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Does theater force us to confront our specters or does it allow us to escape them? What possibilities are art afforded when enacted in a Malaysian context? What qualities make a play Malaysian? These are questions that the Literature and Drama Society’s Local Play invites. In an ambitious, well-executed staging, the cast and crew valiantly bring Terence Toh’s Restless to life, but their capabilities are ultimately hampered by the mediocrity of Toh’s play.

The basement is gone. Now it’s just snow, sleep, and nowhere to hide (not that you can exactly hide from your dreams). Adom, our Film and TV writer, steps into the nightmare to find out whether the sequel truly earns its scream.