Balek Kampong (2011)

A foreign journalist is taken to task after writing some objectionable articles. A university exchange student tries to organise a forum on campus and encounters obstacles. 

The lives of these unlikely individuals meet and intertwine in The Necessary Stage's latest production. Characters clash, tensions run high, and truth is questioned. Can we turn back time and return to a harmonious past?

Who is allowed to speak out for what they believe? Do we welcome the views of foreigners? Or should they 'Balek Kampong'? 

Creative Team

Written by: Haresh Sharma
Directed by: Alvin Tan 

Multimedia Designer: Brian Gothong Tan
Set Designer: Vincent Lim
Lighting Designer: Lim Woan Wen
Sound Designer: PMP 

Cast

Jo Kukathas, Siti Khalijah Zainal, Sukania Venugopal 

Multimedia

Claire Devine
Mrs Sandra Moes-Shintu
Mrs Linda Smith
Jelle Moes
Lotte Moes
Dinesh Rajandran
Benjamin Frese
Amba Frese
Sharon Frese
Michaela Heidinger
Natalie Heidinger
Sheraine von Bescherer
Tian Devine
Ffion Hewlett
Guan Jinsen
Chia Hui Chew

Production Team

Production Stage Manager: Joanna Goh
Assistant Stage Manager: Chia Hui Chew

Wardrobe Coordinator: Molizah Mohd Mohter
Sound Operator: Cecilia Chow
Sound Operator (Phase II): Sonia Kwek
Lighting Operator: Muhammad Zul Hilmi bin Ali
Video Operator: Celestine Wong
Stage Crew: Nur Khairiyah Ramli

(Source: The Necessary Stage Programme)

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