Mainteater is a theatre collective founded in Bandung, West Java by actor Wawan Sofwan, and has been collaborating with Sandra Fiona Long since 1997, expanding with new collaborators and forms from both countries since that time to create innovative multilingual, vocal and visual works, aiming to reach audiences across cultures and languages. Here are some of our international collaborations:
JTDS SERIES
with Deden Bulqini and Mainteater (Indonesia). After 2 years of development online and live across Australia and Indonesia, this multi-media, vocal and robotic work had 3 performances in 3 versions in 2023. This photo is from our performance at ArtJog in Jogjakarta 2023.
Hades Fading (Hades Memudar)
A vocal-visual performance work set in the post-apocalyptic realm of Hades, in association with Kath Papas Productions, Bandung 2019 and Melbourne in AsiaTOPA 2020.
The Mud Goddess
Waktu adalah temanku- Time it is my Friend
Online performance work, about what time means when the world comes to a stop. Bandung-Melbourne 2021
Grandma is the wolf A work about indoctrination and education, creative development March 2020.
Urat Jagat (Veins of the Universe) A performance in Sundanese and English based on Godi Suwarna's epic Poem. (Indonesian Tour) and Microcosm (Mapping Melbourne Festival) |
Happy 1000 1000 Bahagia
A trilingual work about a journalist's countdown to suicide. Based on Peter Turrini's Endlich Schluss. Performed in Indonesian, Auslan and English languages.