Noordin Hassan


Noordin Hassan is a Malaysian playwright, Malaysian National Laureate.

Brief biography

He received his secondary education in Malaysia, higher education in England. He also followed the course of drama at Newcastle University.

Creativity

He wrote and performed on the basis of his plays more than 30 productions, in which social criticism takes imaginative fantastic-allegorical, sometimes absurdist forms. To enhance the attraction, he resorts to the techniques of the traditional Malay theater, boldly introduces verses, music, songs, clownish interludes. Author of the concept of "theater of faith". Considering artistic creativity as an act of worshiping God and knowledge of God, he subordinates this subject to the plot and aesthetics of his works, widely resorting to Islamic symbolism and allegory. Among the plays of Islamic content is the play "Cindai".

Awards