The Phnom Penh Post Fri, May 29, 2026

A LITTLE BIT ALL OVER THE PLACE, a dance work directed and choreographed by Michael Laub with co-choreographer Vanthy Khen, premieres at Chenla Theatre on June 5-6 and sets the ancient codes of traditional Khmer dance against the visual world of TikTok. Oyen Rodriguez

Something has been building in Phnom Penh. Over the past few years, a quiet infrastructure has taken shape – a school that isn’t quite a school, a stage at the edge of the river and a community of actors, filmmakers, translators and choreographers finding their footing together. From June 4-14, that infrastructure goes public in the most visible way yet: the first official edition of the Golden (r)Age Performing Art Festival, a ten-day celebration of contemporary theatre and performance spread across seven venues in the Cambodian capital.

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