ABSTRACT
AUSTRALIA Writers: Gordon Beattie, Richard Bradshaw, Katharine Brisbane (Publisher, Currency
Press), Michael FitzGerald, Richard Fotheringham, Derek Nicholson, John Senczuk, Jill Sykes, Ross Thorne, John West
Readers: Geoffrey Milne (La Trobe University, Melbourne), Helen Thomson (Senior Lecturer, English Department, Monash University, Melbourne; Senior Theatre Critic, The Age, Melbourne), Joanne Tompkins (Department of English, University of Queensland) BANGLADESH
Writer: Kabir Chowdhury (President, Bangladesh Centre of the ITI) Reader: Rudraprasad Sengupta (Director, Nandikar Theatre, India)
BHUTAN Writers: Ravi Chaturvedi (Professor, Department of Dramatics, University of
Rajasthan, Jaipur), WECT staff BRUNEI
Writer: Zefri Ariff (Senior Script Editor, Deksyen Drama TV) Reader: Furrukh Khan (Doctoral Candidate, Centre for Colonial and Post-Colonial
Studies, Rutherford College, University of Kent, UK) CAMBODIA
Writers: WECT staff Readers: Pich Tum Kravel (Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts, Cambodia; Director,
Actor, Playwright and Independent Scholar), Toni Shapiro (Visiting Scholar, Department of Dance, Mills College, Oakland, California; Research Associate, Centre for Southeast Asia Studies, University of California at Berkeley) CHINA
Writer: Rong Guangrun (President, Shanghai Theatre Academy, Shanghai) Readers: Bernard Luk (York University), Ren Sheng Ming (Professor, Shanghai
International Studies University, Shanghai) INDIA
Writers: Ravi Chaturvedi (Professor, Department of Dramatics, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur), Sunita Dhir, Jasmine Jaywant (Independent Scholar), Anjala Maharishi, Ranbir Singh, Prakash Syal, G.Kumar Verma Readers: Arun Agnihotri (Artistic Director and Consultant, The Playhouse, Vadodara, India; Centre Correspondent, ASSITEJ India), Anatol Schlosser (Associate Professor, Department of Theatre, York University) INDONESIA
Writer: Saini K.M. (Professor, Department of Theatre, Academy of Performing Arts) Readers: Jody Diamond (American Gamelan Institute, Lebanon New Hampshire)
IRAN Writers: Farrokh Gaffary (Film Director; former Director of Iranian Film Archives;
former Director of Centre for Rituals and Traditional Performing Arts, Tehran), Arby Ovanessian (Independent Scholar; Former Artistic Director, National Theatre of Iran), Anthony Shay (Artistic Director, Avaz Dance Theatre), Laleh Taghian (Theatre Critic; Independent Scholar; Editor, Theatre Quarterly, Tehran) JAPAN
Writers: Imamura Osamu, Koshiro Uno, Kuniyoshi Kazuko (Theatre Critic; Scholar), Odagiri Yoko (Stage Designer), Ogawa Nobuo, Ozasa Yoshio (Professor; Editor, History of Modern Japanese Theatre), Senda Akihiko (Senior Staff Writer, Drama Critic, Asahi Shimbun, Tokyo), Tanokura Minoru (Theatre Critic, Asahi Shimbun) KAZAKHSTAN
Writer: Natasha Rapoport (Theatre Researcher, GITIS Institute, Moscow) Reader: Michael Witta (Director, Triune Arts Company, Toronto)
KOREA Writers: Kim Eui Kyung, Lee Du Hyun, Yoh Suk Kee (Professor, Department of
English, College of Liberal Arts, Korea University, Seoul), Yoo Min Young Reader: Kyung-Hee Lee (Founder, UNIMA-Korea)
KYRGYZSTAN Writer: Natasha Rapoport (Theatre Researcher, GITIS Institute, Moscow)
LAOS Writers: WECT staff
MALAYSIA Writers: Solehah Ishak (Associate Professor, Department of Malay Letters, National
University of Malaysia, Selangor), Nur Nina Zuhra (Professor, Department of English Language and Literature, International Islamic University of Malaysia, Selangor)
Reader: Zainal Abdul Latiff (Lecturer in Drama and Theatre, Centre for Distance Education, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang) MONGOLIA
Writers: WECT staff MYANMAR
Writers: Ravi Chaturvedi (Professor, Department of Dramatics, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur), U Ye Htut (Chief Stage Director, Fine Arts Department, Myanmar), WECT staff
Reader: Alfred Birnbaum NEPAL
Writers: Mukunda Raj Aryal (Professor, Central Department of Culture, Tribhuvan University), Prem Raman Uprety (Head, Department of History, Tribhuvan University), WECT staff NEW ZEALAND
Writer: Rose Beauchamp, David Carnegie (Professor, Department of Theatre and Film, Victoria University, Victoria), Anne Forbes
Reader: Laurie Atkinson
PAKISTAN Writers: Samina Ahmed (Artistic Director, Lahore Cultural Centre; Independent
Scholar), Zain Ahmed (Independent Scholar), Salmaan Peerzada (Artistic Director, Rafi Peer Theatre Workshop)
Reader: Solmon Piazado PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Writers: Esohe Veronica Omoregie (Dean, Faculty of Creative Arts, University of Papua New Guinea, National Capital District), Anthony Adah
Readers: Don Niles (Institute of Papua New Guinea Studies, Boroko), Yasmin Padamsee (former Awareness Community Theatre Coordinator and NGO Facilitator, German Technical Assistance, Papua New Guinea; Independent Theatre Consultant, New York), William Takaku (Director, National Performing Arts Troupe, Papua New Guinea), George H. Ulrich (Curator, African and Pacific Ethnology, Milwaukee Public Museum) PHILIPPINES
Writers: Nicanor G.Tiongson (Cultural Centre of the Philippines) Reader: Amelia Lapeña-Bonifacio (Professor Emeritus, University of the Philippines;
Artistic Director, U.P.Teatrong Mulat Ng Philippines) SINGAPORE
Writer: M.Le Blond (Professor, Department of English, National University of Singapore, Kent Ridge) SOUTH PACIFIC
Writer: Andrew Horn (Head, Department of Literature and Language, University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji) SRI LANKA
Writer: Tissa Kariyawasam (Professor, Institute of Aesthetic Studies, University of Kelaniya, Nugegoda)
Readers: Michael M.Ames (Professor; Director, Museum of Anthoropology, British Columbia) Vandasanda Rathapala (Professor, University of Sri Jayawardhenepura); Ediriweera Sarachchandra (Professor Emeritus, University of Ceylon, deceased) TAJIKISTAN
Writers: Natasha Rapoport (Theatre Researcher, GITIS Institute, Moscow) Readers: Soleiman M.Kiasatpour (Instructor, Department of Political Science,
University of California) THAILAND
Writers: Marisa Saenkulsirisak, Sulaiman Wesyaporn, WECT staff Reader: Mattani Rutnin (Professor, Drama Department, Thammasat University,
Bangkok) TURKMENISTAN
Writer: Natasha Rapoport (Theatre Researcher, GITIS Institute, Moscow) UZBEKISTAN
Writers: Laurel Victoria Gray (Uzbek Dance and Culture Society, Washington, DC), Natasha Rapoport (Theatre Researcher, GITIS Institute, Moscow)
Reader: Resul Yalcin (PhD candidate, International Relations, University of Exeter, UK) VIETNAM
Writer: Hoang Su (Dean, Faculty of Drama, Hanoi Institute of Theatre and Cinema, Hanoi)
Readers: Pham Thi Thanh (PhD; People’s Award Artist; Development of Performing Arts, Ministry of Culture and Information, Vietnam); Truong Buu Lam (History Department, University of Hawaii)
