Tewas: What to Do When There is No Light at The End of The Tunnel

By Miriam Devaprasana

February 2025 FOR ART'S SAKE
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The actors in Tewas employ a single cage as their only prop, symbolising confinement and struggle throughout their performance.
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*Photo credit: JDev StudiosHOW DOES ONE begin to tell the story of a victim of bullying? Empathy may allow us to glimpse the edges of their pain, but can we ever truly know its weight—the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual toll of being coerced, hurt and diminished by abuse, aggression or cruel words? How do you convey the dragging heaviness of desolation or the invisible bruises that mark the individual?Yet, theatre and performance makers across the world have long turned...

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Miriam Devaprasana

is a dabbler of creative expressions and a budding researcher rooted in sensitivity, vulnerability, faith and human connection. Check out more of her writing on mdev16.wordpress.com.

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