2025 was another year full of theatrical performances, and our writers are back with their Top 3 list – and additional “Just for Fun” Awards! Thank you to everyone who kept the theatre going this year – from showrunners, cast members, to the theatregoers and beyond.
On 29–31 August 2025, Titimangsa returned to the stage with their 88th production, Bunga Penutup Abad, performed at Ciputra Artpreneur. This play is an intermedial adaptation from Pramoedya Ananta Toer’s novels Bumi Manusia (This Earth of Mankind) and Anak Semua Bangsa (Child of All Nations), directed by Wawan Sofwan. The team from BroadwayWorld Indonesia attended the performance on 30 August.
As part of the #NontonTeaterDirumahAja program by Bakti Budaya Djarum Foundation, an original cinema play, Rumah Kenangan, is to make its debut on August 15th. The COVID-19-inspired drama is produced in collaboration with Titimangsa Foundation and will boast big name stars.
HBO GO is now available in Indonesia as a standalone service. The streaming app is accessible on HBOGOAsia.com and can be downloaded from the App Store or Play Store for IDR60,000* (approximately US$4) a with a 7-day free trial.
During his keynote conversation in Cannes at Mipcom today, HBO Chairman and CEO Richard Plepler announced that the HBO U.S. service will be making available to its customers some of the most acclaimed international, original series from HBO Europe, HBO Latin America and HBO Asia.
Before the stage of PEREMPUAN-PEREMPUAN CHAIRIL next month, Titimangsa Foundation held a 'flashback trip' to commemorate the Poet Chairil Anwar's love story, visiting some spots that used to be his hangout places during his lifetime, in PEREMPUAN-PEREMPUAN CHAIRIL's Walking Tour and Script Discussion program.
After the success of 'BUNGA PENUTUP ABAD' in Jakarta last year and in Bandung last March, Titimangsa Foundation is back to present their upcoming 18th production, 'PEREMPUAN-PEREMPUAN CHAIRIL' in 11-12 November 2017 at Teater Jakarta, Taman Ismail Marzuki. Before they begin the rehearsal process, Titimangsa Foundation held a ceremony at Dia.Loe.Gue Artspace, Kemang, Jakarta in August 19.
Titimangsa Foundation and Bakti Budaya Djarum Foundation presents a colossal theater production called Bunga Penutup Abad, an adaptation of Nobel Laureate nominee Pramoedya Ananta Toer's literature works. 'This production marks the 10th anniversary of his death, to appreciate the works of a great Indonesian writer to the stage, and as one of the hopes to introduce and expose the young people in Indonesia to their home country's literature,' as quoted by Happy Salma, one of the main cast as well as the producer of the production.
Marking Pramoedya Ananta Toer's 10th anniversary of the notable literati death, Yayasan Titian Penerus Bangsa collaborated with Titimangsa Foundation and supported by Djarum Foundation to held 'BUNGA PENUTUP ABAD', a theatre performance, August 25-27 2016 in Jakarta Art Building.
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