Dates
- 3-4 November 2023, OzAsia
Festival, Adelaide, Australia.
- 21-22 October 2023, SPIELART Theater Festival Munich, Germany.
- 12-15 October 2023, Seoul Performing Arts Festival, South Korea.
- 24-26 March 2023, Bangkok International Performing Arts Meeting, Thailand.
- 2-5 March 2023, The Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre (klpac).
- 14-17 December 2022, YPAM - Yokohama International Performing Arts Meeting, Japan.
- 16-17 July 2022, George Town Festival, Penang.
- 23-26 June 2022, Five Arts
Centre, 9th floor, GMBB, Kuala Lumpur.
- 11-14 May 2022, Kunstenfestivaldesarts, Brussels, Belgium.
- 19-20 October 2019, LIFEs, Komunitas Salihara, Jakarta, Indonesia.
- 16-17 February 2019, TPAM - Performing Arts Meeting in Yokohama, Japan.
Credits
Performers: Fahmi Reza, Faiq Syazwan Kuhiri & Rahmah Pauzi
Director: Mark Teh
Production Designer: Wong Tay Sy
Lighting & Media Designer: Syamsul Azhar
Producer: June Tan
Production Manager: Hoe Hui Ting
Stage Manager: Woon Siew Yin (Yokohama 2019), Darynn Wee (Jakarta 2019), Alison Khor
(Brussels, Kuala Lumpur, Penang 2022), Veeky Tan (Yokohama 2022), Armanzaki Amirolzakri (Kuala Lumpur,
Bangkok, Seoul, Munich, Adelaide 2023)
Production Assistants: Meshalini Muniandy, Shumin Tan, Ng Yuh Ning
Executive Producer: Five Arts Centre
Co-Producer: TPAM – Performing Arts Meeting in Yokohama (Japan)
Reactions
“A genuine treasure within our local performing arts scene. With remarkable artistry, A Notional
History skillfully navigates the intricate depths of history... a captivating & deeply relatable
masterpiece.” Eksentrika
“It is an eye-opening and impressive performative research work... Everything comes together here:
clarity, sensuality, differentiation of content, connections between nations and times, and personal
stories.” Nachtkritik
“It is an indelible mark, leaving us alive and open to the possibility of making new histories
through our personal and collective struggles for our nation.” The Star
“This excellent documentary theatre shows that 'looking at the past is nothing but seeing the
future', and is full of suggestions and aspirations.” ArtScape
Japan
“What was novel and compelling about ANH was not just the team’s affecting performances and
masterful curation of documents old and new, but rather their ability to entice audiences to watch
history being spontaneously made and remade... This is history as it can and should be: alive, vital,
open-ended, and as we make it.” Critics Republic
“Poetic and thought-provoking... This should be shown more widely, to more Malaysians.” BAS KL
“It is an incredible poetic performance in which through music and storytelling they open up the
importance of recognising the complexity of history beside what is politically important to tell at
this moment.” Brussels Morning
“A self-reflective investigation of Malaysia’s violent history... In a post-truth world, A Notional
History clings on to its factual sources with tremendous empathy, pushing for old tales to emerge, and
paving new stories for the future.” ArtsEquator
RESOURCES
- Amrita Malhi, "The Malayan Emergency".
- Betty Chen, "From the Gaps and Blacks", SPIELART Theater Festival magazine.
- Fahmi Reza interview, Glam Adelaide.
- Fiona Lee, "Invincible Communists, Invisible Labor, Interwoven Lives",
Asian American Writers’ Workshop.
- Mark Teh interview, Seoul Performing Arts Festival blog (Korean / English).
- A Notional History การแสดงเชิงสารคดีที่ว่าด้วย ‘ประวัติศาสตร์ที่ต่างออกไป’ ของมาเลเซีย, Thairath
Online.
- A Notional History video portraits by UTAR students, Process.
- A Notional History programme (Kuala Lumpur)
- 3 Questions: Faiq Syazwan Kuhiri, Process.
- 3 Questions: Rahmah Pauzi, Process.
- Kalash Nanda Kumar, "Critically acclaimed documentary performance ‘A Notional History’ returns
to the stage", The Vibes.
- Rahmah Pauzi & Mark Teh interview, BFM.
- Fasyali Fadzly, "Daripada Arkib Menjadi Repertoir - A Notional History", Critics Republic.
- Marco Ferrarese, "Grief & Memory: Challenging Malaysia's historical narratives",
Al Jazeera.
- Tomoyuki Arai, "A Notional Commission", Kunstenfestivaldesarts evening booklet.
- 3 Questions: Wong Tay Sy, Process.
- Mark Teh interview, New Straits Times.
- June Tan & Mark Teh interview, BFM.
- Mark Teh interview, BAS KL.
- Fahmi Reza interview, The Oxford Student.
- School of Arts and Social Sciences, Monash University Malaysia, "The Malayan Emergency
in Film & Literature" workshop.
- Dagmar Walser, "Curtains up on the theatre scene in Southeast Asia",
Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen.
