Meet the SIAPA Team

SIAPA Theatre Company was founded in 2019 by theatre directors/performers/educators, Helena Foo and Malin Faisal. As a contemporary puppet theatre company that produces performances showcasing the magic of puppetry and object theatre, SIAPA aspires to revive puppetry arts in our local education system and are currently in collaboration with the Ministry of Education as well as CENDANA to bring that to light. Helena and Malin also conduct puppetry classes as well as other theatrical performance workshops with kids of all ages (and adults) to inspire their young minds through the art of storytelling, object theatre and drama.

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SIAPA Theatre also dabbles in other sorts of performance such as scripted and devised stage work, movement/physical theatre and circus arts.

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HELENA FOO
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR & CO-FOUNDER OF SIAPA THEATRE

Helena Foo is a professional theatre director and actor with almost 2 decades of working experience. She graduated with a Diploma in Performing Arts at Sunway University in 2006 and later on became klpac’s youngest Resident Director at age 19. Helena now teaches drama, public speaking and storytelling classes to children and adults under her co-founded company SIAPA Theatre. She also directs stage productions with a focus on puppetry, physical theatre, and circus arts. Her recent directorial works and performances include Pak Pandir: A Malaysian Adventure, VSC Project's DUALITY, Suna Productions' In A Different Light, and Fajar & Senja at Iskarnival 2018.

MALIN FAISAL
PUPPET CREATOR & CO-FOUNDER OF SIAPA THEATRE

Malin Faisal is a talented performer and object manipulator/flow artist of multiple disciplines. From contact staff to hoop manipulation, and juggling to poi spinning, her recent work with IM Entertainment's "The Human Exhibit: Mental Health", Suna Productions "In A Different Light" and "Fajar & Senja" at Iskarnival, Johor saw her combining object manipulation and physical theatre in ways never seen before on the Malaysian theatrical stage. She consistently works on honing her skills in the realm of Object Theatre through Contemporary Puppetry Arts. Having co-founded SIAPA Theatre, Malin utilizes and shares the skills she has attained by organizing object theatre workshops, teaching puppet making classes and training future puppeteers of Malaysia.