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Review: Adnan Production’s CHICAGO Dominates GBB


by Rakaputra Paputungan - May 18, 2026

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....

Review: Jakarta Player’s (DIS)CONNECTED: An Authentic View of Modern Human Life


by Rakaputra Paputungan - April 27, 2026

What did our critic think of (DIS)CONNECTED at JAKARTA PLAYERS?...

Review: KELAS AKTING TITIMANGSA’s Pemberontak: An Intriguing Exploration


by Rakaputra Paputungan - April 21, 2026

On November 23, 2025, the team from BroadwayWorld Indonesia attended Pemberontak. The show was presented as one of the recitals by the Kelas Akting Titimangsa 2025, under Iswadi Pratama’s direction. As the closing show of their program, this staging of Les Justes by Albert Camus carried a strong s...

Review: Beauty, Betrayal, and Tragedy in SLIT-MOUTHED WOMAN


by Rakaputra Paputungan - April 13, 2026

What did our critic think of SLIT-MOUTHED WOMAN at Bungaku Universitas Kristen Maranatha?...

Review: Eclipse Studios’ BERHANTU: A Quick Horror Experience


by Rakaputra Paputungan - April 04, 2026

What did our critic think of BERHANTU at Eclipse Studios?...

Review: SHiNDORA's HEY OLD FRIENDS Makes Aging Fun, Poignant


by Rakaputra Paputungan - March 25, 2026

On February 7 and 8, 2026, the Japanese-language theater group SHiNDORA presented their latest show: HEY OLD FRIENDS, LET’S GO TO THE HOSPITAL (or 今日も元気だ 病院集合 in Japanese) at Teater Kecil. ...

Review: Leveling Up One’s Acting Through Song in MEISNER MUSICALS: OVERTURE


by Rakaputra Paputungan - March 11, 2026

Last year, the acting studio Act’elier conducted an 8-session offline course of acting through song. Called MEISNER MUSICALS: OVERTURE, the program was taught by Heriska Suthapa, a Designated Meisner Teacher, with a certification in Level 1 Meisner in Music Teacher. It billed itself as a way to be...

Review: Censtacom’s Rodger and Hammerstein’s Cinderella: A Mundane Fairytale


by Rakaputra Paputungan - March 05, 2026

From 15–18 January 2026, Center Stage Community (Censtacom) presented its latest production, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella, at Graha Bhakti Budaya, Jakarta....

Review: ArtSwara Production’s VINTAGE SOUNDS: A Nostalgic Singalong


by Rakaputra Paputungan - February 26, 2026

The performances continued with Maera, Dipo, Bimozeno, followed by Gilang Arga, Taufan Purbo, and Iwak the Rock Fish, keeping the energy consistently dynamic. A standout moment came when Gabriel Havrianto performed a tribute song to Titiek Puspa. His vocals were powerful, and overall, the vocal qual...

Review: PINJAM DULU SERATUS: A Timely Glimpse Into The Dangers of Debt


by Rakaputra Paputungan - February 24, 2026

On December 20, 2025, Teater SOIA held their first standalone performance at Teater Kecil, Taman Ismail Marzuki. Titled PINJAM DULU SERATUS (“Lend Me A Hundred”), it’s an original play tackling online gambling and online lending services, prevalent problems in modern day Indonesia....

Past Shows

Death and the Maiden
Jul 12 – Jul 13, 2013

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
Jul 5

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
Jun 28 – Jun 30, 2013

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
Jun 1 – Jun 30, 2013

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)
Jun 21 – Jun 22, 2013

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
Jun 14 – Jun 15, 2013

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
Jun 7 – Jun 8, 2013

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
May 28

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)
May 21

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
May 18

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
May 6 – May 8, 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
May 7

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
Mar 2 – Apr 2, 2013

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
Mar 26

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)
Mar 9

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
Nov 23 – Nov 24, 2012

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
Nov 10

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
Nov 4

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
Nov 2

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...

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