THE DUMB WAITER
Written by Harold Pinter

Directed by James Lee

Performed by Chew Kin Wah & Pang Khee Teik

28 - 31 March 2001
8.30 pm
1 April 2001
3.00 pm

A dumb waiter and two professional hitmen, no food left. A time when friendship and obligation are put to a test. And one can only choose one.

James Lee's Tarantino-esque adaptation of The Dumb Waiter explores the underlying subtleties of power struggle in a seemingly mundane relationship between two professional hitmen waiting for instructions at a secret rendezvous.

The Director James Lee was last seen in Box of Delights and The Expat Comes To Town (The Actors Studio) and Amir Muhammad's Lips to Lips. He also made his directorial debut with Love Poems (The Actors Studio) in 1999, and is one of the brains behind the Chicken Parts series, an experimental platform for emerging theatre practitioners.

His first feature movie, Snipers, premiered on March 13th at The Actors Studio Box.

Cast

Chew Kin Wah is a versatile performer who has been performing on the Malaysian stage since the 1980s. He has performed in numerous Five Arts Centre productions, most recently in Family written by Leow Puay Tin and directed by Krishen Jit and Wong Hoy Cheong, which performed in Kuala Lumpur and Berlin. Kin Wah has also acted on television, most notably in the popular TV series, Kopitiam.

Pang Khee Teik is making his acting debut on the Malaysian stage in The Dumb Waiter. He is also a writer and photographer for www.lavish.com.my and www.octopus.com.my/english, and starred in James Lee's Snipers.

Production / Creative Team

Artistic Directors Krishen Jit & Joe Hasham

Producer Marion D'Cruz

Production Managers Simon Yap & Teoh Ming-Jin

Stage Managers Rina Tung

Graphic Design 3nity

Publicity Mark Teh

Photography Pang Khee Teik