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reviews TEATER ATAS POKOK (Theatre atop the Tree). Written and directed by Dinsman (Shamsudin Osman). Shah Alam Park, Shah Alam, Malaysia, 15 April 2016. Teater Atas Pokok was an ambitious project that sent actors hundreds of feet up into an impressive tree in the central park of Shah Alam, capital of Selangor State. The poet-author-director Dinsman (Fig. 1), who conceived the proj- Figure 1. Dinsman open arms with cast and crew of Teater. (Photo: Noor Kasmara Sokarnor, Picturehouse Studio Malaysia) Asian Theatre Journal, vol. 34, no. 1 (Spring 2017). © 2017 by University of Hawai`i Press. All rights reserved. Figure 2. Teater Atas Pokok actors swing from the large tree. (Photo: Noor Kasmara Sokarnor, Picturehouse Studio Malaysia) Figure 3. The community defending the tree included actors Nadhilah Suhaimi (l.) and Paik Yin (r.). (Photo: Noor Kasmara Sokarnor, Picturehouse Studio Malaysia) ect, is among the well-known authors of Malay theatre and poetry who first emerged as a playwright in the 1970s. Dinsman's work has always given voice to the concerns of the time. Dinsman developed this piece as a response to the forces pushing for development in Kampung Bandar where his writers' group Seniman Paksi Rakyat, Artists' Axis of
Asian Theatre Journal – University of Hawai'I Press
Published: Feb 15, 2017
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