OP's OPHELIA: a Fashion Opera

OP's OPHELIA: a Fashion Opera Website: http://www.artsee.net/ophelia Venue: Stor Teater, Dewan Bahasa & Pustaka Time: 8.30 pm Dates: June 16th - June 27th, 2004 Enquiries to: E-mail: haxa@pd.jaring.my; cc: pickyin@gmail.com Please help promote this great show for us. Thank you, Hazarizal Zainodin Publicity Manager ---------------------------------------------- "OPs OPHELIA: a FaShioN opeRa" Artsee Networks is pleased to present OPs OPHELIA: a FaShioN opeRa, a tanztheater (dance-theatre) production that combines the performance elements of fashion with music, dance and theatre, to be staged at the DBP Stor Theater from June 16th to 27th. Conceived, directed and co-produced by Rohaizad Suaidi who lectures theatre fulltime at Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), the performance is a celebration of women and the roles they play in society. OP's OPHELIA takes inspiration from Shakespeare's play "Hamlet", pre-Raphaelite paintings of Ophelia, German writer Heiner Müller's "The Hamletmachine" and the book "Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls" by clinical psychologist Dr. Mary Pipher. This production aims to theatrically present the struggles and challenges experienced by Malaysian women of different age groups, social classes, spiritual backgrounds and sexual identities in their journey through the male-dominated cultural landscape to find their true selves. Stellar Production & Creative Team Show includes multi-disciplined arts practitioners in this ambitious multimedia project for the stage: converging cultures, practices, processes and technologies Cast & Crew include Cameronian Arts Awards Winners & Nominees, Actors, Composers, Dancers, Designers, Directors, Musicians, Producers & Singers from the Malay, English & Chinese Theatre Scene. Familiar names such as Adlin Aman Ramli, Anne James, Fang-Chyi, Ghafir Akhbar, Jerome Kugan, Juliana Ibrahim, Junainah M Lojong, Kiew Suet Kim, Llewellyn Marsh, Marion D'Cruz, Maya Tan Abdullah, Nell Ng, Rohaizad Suaidi, Sasha Bashir, Shegar, Susan Sarah John, Vernon Adrian Emuang & Zalfian Fuzi are bound to get your attention! Reality Online vs Reality TV First time ever Theatrical Production lets you see how it all gets done - online! http://www.artsee.net/ophelia For a behind the scenes view of the show in the making, to get more information, tons of pictures, to read cast & crew bios, blogs and confessions along with a little bit of drama, check out the website above.