Not That Kind of Doctor Arts & Culture Columns Not That Kind of Doctor Arts & Culture Columns Merging folklore and history, ‘Alai Imbun’ heralds new wave of theatre productions Our resident arts columnist Dr Kat is back with a review of an ambitious play from new theatre troupe, Play Naturally August 3, 2019 It’s been great to see the expansion in local theatre towards the staging of original Bruneian content. In 2019 alone, local theatre company…
Not That Kind of Doctor Arts & Culture Columns Not That Kind of Doctor Arts & Culture Columns BruHaHa: Stand-up comedy the Bruneian way In this week's column, Dr Kat takes a look at the four-year evolution of Brunei's one and only comedy troupe October 20, 2018 Over the last weekend, local comedy troupe BruHaHa put on two sold-out shows at the Progresif Headquarters in Gadong. On Friday, the show…
Not That Kind of Doctor Arts & Culture Columns Not That Kind of Doctor Arts & Culture Columns The Bungsu Story reboot: Does this local production live up to its potential? Dr Kat reviews the prologue of this Bruneian drama, released one year after the original pilot October 7, 2018 Brought to you by Filterworks Productions and Lailatul Shazana’s, The Bungsu Story is being billed as a prologue to and reboot of the…
Not That Kind of Doctor Arts & Culture Columns Not That Kind of Doctor Arts & Culture Columns How faith and art intersects in Bruneian literature: A review of ‘Anugerah’ and ‘For You, I Do’ This week our columnist Dr Kat reviews two new local literary offerings August 23, 2018 It is difficult to write about something as ineffable as faith. Faith is fluid and formless and tender – to try to capture…
Winnie Wisdom Columns Winnie Wisdom Columns Dear Winnie, is a workplace romance ever a good idea? So you're crushing on a co-worker? Office romances can be tricky territory, and our agony aunt has some major caveats in this week's 'Winnie Wisdom'. February 28, 2018 Dear Winnie, I need advice! So there’s this guy I work with and he’s nice and cute and I have a HUGE crush…