Following the success of
two creative theatre workshops previously, UTAR’s Department of Languages
and Linguistics (DLL) organised another workshop on 6 and 7 April 2016 at
UTAR Kampar Campus.
The workshop, titled “Catch the Killer”, had a
storyline that was set in an asylum where a group of lunatics, mental
patients, and insane criminals were imprisoned. Each of the prisoners had a
dark and mysterious past that ranged from committing hideous crimes to
witnessing terrible acts of horror. Completely unscripted and improvised,
the workshop consisted of student actors from diverse programmes ranging
from Foundation to Engineering. The eight UTAR student actors; namely,
Audrey Amanda, Kshitij Verma, Lai Wei Yang, Kalesh Linganathan, Ezra
Lavanya, Keerthana Maran, Bernard Cheong Jia Choon, and Kiran Jacob delved
into their deepest and darkest parts of their psyche by role playing as
“inmates” before the 160-strong audience.
The audience, who also role played as visiting
doctors, was tasked with discovering the secrets and identities of each
“inmate” in their allocated stations. Moving from station to station, the
audience interrogated the “prisoners” to receive cryptic clues that will
help reveal the true nature of the prisoners.
This is the third interactive
workshop-cum-performance conducted after the two previous workshops held in
January and March. The workshop aimed to develop students’ performance
skills and to generate interest in the theatrical arts amongst UTAR
students. Promising students from these workshops will be handpicked to
showcase their talents by performing in full-length theatre shows outside of
UTAR and to participate in competitions.
To read more about the previous theatre
workshops, please check out the following links,
2. ‘A
Game of Wolves’ theatre workshop
An audience member interrogating an “inmate”
(left)
The audience interacting with the “inmates”
The audience deliberating on their findings
Students (centre) portraying as “inmates” while
the audience interrogates
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