The Malay Man, left to care for his aging and decaying Chinese Father, seeks only to love his father till death if only to know whom his mother is, or was. That was the Chinese Father’s promise to his Malay and only son. The Chinese Father, anticipating his final breath to be in the arms of his Malay son, can only desire to see his Malay son take off the kebaya forever or at least till he dies. The Malay Son looks too much like the woman the Chinese Father had once loved and who had given him his Malay Son, but the Chinese Father forgets. Death is inevitable, but the satisfaction in knowing will be sought and must be achieved, and neither the Malay Son nor his Chinese Father will be denied of this pleasure.

Artistic Director: Noor Effendy Ibrahim

Chinese Father: Michael Tan
Malay Man: Yazid Jalil
Vocal Artist: Asnida Daud

Stage/Technical Manager & Lighting Designer: Helmi Fita
Production Assistant: Mish'aal Syed Nasar

(Source: The Necessary Stage Programme)

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The Malay Man and His Chinese Father (2016)

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Staged: 29 September 2016

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The Malay Man and His Chinese Father (2015), Review

Deviant Art Problem is, as pure performance, it just isn’t very compelling to watch. Troubled families are at the heart of many of Noor Effendy Ibrahim’s works, and his latest piece serves up its share of household dysfunction using the director’s trademark blend of physical theatre and deviance. There are some arresting images in this work that will stick in the mind for a long time, and the production dangles oblique commentaries on identities — race definitely, gender, age and youth. But in the

Adeline Chia

Reviewed: 17 January 2015

The Malay Man and His Chinese Father (2015), Review

The Malay Man and His Chinese Father As the audience step into the theatre, the two protagonists—the Chinese father (played by Michael Tan) and the Malay son (played by Yazid Jalil)—are already standing on the t-shaped stage in their briefs, with audience placed on both sides of the stage. As the performance begins, they started to touch each other: at times resembling an embrace, at times a wrestle, at times a struggle to arrive at a common understanding. The father and son then went into a sequence of

Beverly Yuen

Reviewed: 17 January 2015

The Malay Man and His Chinese Father (2015)

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