Charlene Rajendran has taught theatre at the National
Institute of Education since June 2001. She is a
Malaysian theatre educator, practitioner, writer and dramaturg, particularly
interested in issues of culture and identity in contemporary Southeast Asian
society. She researches issues of contemporary performance, cultural difference,
pedagogies of play, and spaces of dialogue and empathy. She has published in a
range of sites including journals such as The
Drama Review, Asian Theatre Journal
and Theatre, Dance and Performance
Training. Most recently she was Dramaturg for The Necessary Stage's Gitanjali:
I feel the earth move (2014) and ArtsWok and Drama Box's Both Sides Now
(2014). In January 2015, she was Convenor for an international conference in
Kuala Lumpur entitled Unfinished Business: Krishen Jit's Performance
Practice and Contemporary Malaysian Theatre produced by Five Arts Centre.