OUR TEAM

Hester Welch is an international theatre director, producer, performer and facilitator based between Europe and Asia. Her work focuses on community, play and intercultural exchange through collaborative, devised theatre. As co-founder of Wayang Kitchen, Malaysia and The Lost Cabaret, Paris she continues to spread her love of telling stories in unusual settings wherever her nomadic legs carry her. She holds a BA(hons) in Drama and Theatre Arts from Goldsmiths, University of London. Here her training focused on Theatre Making, Applied Theatre and Post-Colonial Theatre. More recently she trained with master clowns at École Philippe Gaulier in Paris. She is an Associate Artist at Omnibus Theatre in London, and with the world renowned David Glass Ensemble with whom she has been Assistant Director on multiple performances across the world (A DEvine Comedy, The Brides, Mortgage and City Of Darkness).

Notable works as a Director/Producer include; An Immersive Gig At The Gingerbread House (Bath, UK), The PENdemic Is Mightier Than The Sword (KL City Walk, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia), The Langkawi Show (Fat Cupid, Malaysia), Roméoe et Juliette (Cours Gabriel, Paris, France), The Food Play (What About Kuching Festival/Now Theatre, Malaysia & Poplar Union, UK), The Forest (Marphy’s PlayHouse, Chengdu, China), PEEP (LeeFest & The Stretch, UK) Colour andThe Dream (Omnibus Theatre, UK).

As a facilitator she has led workshops and arts projects with a diverse range of people including teachers, the elderly, homeless, unemployed, early years children, young people and those with special needs. She has taught across China, Malaysia, India, France, Canada, Italy and the UK, promoting drama education, devised theatre and creative teacher training as far and wide as she can.

Razif Hashim started his career as an Actor. He was trained at East 15 Acting School in London, GITIS in Moscow & dropped out of Sunway University’s diploma in performing arts and media. He has an MFA in acting (international).

As a theater practitioner he’s done a wide range of characters and styles, all around the world. Razif’s noteworthy repertoire in modern, contemporary and realism include Betrayal by Harold Pinter as Jerry. Interestingly, the play was performed in Malay and in English alternating between languages each night. He’s performed two different characters in Tony Kushner’s A Bright Room Called Day, as both Baz and the Devil. He also wrote, directed and performed his own monologue inspired by Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot, as Godot explaining why he never came.

In the Malaysian mainstream entertainment industry, his popularity rose when he starred in Gol and Gincu (2006) a Malaysian Tv Series directed by Bernard Chauly. the director gave him a supporting role as Hikal, a spoiled bad boy. Razif’s short discography of films include, Goodbye Boys (2006), Jarum Halus (2008) & Tanda Putera (2013).