Peni Candra Rini:
Rara – Allegories of the Southern Sea

Saturday, July 5, 2025, 8:15 pm, Festival Boat

Peni Candra Rini: vocals, shadow puppetry
Dr Andrew McGraw: drums, strings
Shahzad Ismaily: bass, guitar
Bert Cools: guitar, synthesiser
Indre Jurgeleviciute: kanklės (plucked string instrument), harp, vocals
Gusti Sudarta: shadow puppetry
Guruh Purbo Pramono: percussion, gongs

“Rara” was the first performance of a theatrical production including video and live shadow theater about the mythology of East Java, Indonesia. The project is also the basis for a further project to be performed in Virginia in April 2026.