Egotesticle // Memoirs of Masochists

ABOUT THE PLAY

“Egotesticle” or its alternate title, “Memoirs of Masochists” is an original play by Asyraf Syahir or Acap; featuring a diverse cast of 6: Perassath, Piravina Ragunathan, Maryam Rashika, Beams, Ryan Yap, and Hanna Lee. The play utilizes Acap's signature semi-devised method to achieve a hyperreal feel to the play. Narrative-wise, the play revolves around the story of 6 adults with sadomasochistic sexual tendencies, who met each other through a group sexual encounter; and decided to further connect with one another through texting and the internet afterwards. Through their online conversations, the six characters start to open up about their "non-normative” sexual kinks – which unexpectedly (and reluctantly) lead towards a long overdue critical introspection of how their current psyche, and past social experiences are intricately linked with their sexual fetishes. While the main theme of the play will revolve around sex, the play will extensively explore the topic beyond the dimension of sex and into the dimensions of psychology, social identities and relations (focusing on race, religion, and sexual identities), and the yearn for self understanding, through visual metaphors and symbolism. Overall, the play can be described as an explorative performance that visually experiments and textually examines the collective thoughts, memories, and experiences of what society would normally define as “masochists” - be it literally or metaphorically.

PERFORMANCE DETAILS

Written & directed by: Asyraf Syahir

Featuring: Piravina Ragunathan, Perassath, Beams, Maryam Rashika, Hanna Lee & Ryan Yap

Production crew: Mikahluz Namia, Shazwanie Mohamad, Ethel Deidre, Jackydoesstuff, Thivaraggan, Nabilah Baharin, & Deena Dakshini.

EVENT DETAILS

Dates: 20/2/25 till 23/2/25

Time: 8.30PM & 3.30 PM (Kindly refer to the ticket listing in Cloudjoi to know the show dates)

Location: pangkin@ejklsseni, Wangsa Maju

Ticket price: RM48 (standard price)

DISCLAIMER & TRIGGER WARNING

The contents of the play is catered to matured audience (above 18) and is NOT suitable for all ages. There will be uses of strobe lights and there will be sexually suggestive scenes.

ABOUT EJKLS SENI

EJKLS Seni (CA0321697-T) is a self-funded social-oriented arts collective with the aim to provide an inclusive safe-space for arts practitioners in Malaysia to create and present original artistic works with social relevance. We intend to champion adult-oriented contents, original art works, and social commentaries in our productions and events; aside from strongly advocating for accessibility towards arts and arts education. Our collective originated as a theatre-based group, and over the years have ventured into other forms of arts, including poetry, music, dance, and visual arts – with the aim to bridge in the gaps between the different scenes in the arts community. TO date, EJKLS Seni has produced multiple events, ranging from theatre productions (i.e., “Garam”, “Dara, Darah, & Amarah”, & “Why Do We Dream What We Dream When We Dream What We Dream”), multidisciplinary arts events (i.e., Breaking Borders), poetry events (i.e., “Senggama Kata” & “Pabila Aksara Berasmara”), and music events (i.e., Kampong Session).

EJKLS Seni strongly advocates for accessibility towards arts and arts education. Over the years, we have started multiple education-based initiatives – among them are The Young Blood Experiment (TYBE), Arts Accessibility Programme (AAP), Creators’ Lab, and the Actors’ Safe Stage Initiative. 

CONTACT US

DM us at our instagram @ejklsseni or email our artistic director at asyrafsyahir@ejklsseni.com

Visit our website at: www.ejklsseni.com