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This study examines the difficulties faced by stage managers for online theatre in the creation of new norms. The nation's creative arts industry has been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic's health danger. The financial crisis's long-term consequences on the sector are quite complicated. This study's goal is to examine the framework of stage manager difficulties in online theatre staging and provide conclusions on how online theatre helps stage managers adjust to new norms. The study's findings demonstrate that stage managers have significant difficulties when it comes to online theatre staging because meetings can only be held virtually and training cannot be conducted physically.

This article presents a study of the use of Reader's Theatre in English lessons with groups of 5 year old preschool children. Reader's Theatre has been implemented to investigate its effectiveness towards improving fluency and comprehension skills of preschool children in Malaysia. Data was collected from 6 preschool children in the District of Shah Alam, Selangor. The study is based on the teacher's logs, interviews with the teacher, and lesson observations. Most of the children struggle with English as their second language and are struggling readers. However, the majority of the children experienced Reader's Theatre as both enjoyable and educational. The experience had a positive effect on their confidence and motivation to read. It also helped to improve their reading fluency and accuracy for example pronunciation, and facilitated growth in vocabulary. The experience of practising and performing as a group was especially satisfying and motivating for the children involved. Therefore, Reader's Theatre instruction is beneficial to increase fluency skill for the preschool children in Malaysia and thus recommended as part of literacy enhancement in the preschool classroom.

Children's Theatre or Theatre For Young Audience can involve children in actual productions, plays and musicals aimed explicitly for children, or a mixture of both. The study aims to look at the combination of children's theatre and creative movement that results in boosting preschool children's self -confidence and its ability to aid in their holistic development. The study was conducted in a nursery to expose theatre as a medium to express feelings, emotions and behaviors amongst children. Theatre as a medium of learning is also expected to be a place for children to showcase existing talent and help the child to boost their self-confidence. This study focused on a qualitative methodology applying Bloom's Taxonomy of the cognitive domain approach that involves knowledge, understanding and application. The study was conducted on seven children in Taska Sayang Sentosa di Bukit Beruntung, Selangor based on the Kurikulum Standard Prasekolah Kebangsaan (Malaysian National Standrad Pre-School Curriculum) 2017 under the subtopic K.E 2.1.1 Melakonkan watak menggunakan imiginasi (acting out characters based on imagination).The respondents were randomly selected amongst the seven children after obtaining permission from the parents and activities were planned and conducted jointly by the researchers and the teachers. The research shows that the implementation of children's theater can induce fun in learning as well as shape the personality of the child.