Having spent years away from Malaysia while growing up, Jo Kukathas didn’t think she would be as immersed in the world of theatre as she is. “Well, my father was involved in the Malayan Art Theatre Group (MATG), which prior to independence was run by a group of British people. They did mostly Shakespeare, [George Bernard] Shaw and the like,” shared the politics and philosophy major from the University of Reading.
“After independence, he and his friends decided that as part of decolonisation efforts, they should take charge of MATG. So