of a military regime. Fifteen years later, after...
Phaedra's Love
Phaedra's Love involves six different characters. The two main characters are Phaedra and Hippolytus. Phaedra is a queen, married to Theseus, but she has not...
Endgame
Endgame is a one-act play with four characters. It is a story of four people, each with their own oddity: Hamm and Clov, the servant,...
S. Teddy D. Exhibition Collecting Memories
S. Teddy Darmawan is a visual artist who is never content with a single conventional medium. His works—swinging back and forth between two and three-dimensional—are...
Bila Malam Bertambah Malam (When Night Deepens)
Bila Malam Bertambah Malam speaks of happy teenage love and of deeply buried old love, set against the background of caste differences in Bali. It...
Warm
Dominated by body movements, Warm is a circus theater that is not just about pure acrobatics on stage, but also of ultra-bright lights and high-powered...
The Smell of the Soul
The Smell of the Soul is an interactive and irreverently funny cabaret about death and chaos. Erasing the boundary between stage and audience, it invites...
On Sexuality and Women's Thoughts
How do women formulate themselves, and how are they formulated by men? This is a classic issue found throughout history. Philosophers and intellectuals, from Ancient...
Limousine Concert (France)
Limousine is an indie band from France, playing instrumental music to the tune of electronic pop-jazz. Through minimalist sounds, Limousine has created a calm and...
UPH Concert
How do music schools grow and develop in Indonesia? Our music schools are not limited to teaching Western (standard) classical music, but also teaching students...
Salihara International Performing Arts Exchange (SIPAX) 2013
Dance, Discussion, Salihara Theater, Special Program, Theater The 2013 Salihara International Performance Arts Exchange (SIPAX) is an international event that brings together artists, performers, and...
Cultural Education, from theNational Movement Era to Today
Growth of a nation is determined by its education. Sriwijaya and Majapahit are known not only as centers of power, but also as centers for...
Kundalini of the Earth
The paintings in this exhibition are composites of digitally printed images, satellite photographs, and participatory painting. On these canvases, we see faces of famous people:...
Post-colonialism & Historical Tourism in Poetry by Zeffry Alkatiri
How do we read history? Poet Zeffry Alkatiri chose poetry to help re-read history. He writes narrative poetry that chronicles history, relating to the presence...
Hanacaraka (There are Emissaries)
This dance piece is inspired by the Javanese alphabet, comprised of 20 letters: ha na ca ra ka / da ta sa wa la /...
Dance Performance by Andara Firman Moeis: Memo-Lusion
How do memories play an influential role in human lives? Is the history of humankind not constructed from layers upon layers of past memories? These...
Iswargia Renardi Sudarno Piano Recital
In order to proficiently play various types of music by different composers and from different eras, one is required to have a high degree of...
Nicolas Stavy Piano Recital
Continuing the celebration of melayuonline 146 Claude Debussy, after Marie Vermeulin tour in January, Institut Français Indonesia (IFI) bring in Nicolas Stavy, piano soloists Competition,...
Awards Night The 2012 Ahmad Wahib Competition Awards Night
Ahmad Wahib is a controversial Indonesian Muslim scholar. His book, Pergolakan Pemikiran Islam: Catatan Harian Ahmad Wahib (1982, Islamic Intellectual Turbulence: the Diaries of Ahmad...