Actor Ali Alasri goes from theatre newcomer to lead in Tragedi Hamlet

'Hamlet is messed up. I believe that everybody has a little bit Hamlet of inside,' says Ali, who plays the lead role in Tragedi Hamlet. Photos: Joe Hasham

Opportunities can come from everywhere. Just ask theatre actor Ali Alasri. Earlier this year, he assisted The Actors Studio Malaysia co-founder Datuk Faridah Merican during a three-month theatre seminar at Sunway University in Selangor.

When the semester was done, Faridah invited him for a script reading. This turned out to be an audition for a role in Tragedi Hamlet, which is KLPac’s Malay adaptation of the classic Shakespeare play. And not just any role, mind you.