Profession:
Playwright/Scriptwriter, Director, Artistic Director, Producer, Production Manager
Based Location:
Klang Valley
Visual Age Range:
31-35
Gender:
Male
Ethnicity:
Malay
Height (CM):
167cm
Asyraf Syahir or Acap is an arts practitioner and academician. He is the founder and artistic director of ejklsseni, as well as a lecturer in Sunway College (teaching theatre and film) and TARUMT (teaching theatre). Prior to his current teaching position, he was a lecturer in IIUM (teaching literature courses). Acap mainly focuses on backstage works, especially on the crafts of writing and directing (in which he has written more than 70 plays). Additionally, he has also done works on dramaturgy, scenography and sound design – whereby he specializes in blackbox style immersive performances. His previous works often revolve around the concepts of self discovery in which he utilizes a dramatherapeutic semi-devised approach towards his play development; with heavy themes, ranging from grief, sex, religion, sexuality, trauma, and many more. He was part of the production team (as director, writer or both) for several award-winning plays in the past: including Festival Teater Kuala Lumpur 2013, Festival Teater Kuala Lumpur 2015, and Anugerah Teater Malaysia 2023. Acap is also currently a PhD candidate under the Universiti of Malaya, whereby his practice-led research focuses on utilizing multisemiotic-modelling as a tool for dramaturgy in blackbox-style theatre performances.
