Weekly Indie Show from Malaysia

Weekly interviews in English from a home studio in Malaysia with all kinds of people, artists and otherwise, conducted by young, theatre innovators and politically conscious cool kids? Yes please! The project is called Fairly Current, it’s great fun, chill, informative, with a goofy theme song, and a fascinating perspective.

Teh and Fahmi’s faces would be familiar to anyone who knows even a little bit about the Malaysian arts scene. They co-founded Akshen, a young theatre group affiliated to the Five Arts Centre in 2000 and created some of the more engaging, brilliant pieces of theatre among youth.

From the stage, Teh and Fahmi moved to the airwaves when Teh became one of the co-producers of The Very Moody Show on the now defunct WOW FM in 2003, while Fahmi hosted a TV show on local films called Shortcuts in 2005.

Teh and Fahmi are also active in the more politicised aspects of the arts in Malaysia – Fahmi is a known advocate of the wayang kulit, while Teh’s work in community arts in Taman Medan, Kuala Lumpur, has been well documented.

For this work, Teh was designated Boh Cameronian Arts Awards’ Most Promising Artiste in 2003 and Fahmi received the same recognition in 2007.

Most significantly, however, is their work in engaging the community in theatre and taking theatre out to the masses by moving beyond conventional theatre spaces.

When you know this about them, moving into cyberspace, the last frontier, seems only logical.

To date, Fahmi has spoken to a myriad of personalities on the show including filmmaker Yasmin Ahmad, Subang Jaya assemblyman Hannah Yeoh, and journalist Jacqueline Ann Surin. Next week, they are scheduled to release a show featuring fishermen in Johor talking about the Middle Rocks controversy, the show’s first outdoor shoot since its inception.

Article from the Malaysia Star.