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Tidur Lambak (2025) di Djakarta International Theatre Platform
Staged at Teater Wahyu Sihombing, Tidur Lambak (2025) is an immersive performance, highlighting the nostalgic communal sleeping arrangements associated with the Malaysian practice of "balik kampung" or homecoming.
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"The show reminded me of a quote by Virginia Satir, "Feeling of worth can flourish only in an atmosphere where individual differences are appreciated, mistakes are tolerated - the kind of atmosphere found in a nurturing family" - Marhaini Mohar, Instagram
"tak senonoh.. tidur lambak is not with strangers.. it should be among cousins and both genders shouldn't be mixed" - Saia, TIKTOK
"I thought of my time at school when we had to sleep together in the hall or the mosque, probably during some motivational or qiamullai programmes." - Ali Aiman Mazwin, Instagram
"Tidur Lambak adalah memori dari sebuah gudang lama yang kami bawa pulang pada malam şemalam; mimi yang kami kongsi dengan orang yang rata-ratanya tidak kami kenal. Antara performans yang takkan saya lupa." - Azrin Fauzi, Facebook
"A beautiful experience" - Prakash Daniel, Instagram
"Suatu yang sedikit radikal. Menempatkan orang ramai di dalam sebuah bulatan sebagai mengenang kembali nostalgia sangatlah sesuai."
- Danial Fuad, BASKL
"As a Korean I remember doing it (communal sleeping) as a little girl as well.." - Kathy, Instagram
August 6th 2025 | 120 minute
2:00 PM & 8:00 PM
Kongsi KL
Language: Malay, Indonesia, English
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Tapir Studio
Performer: Liew Chee Heai, Tina Dewi
Director: Taha Long, Hafreez Amminuddin
Dramaturg: Ridhwan Saidi
Art Director: Dhan Illiani
Sound Artist: Agha Praditya
Production Manager: Nurul Aizam
Movement Consultant: Alisya Razman
DITP Team
Stage Manager: Danang
Stagehand: Rafi Kiting, Krisna, Udin Bhakti
Lighting Designer: Amin Rafi
Sound Technician: Difie
Hospitality: Noor, Gus
Extra Support
Field Coordinator: Hera Anisa
Sound Recordist (Malaysia Dream): Mohd Naeem
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Presented by Tapir Studio
In collaboration with Moka Mocha Ink
With the support of Djakarta International Theatre Platform
Special Thanks: Amer Wafiy, Ayra Rahmat, Beverly Leong, Brigitta Isabella, Chan Teik Quan, Dani Huda, Danial Malek, Dou Houz, Fahad Iman, Imran, Karl Afiq, Kongsi KL, Min Mohamed, Momo, Nguyen Hai Yen “Red”, Sophia Shukeri, Sugar Nadia, Tan Cher Kian, Ucup Bakrie, Yutiansyah Lesmana, Residents of Kuala Lumpur
Artist Profile
Taha Long
Co-Director
Taha Long is a multi-disciplinary artist from Klang, Malaysia. He works across film, visual arts and photography. Across the arts, his work interests itself in proximity between cultures, how it harmonizes and clashes.
He graduated from School of Visual Arts with an MPS in Film Directing, and is an alumna of the Playlab Films' 2022 Apichatpong Weerasethakul's Lab. His projects have been the recipient of the PBS Latino Public Broadcasting Grant, Katharina Otto-Bernstein Grant, Krishen Jit Fund and Hai-O Arts and Culture Grant. His producing work continues to be featured on publications, such as Dance Magazine, Tatler Asia, New Straits Time, Hip Latina, Mitú, and etc
Hafreez Amminuddin
Co-Director
Hafreez Amminuddin is a creative producer/ director from Miri, Sarawak. He started his creative journey by doing PR & Marketing, and slowly branched into commercials and digital content as the years went by. Currently, he is working in a digital company called Xeno Entertainment. He has worked for brands such as Foodpanda, Samsung & Sephora Malaysia.
Additionally, in 2020, he started his own creative production company, House of Karyawan, and produced a number of music videos for notable names like Zee Avi, Harith Zazman & Ayda Jebat.
Ridhwan Saidi
Dramaturg
Ridhwan Saidi is a Malaysian novelist, playwright, leftfield theatre maker and co-founder of indie publishing house, Moka Mocha Ink (mokamochaink.com) which focuses on contemporary Malay fictions and drama.
He is a part of the LiteraCity research team, a literary mapping project of Kuala Lumpur. Teater Modular is his series of short plays consisting 13 offbeat playlets, whilst Teater Normcore is his series of full length plays, both with the intention to illuminate poetry and heightened appreciation towards deadpan humour. In 2019, he co-curated Pesta Playlet, an artist-run non-profit common ground for performance-based initiative through community building, research, workshop, discourse and publications.
Dhan Illiani
Art Director
Dhan illiani yusof is a multi disciplinary artist with a range of practices in fine art and fashion ranging in conceptual works, creative direction and performance art, a member of projek rabak, Dhani’s work experiments across different methods of expressions and collaborations.
Agha Praditya
Sound Artist
Agha Praditya is a musician, composer, and sound artist from Denpasar whose work spans electronic production, multi-instrumental/vocal performance, sound design, and contemporary reinterpretations of Indonesian sonic traditions. His practice moves fluidly between song-based projects, experimental soundwork, and collaborative performances across music, film, and installation. Recurring motifs in his work include memory, place, and the tensions of growing up amid Bali’s shifting cultural landscape. Drawing from personal history and everyday observation, he creates pieces that sit between the intimate and the conceptual, using texture, narrative, and timbre to explore identity and modern Indonesian life.