M.A. Theatre Arts (Pennsylvania State University)

Recent Additional Courses

• National Institute of Dramatic Arts (NIDA), Sydney - Script Writing - Summer Course
• National Institute of Dramatic Arts (NIDA), Sydney - Writing for the Screen - Summer Course
• National Institute of Dramatic Arts (NIDA), Sydney - Directing Musicals
• Kuala Lumpur (Performing Arts Centre) - The Beckett Residency with Sarahjane Scaife
• Undergone training at Euginio Barba’s - Odin Teatret

Languages

• Bahasa Melayu
• Bahasa Indonesia
• English

Major Acting Credits

• Albert Camus "Cross Purpose": Mother
• Arnold Wesker "The Friends"
• Kobo Abe "Friends"
• Shakespeare "MacBeth"; Lady Macbeth
• Vijay Tendulkar "Sakharam Binder": Chamcha
• Thor Kah Hoong "Caught in the Middle" Parts 1 & 2
• Dario Fo "A Woman Alone"
• Ramli Ibrahim "In the Name of Love": Three one-act plays
• Sabera Shaik "Lady Swettenham": Full length drama
• Sabera Shaik "Cik Ros"
• Mark Beau de Silva "Stories for Amah"
• Franz Kafka "Metamorphosis"
• Alan Bennett "Habeas Corpus"

Television

• "The Return" - English
• "Meena Meenachi - Malay
• "City of the Rich - English
• "Show me the Money" - English

Movie

• "The Red Kebaya" - Feature film, directed by Oliver Knott (2006)

Costume Design

• "Narukami"

Recent Productions

• Producer for many specialist presentations for Sutra Dance Theatre Company (Artistic Director: Ramli Ibrahim)
• "Lady Swettenham" Sabera Shaik
• "Rhinoceros" Eugene Ionesco
• "My Bollywood Summer" Sabera Shaik
• "Habeas Corpus" Alan Bennett
• "Happy Days" Samuel Beckett
• "In The Name Of Love" Ramli Ibrahim
• "URMI" adapted from William Shakespeare’s "The Tempest"

Plays Authored by Sabera Shaik

• "Lady Swettenham" - A full-length one-woman play
• "Lady Swettenham" - for a full-length ensemble play
• "Cik Ros"
• "The Other...Can't"
• "Another Day"
• "My Bollywood Summer" A full-length Musical