TaTaTa 借我一天 by Lai Wen Xin and Collaborators

Conceived by Lai Wen Xin, a millennial born and bred in the multigenerational Seri Kembangan Chinese new village, TaTaTa perceives socially disconnected elderly from naive lens of the youth.
Together with her creative collaborators in dance, theatre, as well as set, multimedia, sound, lighting, and costume design, the interdisciplinary performance will transform the old community hall, Dewan Serbaguna Seri Kembangan into a stage of memories and emotions in conjunction with Father’s Day in June.
By bringing together young and old audiences, we hope to foster intergenerational understanding, while inviting thoughts on "what does it mean to you to age?"

《借我一天》的灵感来自沙登新村土生土长的00后，赖文欣，从年轻人的角度去看待老年人和社交孤立。生长在跨代社区，她对跨代关系有深刻的观察与体会。这部作品，正试图在年轻人与老年人之间，搭起一道同理的桥梁，鼓励大家正视自己终将老去的身影，并思考我们如何面对老去的选择。
演出融合舞蹈、戏剧、光雕投影、实验音乐、灯光设计、舞台美学和服装设计等多种艺术媒介，并将于6月父亲节期间走入跨代社区——沙登华人新村。久违的沙登民众大会堂，将化身为一座承载记忆与情感的舞台，邀请沙登新村的街坊邻里及雪隆一带的表演爱好者，共同见证这一场独特的艺术盛宴。

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Lai Wen Xin (WenX)
Director/ Co-writer/ Co-producer/ Costume Designer
WenX graduated from Raffles College of Higher Education in Fashion Design. Highly passionate about photography and filmmaking leads WenX to discover different mediums to express herself. Involving herself in every sector of the creative industry, she merges art, fashion and film in her own wave. WenX directed her first short film ‘BEME’ in 2022 and was awarded 2nd runner up of Born of the Galaxy Stars short film competition 2022 held by Samsung & Miffest. She then made another fashion film ‘NOVAE’  with the magazine MEN'S FOLIO in 2023. WenX also founded Lwee_my for her videography and photography career.

Anne James
Performer
Anne James is an actor, educator and dancer with over 40 years of experience in the performing arts. She has worked with distinguished directors from Malaysia, Singapore and Australia. Her last performance in February 2025, was in a new absurdist play Poly by Ian Skatu, directed by Cheong Chua.Her awards in film and theatre include: Best Group Performance for Another Country (Boh Cameronian Arts Award 2016), Best Supporting Actress (Female) for KIL (Anugerah Majlis Pengkritik Filem Kuala Lumpur 2013) and Best Solo Performer for Dinner for Two (Boh Cameronian Arts Award 2003). Anne trained in acting at Universiti Sains Malaysia and Northwestern University (USA) and is a member of Five Arts Centre. When she is not acting she teaches Voice in the Theatre Department at ASWARA.

Audrey Chua
Performer
Audrey, a contemporary dance artist, is a Rambert School graduate and cohort of VERVE 20, having performed works by Rafael Bonachela, Botis Seva, Lali Ayguadé, and many more. In the Malaysian scene, she has performed in multidisciplinary works such as, “Stories From The Metropolis”, “11th Dimension, Vol. 3”, and “RXP: Annihilation”, as well as works for Dua Space Dance Theatre, Kenny Shim, Loke Soh Kim, and ASK Dance Company. Audrey was nominated for best featured lead performer in the 19th BOH Cameronian Awards. She enjoys exploring the connection between individuality and new movement embodiments in her creative practice.

Liew Chee Heai
Set Designer
Liew Chee Heai is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice includes photography, performance art, installation art, painting, and short video. He has held solo photography exhibitions in Tokyo and Kuala Lumpur. In 2019, he made his directorial debut and performed in ‘Seni Tiga #03: Void in Void’. His recent directorial works are 'khakkhakkhak' (2022), 'I Thought We Had a Deal' (2024), 'You Really Messed Up Everything' (2024).

Wee Jia Foong
Set/ Multimedia Designer
Wee Jia Foong (Foong) is a media artist based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. His current practice is informed by his interest in technology and the arts, primarily working with installations, audio visual media, and performances. He balances solo studio work with collaborations with other artists, filmmakers, performers and musicians. Foong also runs RHIZO, an independent creative studio dedicated to commercial projects.

Jackey Chan
Lighting Designer
Jackey was born in 1988 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He is a recurring nominee at the BOH Cameronian Arts Award for lighting design. To pursue his artistic dreams, he enrolled in New Era College’s Diploma in Performing Arts and was fortunate enough to meet his mentor, Caecar Chong. Under Caecar’s guidance and mentorship, he started developing an immense interest in theatre design. Unfortunately, Caecar passed away shortly after. However, Caecar’s guidance, particularly this principle, has impacted Jackey as an artist at a fundamental level: “You may be learning to design a space, but you’re not just designing with stone, brick, wood, and steel. You’re using the meaning within each layer of the space to create and construct the life within a human heart.” Since learning this, Jackey decided he wanted to be a set designer.

Teo Wey Yinn
Sound Artist
Wey Yinn Teo is a Kuala Lumpur based film worker, composer, sound designer, pianist, and analog photographer. Her decade-long career mainly revolves around filmmaking, and she is an alumni of Berlinale Talents and the Kyoto Filmmaker’s Lab in 2022. Her works in sound and music often drifts away from the realms of reality and truth, where the soundscape lives, breathes, and dances with the picture and narrative. Her debut short film ‘Enflightenment’ (2023) world premiered at the RAW Competition in the Short Waves Festival in Poland, and won the Audience Award; and had its Asian premiere at the Beijing International Short Film Festival in 2023.

Loke Soh Kim
Dramaturg
Kim started dancing in 1982 with the renowned Tan Wei Ping. She is a former dancer of the Singapore People’s Association Dance Company (1987) and the Hong Kong City Contemporary Dance Company (1990-1992). In 1992, Kim returned to Malaysia and co-founded Penang Dance Station with Choo Tee Kuang. She is a guest choreographer with Singapore’s Frontier Danceland (1997-2008 and 2022). She also lectured in dance at ASWARA (1999-2007). She has received several BOH Cameronian Arts Awards in the dance category as a choreographer (2002, 2018, 2023) and lighting designer (2002, 2004 and 2019). In 2018, Soh Kim founded Kongsi Petak, a member of Kongsi Kolab (2018-2021) in a warehouse-turned art-space, KongsiKL. She is also the producer of the “Seni Tiga” project, a multidisciplinary collaborative performance series (2019-2021).

Tan Seng Kiat 
Co-writer
Seng Kiat is a director, cinematographer, gaffer and screenwriter. He tells stories which revolve around Malaysia's current issues and happenings in everyday lives. Seng Kiat was nominated for Best New Director and Best Cinematography from the prestigious 54th Taipei Golden Horse Awards in 2017 with his debut feature film 'Shuttle Life'. Furthermore, ‘Shuttle Life’ received a Special Jury award from 29th Malaysia Film Festival. The film has received widespread recognition as a powerful emotionally-charged film about a hard-hitting life. ‘Shuttle Life’ also won the grand prize of The Golden Horse Film Project Promotion (FPP) 2014 and received a production fund of NTD 1 million. 

Presenters

About LWEE
Our creative practice are primarily lens based and performative, merging art, fashion, and film.
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About Kongsi Petak 
Kongsi Petak foster interdisciplinary collaborations, nurture talents and promote knowledge exchange, through various performing arts platforms, such as ‘Seni Tiga’ multidisciplinary project (2019-2022), and archive reactivation project ‘Switchblade Operation’ (2023-). 
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About 1502A by Mushroom Projects
1502A is an artisan community hub in Kg Baru Seri Kembangan, Selangor, inspired by the area’s vibrant handcraft industry of the past. It fosters creativity, collaboration, and cultural exchange through workshops, pop-up markets, and community events.
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Full credit

Conceived and directed by: Lai Wen Xin
Performed by, and movement created in collaboration with: Anne James, Audrey Chua
Set Designers: Liew Chee Heai, Wee Jia Foong
Multimedia Designer: Wee Jia Foong
Lighting Designer: Jackey Chan
Sound Designer: Teo Wey Yinn
Costume Designer: WenX
Dramaturg: Loke Soh Kim
Co-writer: Tan Seng Kiat

Co-producers: Low Pey Sien, Lai Wen Xin, Jacky Yeap
Stage Manager: Dharshini Magadran

Presented by: LWEE Global
Co-presenters: Kongsi Petak, 1502A by Mushroom Projects
An Initiative by: Malaysia Madani
Supported by: MyCreative Ventures, Shiny Universe, MBSJ, KongsiKL, The Japan Foundation, Kuala Lumpur
Special Thanks: Dou Houz
Merch Partner With: Rotten Paradise
Food Partner With: Iron House Cafe