ARTISTS
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ARIEF HAMIZAN
Artist, Co-founder
Arief Hamizan is a theatre director, actor, and writer who has performed and presented work across Malaysia and Singapore. Notable theatre credits include 'Shakespeare's R+J', 'The Pillowman', and 'LIGHT'.
Beyond Panas Panas Theatre, Arief is an Associate Artist with Nusantara Theatrical Combat. He also works in arts advocacy as an Executive Committee member of ReformARTsi.
HANA NADIRA
Artist, Co-founder
Hana Nadira is an actor, composer and director based in Kuala Lumpur. Over a career of fifteen years, she has worked as a performer across Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, Scotland and Italy, and created works across different mediums.
Hana holds a Bachelor of Music from Berklee College of Music and will be pursuing her MFA Acting at Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in fall 2024.
ALI MOTAMEDI
Artist, Co-founder
Ali Motamedi is a film and theatre director, writer and producer. An active member of the arts community, he focuses on advocacy and research as Executive Committee member of ReformARTsi, an independent arts coalition which advocates for policy reform for the performing arts, and a co-founding member of ERTI Arts Research Collective.
Outside the theatre, Ali is the co-founder and executive producer of Kampung Pictures, a multidisciplinary production house based in Kuala Lumpur. With Kampung Pictures, Ali has produced and directed campaigns and commercials for various corporate clients.
THEYVAPAALAN S JAYARATNAM
Artist
THEYVAPAALAN S JAYARATNAM IS A TAMIL NONBINARY TRANSGENDER BEING , A BODY OF WATER , A PAIR OF LUNGS BATHING UNDER THE SIX MOONS YOU DREAM ABOUT .
IT IS A MULTIDISCIPLINARY ARTIST GROUNDING ITSELF IN PERFORMANCE , PHOTOGRAPHY AND FILM . IT GRADUATED FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF PERFORMANCE AND MEDIA , SUNWAY UNIVERSITY AND DEBUTED ON THE PROFESSIONAL STAGE WITH RIWAYAT(2017) , AN EXPERIMENTAL DEVISED PIECE BY TUNG JIT YANG AT THE GEORGETOWN FESTIVAL .
NOTABLE CREDITS INCLUDE S I X(2018) A DEVISED PLAY IT DIRECTED DISSECTING THE STOPPING THE TIME AND THE PASSING OF ONE'S FATHER , T H R E E(2018) AS PART OF TIGA 3 BY FIVE ARTS CENTRE , PLAYS WITHOUT WORDS OR ACTION(2019) AND S K I N (2021) A POETIC DOCUMENTARY IT CO-CREATED AND CO-PRODUCED .
RECENT VENTURES INCLUDE தண் ணீர் THANNIR (2022) , A SINGLE CHANNEL VIDEO PROJECTED ON MIXED MEDIA ABOUT THE MURDER OF A.GANAPATHY FOR THE ILHAM ART SHOW CREATED WITH SAMUEL TIN ALONGSIDE SYAMSUL AZHAR AND FAHMI SANI AND TRANSLATING INTERVIEWS INTO PHOTOGRAPHS FOR SITE AND SPACE IN SOUTHEAST ASIA , A RESEARCH PROJECT FUNDED BY THE GETTY FOUNDATION WHICH ALLOWED IT TO EXPLORE THE ART AND ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY AND SENSE MEMORY OF PENANG WHERE IT GREW UP , AND PARTICIPATING THE INDONESIAN CONTEMPORARY ART AND DESIGN’S 13TH EDITION , FEEL GOOD LAB (2023). SHE WILL BE DEBUTING HER FIRST SOLO ART EXHIBITION TITLED SUCK MY TRANNY DICK, THIS AUGUST AT 293 .
ARIFF KAMIL
Sleeping artist, Co-founder
Ariff Kamil started in theatre writing for the sketch show INDICINELIVE! IV (2012) by KLPAC. Eager to learn more, he signed up for Kakiseni and JKKN's New Works Grant and from this came his first full length play, ANAK/BENIH (2015) staged by Theatrethreesixty. His other credits include directing THE DUMB WAITER (2013), writing and performing for NEVER EAT TOO MUCH BEFORE RAPTURE (2014), assistant director for the play SAMAR (2017) which is under the KENDURI KENDARA triptych, and sound design for ANGELS IN AMERICA: PART 1 (2015).
SANDEE CHEW
Collaborating artist
Sandee Chew is an actor, lighting designer, and unofficial dramaturg, with interest in audience and theatre development. She is a co-founder and former ensemble member of Shakespeare Demystified, and currently, a core member, actor and writer for KL Shakespeare Players’s Exchange Theatre series. Recently, she served as a committee member of grassroots initiatives, ReformARTsi and Malaysian Theatre Association (MaTA). In another life, she was also a theatre consultant and architecture lighting design assistant with Stage Centre Line Associates.
As a lighting designer, she won the BOH Cameronian Award in 2009 and participated in Japan Foundation’s JENESYS Programme: Invitation Programme for Creators in 2012.