The Present is a collaborative mentorship project between Plasticity Theatre Troupe from Malaysia and Homemade Puppet from Thailand. This contemporary shadow play explores the possibility to break the boundaries of a usual shadow play and create a new theatre experience to the audiences. Addressing environmental issues in our daily lives by using the upcycled objects, this non-verbal show offers an anatomy perspective off and beyond the screen. With the artistic and cultural exchange from different backgrounds, this collaboration will help to bring the upcycled objects to life.

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This 40 minutes shadow play tells the story about a little boy, who accidentally discovers a vintage box, and enters the fantasy world with his newly found friend, a fish. In that fantasy world, the boy went through a series of soul-stirring adventure and come to realise human greed has caused irreparable damage to the environment.

 

The storyline focuses on human destructive development which not only harming our mother nature, but also other living creatures in the world.