KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 21 -- The Tuanku Bainun Creative Centre for Children or PKK Tuanku Bainun will be staging a theatre production focusing on the lives of child labourers.

The production titled Silkworm will see an ensemble from The Teen Theatre Project which is a programme by PKK Tuanku Bainun with the support of theatrethreesixty.

Directed by the artistic director of theatrethreesixty Christopher Ling and written by PKK Tuanku Bainun's head of creative programme, Arsyad Azrai, Silkworm explores the hidden lives, origins and dreams of a group of girls labouring at a silk factory.

The story of Silkworm was also developed with the support of Be My Protector, an organisation working against human trafficking.

The theatre production will...