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SHORT STORY | The Ghost of Every Transient Place by Aizuddin H. Anuar

by Eksentrika | Aug 19, 2017 | Speak | 0 |

Artwork by The Refugee Art Project It is difficult for me to tell you who I am. There are many days where I do not think of myself as a whole person. Some fragments of me were left behind in Sittwe, which I thought of, many moons ago, as home. That episode was imbued with the red of charred flesh, the black of burnt bamboo that twisted into odd sculptures, and the gray of choking smoke. It is a part of my life I try not to think of. But, I have learned over these years that we have...

“More space should be made available for local musicians” Beverly Matujal

by Sukhbir Cheema | Aug 18, 2017 | Hear | 0 |

Image credit: Noah Kwek As a musician, tapping into the Malaysian audience can be a real pain, as singer-songwriter Beverly Matujal explains. The 24-year-old who hails from Kota Kinabalu, Sabah rubbishes claims made by many that lack of interest in local music due to personal preferences is a contributing factor. “It is no doubt easy to get your music out there if you’re signed under a big record label,” she says to me when we met at The Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre (klpac). Surely, this statement would make any local musician fume and seethe in anger. But Beverly...

Experiencing Wayang Kulit at the heart of Kuala Lumpur

by Charmaine Sze | Aug 17, 2017 | See | 0 |

All images credit Charmaine Sze Shadow play, or wayang kulit, is a form of traditional theatre with a history in Southeast Asia. Carved figures of leather puppets are placed between a concentrated light source and a linen screen to project shadows used in storytelling. The most popular style of wayang kulit in Malaysia is the Wayang Kulit Siam, traditionally performed in the north-eastern state of Peninsular Malaysia – Kelantan. This style of wayang kulit is also renowned in the southern part of Thailand, which is why some of the shadow puppets resemble their Thai counterparts. As we entered 2...

Amrita Soon on overcoming doubts and making music

by Sukhbir Cheema | Aug 16, 2017 | Hear | 0 |

Image credit Amrita Soon Growing up, Amrita Soon never really thought that she was talented. “I thought I was pretty bad at music,” the 21-year-old lass from Subang tells me. The Seremban born began singing at karaoke competitions organised by the Disney Channel when she was 11-years-old. By 14, she had began composing her own songs. “But I was afraid of sharing them. I was afraid what people would think of me because writing songs that are personal would make me appear like an open book. And that’s scary.” So Amrita began performing covers of various artists using her...

Omar Ali’s Kandang, a reminder that no one is safe in an autocracy

by Amy De Kanter | Aug 15, 2017 | Feel | 0 |

Farah Rani (left) and Ashraf Zain played Bintaga and Tunggal respectively. All images credit The Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre (klpac) Some of the most exciting work I’ve seen in the past year has been in Bahasa Malaysia, whether original or translated. Kandang has been on my watchlist since Omar Ali’s translated version of Harold Pinter’s Betrayal rocked my world earlier this year. Before you ask, I have nowhere near a command of the language. In fact, I can do little more than ask for directions and order food. Does this mean I miss out on some of the...

POETRY | The Window by Helga Kidder

by Eksentrika | Aug 13, 2017 | Speak | 0 |

Window art by ribbekeglass Last year her hair danced wild like wheat in a storm. Harnessing love, they tangoed to Sting’s Fields of Gold, shared smokes. Tonight her words push him into a corner, hold him there until his hands grab her hair, squeeze breath from her throat, his bone of struggle. Panic leads him to the cellar shoveling a tomb. He pauses at the shallow bowl: Why bury a broken marriage? Choked by loss he wraps his head in plastic to share her stillness. Embraced on the bed, eyes fixed on a silver moon, rain falls quietly, steadily....

SHORT STORY | Lies Be Told by Rozlan Mohd Noor

by Eksentrika | Aug 12, 2017 | Speak | 0 |

All images credit: UrbanInfidel Parking my moped in front of restaurant Selera Kaksu Kita, I sensed someone watching me from across the road. Taking off my helmet and placing it on the moped seat, I slowly turned around to look. The sun was in my eyes yet I felt certain a man standing alone across the road was gazing at me. Shielding my eyes with my hand, I tried to make out the man’s face but couldn’t. Something about the man was eerily familiar. The worn-out jeans and sneakers, the light brown checkered shirt and most of all, the...

Cartoonist Lengkuas is no more

by Sukhbir Cheema | Aug 11, 2017 | See | 0 |

Lengkuas (left) was a well celebrated local cartoonist. Image credit: Sireh Cartoonist The Malaysian comic industry is mourning again. Earlier this morning, online comic webstore Bekazon announced that cartoonist Zainuddin Saleh had passed away. The 53-year-old cartoonist who is known in the local comic realm as Lengkuas was believed to have been suffering from high blood pressure and kidney complications. Zainuddin was among the first cartoonists who were part of Ujang way back in the 90’s. He was known for ‘Mat Despatch’ and ‘Yob Peon’, both of which were published in the comic magazine. Among these two comics, it...

Who is Yasmin Ahmad?

by Charmaine Sze | Aug 10, 2017 | Think | 0 |

Image credit leaderonomics “Actually, is this person still alive ah?” someone asked me after looking around Yasmin At Kong Heng in Ipoh. Yasmin Ahmad was an award-winning Malaysian film-maker, or in her own words – “a film dabbler and screenplay writer of sorts”, who was known for her moving television ads for Petronas locally, and her racially diverse films on the international stage. For those of you who are not familiar with her, don’t be surprised to find out that her films were often heavily criticized and even banned from being screened in Malaysia unless certain edits were made...

“Langkau is undeniably one of the best performing arts piece I’ve watched.”

by Sukhbir Cheema | Aug 9, 2017 | Feel, Think | 0 |

All images credit Faizal Ashraf As I walked into Pentas 2, at the Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre (klpac), I kept my expectations low for Langkau. I had not watched their first performance at The National Arts Culture and Heritage Academy (Aswara) last year in March. But judging from their trailer videos, I was expecting another one of those typical abstract dance performance. How wrong I was proven! For starters, Langkau’s cleverly designed introductory format suspended many audience members’ belief. There were no Negarakus, no announcement of the show starting, nothing of that sort. The performance dived in head first...

What are Singaporeans stirring up in Ipoh Old Town now?

by Ista | Aug 8, 2017 | General, Hear, See, Think | 0 |

Feature image credit: CEX This August, a bunch of Singaporeans and their Malaysian kakis are going to cause a ruckus in Ipoh. They are going to paint the town red, blue, green, yellow and more….literally! Not only that, they also plan to create some drama on the streets! Who are these fellas and what’s the hullabaloo about, you say? Well, CausewayEXchange (CEX) 2017, the one and only platform supporting cultural and artistic reciprocity between Singapore and Malaysia, is going to be held in Ipoh from August 24 until August 27. What this means is that, on those dates, you...

SAJAK | Pusaka Bangsa

by Uthaya Sankar SB | Aug 6, 2017 | Speak | 0 |

Artwork sourced. pasir yang digenggam ini tidak akan kekal di sini jadi milik cucu-cicit nanti andai kita tidak mengerti berjuang pertahankan hak di tanah air ini lihat itu raja serigala sedang menanti siap siaga menerkam meratah membinasa harta pusaka milik bangsa agar ia menjadi maharaja bertakhta di atas tulang-temulang kita andai kita leka budaya bahasa sastera jati diri bangsa akan binasa di depan mata hancur di tangan raja serigala yang gila kuasa akhirnya segenggam pasir tinggal hanya di dalam jam pasir sedang bangsa kita satu bahasa pelbagai budaya jadi tamadun pupus di atas peta dunia Ada cerpen atau puisi?...

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SHORT STORY | The Ghost of Every Transient Place by Aizuddin H. Anuar
Aug 19, 2017
“More space should be made available for local musicians” Beverly Matujal
Aug 18, 2017
Experiencing Wayang Kulit at the heart of Kuala Lumpur
Aug 17, 2017
Amrita Soon on overcoming doubts and making music
Aug 16, 2017
Omar Ali’s Kandang, a reminder that no one is safe in an autocracy
Aug 15, 2017

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29jul - 9augjul 291:00 amaug 9Reka a creative market

4aug - 6aug 48:30 pmaug 6Langkau

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Persembahan kontemporari bertajuk “Langkau” merupakan karya kolaborasi dua disiplin persembahan iaitu tari dan teater.

Lima individu berbakat besar akan menonjolkan seni mereka pada bulan Ogos di Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre (KLPAC).

Faillul Adam, Murni Omar, Fasyali Fadzly dan Iefiz Alaudin baru saja menamatkan pengajian dalam bidang seni persembahan di universiti terkemuka Eropah dan Kanada, di bawah tajaan biasiswa penuh Akademi Seni Budaya dan Warisan Kebangsaan (ASWARA)

Shahrul Mizad pula seorang penggiat seni teater berpengalaman yang pernah memenangi beberapa anugerah iaitu Cameronian Boh Arts Awards kategori Persembahan Terbaik Split Gravy on, Top 5 Best Solo Performance menerusi karya Lembu arahan dan tulisan Shahili Bin Abdan atau lebih dikenali sebagai Namron dan Cameronian Boh Arts Awards dalam kategori Pementasan Berkumpulan Terbaik menerusi karya Alang Rentak Seribu.

Persembahan ini dibawakan oleh The Kuala Lumpur Performing Art Centre dengan kerjasama Pentasila dan disokong oleh The Actors Studio Seni Teater Rakyat.

LANGKAU
An Evening of Contemporary Performance

Dramaturgi
Fasyali Fadzly

Pemain
Shahrul Mizad
Iefiz Alaudin
Murni Omar
Failull Adam

Tempat
Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre (KLPAC)
Pentas 2

Tarikh & Masa
4 & 5 Ogos 2017, 8.30 Malam
5 & 6 Ogos 2017, 3.00 Petang

Tiket
RM40 Dewasa
RM25 Pelajar

Info and contact
Tel: +603-4047 9000 Fax: 0326975513
014-7153414 ( faizal)
Emel: langkau0817@gmail.com
Yuemay@theactorsstudio.com.my
Wanling@klpac.org

http://www.klpac.org/
https://www.facebook.com/theklpac/

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4 (Friday) 8:30 pm - 6 (Sunday) 3:00 pm

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klpac

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5aug - 6aug 510:00 pmaug 6BLANK

6aug11:00 am- 8:00 pmHin Bus Depot Sunday Pop Up market

10aug8:00 pm- 12:00 amIF WALLS COULD TALK vol.37 feat Bernice Chauly and Leon Sapphire

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Poets and poetry lovers, we welcome you to the thirty seventh session of our poetry open mic at The Gaslight, Kuala Lumpur.

FEATURED ACTS:

BERNICE CHAULY is the award-winning author of six books of poetry and prose, which include Growing Up With Ghosts (2011) and Onkalo (2013, “Direct, honest and powerful” —JM Coetzee). Born in George Town, Penang to Chinese-Punjabi teachers, she read Education and English Literature in Canada as a government scholar. She was an Honorary Fellow at the University of Iowa’s International Writing Program (IWP) in 2014, has served as Festival Director of the George Town Literary Festival since 2011, and now lectures at the University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus (UNMC). Her highly anticipated debut novel Once We Were There (2017) begins during one of Malaysia’s most tumultuous periods, the Reformasi of 1998.

Bassman and singer-songwriter, LEON SAPPHIRE is an up and coming R&B gem. He shields his insights on the insanity of modern life behind lyrical mazes and dark hooks. While he remains elusive about his past, he insists on sharing the lessons that he has learned while on his path of hedonism. He has performed alongside Akhyla’s Fong Shelhiel and has opened for Canadian producer Tennyson.

OPEN MIC-ERS:

Beatrix Kang
Sree Shalini
Haikal Hamdan
Myrra Baity
Arief Arman
Ashvin Tiwana
Natashya Khoo
Jiin Woei Lee
Emily Tan
Julian Matthews
Gwendoline Esther
Ashraf Farid
Wan Rezal
Fatimah Bajrai

Hosted by MELIZARANI T.SELVA & LILY JAMALUDIN

COVER CHARGE: RM18 (inclusive of one drink)
We would like to pay our featured acts and eventually afford to bring in other great poets of the world to our stage. Your donation will go a long way in helping the spoken word community do so. Gratitude to you.

HOW TO GET HERE?
1. Look for NEROTECA at Plaza Damansara. On the right side of the restaurant, you will see a stairwell, a Blue Light will be projected on the floor. Walk up the stairs, you will see Blue Elephant, keep walking upstairs, you will hear 60s music, you are close so keep walking up and you’ll see a huge banner saying GASLIGHT cafe. That would be the one.

2. Try WAZE or Google Maps to Gaslight Cafe.

3. If all else fails, call Meliza 0124298464

INSPIRED AND INTERESTED?
To be part of the next open mic session, send an email to iwctpoetry@gmail.com
OR fill up our form http://bit.ly/iwct-poets
OR send us a message on our Facebook Page.

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(Thursday) 8:00 pm - 12:00 am

Location

Gaslight Cafe

Unit 15-2, Jalan Medan Setia 1, Plaza Damansara, Bukit Damansara Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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10aug - 12aug 108:30 pmaug 12Kandang

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Sebuah adaptasi novela George Orwell yang berjudul ‘Animal Farm’ ke dalam Bahasa Malaysia serta konteks budaya kepimpinan tempatan.

Diterbitkan di England pada tahun 1945, ‘Animal Farm’ adalah novela kiasan yang mencerminkan peristiwa Revolusi Rusia pada tahun 1917 dan kemudian ke era Kesatuan Republik Sosialis Soviet di bawah kepimpinan Joseph Stalin.

Adaptasi ini mengikuti jejak langkah sekumpulan haiwan ternakan di Ladang Jones yang berjaya mengusir keluar tuan ladang manusianya dan meraih kemerdekaan. Namun, janji manis kebebasan dan kemakmuran terbukti janji kosong apabila mereka sendiri terjebak dengan pengkhianatan idealisme dalam bentuk korupsi dan kezaliman.

“Apakah lumrah kehidupan kita?

Kita dicucuk hidung dan diperhamba, dipasung dan didera.
Sebaik saja kita lahir di dunia, kita diikat dan dirantai, diserkap dan dikandang.
Kita dipaksa berkerja siang-malam, pagi-petang, hingga ke hujung daya kekuatan.
Untuk apa? Setelah habis digunapakai, kita dibunuh begitu sahaja.
Tapi adakah ini lumrah alam? Adakah bumi yang kita pijak ini tidak mampu menampung kehidupan sekalian makhluk? Tidak, sudara-sudara. Setidak-tidaknya!”

– Kata-kata Markus, pejuang kebebasan haiawan sejagat.

Dipersembahkan oleh: The Actors Studio Seni Teater Rakyat

Penerbit Eksekutif: Dato’ Faridah Merican
Pengarah Artistik: Joe Hasham OAM

Pengarah: Omar Ali
Sinografer: Yusman Mokhtar
Pengarah Gerakan: Ho Lee Ching
Pereka Tatabunyi: Khairil Imran

Pelakon: Clarence Kuna, Farah Rani, Faez Malek, Ashraf Zain, Nik Waheeda, Joe Chin, Zul Zamir, Nabil Zakaria

Pemusik: Coebar Abel & Endee Ahmad

Tarikh & Masa:
10 – 12 August @ 8.30pm
13 August @ 3pm

Lokasi: Pentas 2, klpac

Tiket: RM 55 (RM 45 untuk OKU dan pelajar)

Call 03 4047 9000 atau layari http://www.ticketpro.com.my/theatre/2157091-klpac-kandang.html

Pssst! Nak tolong kami crowdfund Kandang tak? Klik disini:http://www.klpac.org/make-a-donation/kandang-crowdfunding-campaign/

Kami perlukan sumbangan anda!

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10 (Thursday) 8:30 pm - 12 (Saturday) 8:30 pm

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klpac

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10aug8:30 pm- 11:30 pmStephanie Van Driesen Live in Concert

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STEPHANIE VAN DRIESEN
Live & Exclusive | August 10, 2017
Bentley Recital Hall | 8.30pm

An intimate night out with Malaysia’s award-winning premier leading lady of the stage, humourous, witty, with tears and laughter galore as she takes you down Broadway and back to Old Hollywood, accompanied by Simmy on the grand piano, Bullet on percussion, with Special Guest appearances by :
Tony Eusoff
Tria Aziz
Alia Kearney
Faliq Auri
Brendan Aloysius
Eric Loong

This Concert will aid in supporting Stephanie for her first year tuition fees at the prestigious East 15 Acting School, London this September. She was accepted on the spot as 1 of only 20 students out of over 2000 hopefuls worldwide per year. East 15’s Acting programme is endorsed by none other than film stars Colin Firth and Ben Kingsley, so she decided to do whatever it takes to make this happen and make her mark on the global stage.

Concert Entry is by recommended donation of RM400.

Other amounts also welcome, please contact us directly.
All proceeds going towards Stephanie’s education fund.

Concert Bookings:
stephie@sfastage.com / +6013 211 7645

Whatsapp /email to 013211 7645
[#SendStephtoUK Concert – no. of pax – your name] and we’ll confirm your seats!

Bank account:
Stephanie’s Education Fund Bank Transfer details:
7082323078 (OCBC)
Please state “For Education” and email or whatsapp us your receipt to stephie@sfastage.com / 0132217645

Production Team:
Producer – Sharmaine Van Driesen
Producer – Alia Kearney
AV Producer – Azlan Derrick
Poster – Ian Nathaniel

Supported by:
Bentley Music Academy
Bentley Music Sdn. Bhd.
The Carpenter’s Daughter

You can also support Stephanie’s efforts via her #SendStephtoUK Indiegogo Crowdfunding Campaign:
https://igg.me/at/SendStephtoUK

Stephanie Van Driesen – website: www.sfastage.com

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Corporate Group Discounts Available!

Take your company staff out for an awessome entertaining night out on August 10 . ConTact us to enquire about group bookings and discounts.

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(Thursday) 8:30 pm - 11:30 pm

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Bentley Music Academy Malaysia

4th Floor Wisma Bentley Music, 3 Jalan PJU 7/2, Mutiara Damansara,, 47810 Petaling Jaya, Malaysia

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12aug - 13aug 128:30 pmaug 13THE OUTCAST DANCE SHOW 2017

16aug - 20aug 168:30 pmaug 20THAT’S ENTERTAINMENT! A NIGHT AT THE MOVIES

17aug - 20aug 171:00 amaug 2019th Asia Pacific Dance Competition 2017

19aug8:30 pm- 11:00 pmintim sessions (Copy)

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Missing the warmth to wrap you in comfort when you are cold and alone? Miss no more as you can find it here at intim sessions #4 as we are back with songbirds, Amrita Soon and Beverly Matujal, and they will coil your hearts with the emotions you have longed for.

Amrita Soon

Amrita Soon started creating music as a way to drift out from the chaos of life, and has since garnered a small following through her online videos and live performances. She has collected awards such as Digi’s 2013 WWWOW “Breakthrough Youtube Star” and Short + Sweet Malaysia’s 2016 “Audience Choice” and “Overall Best Performance”. She was also featured at various songwriter nights at Nashville, Tennessee performing alongside the likes ofElla Mae Bowen and Lance Carpenter, Her first EP, Clues, was released in December 2014 and her song “Goodbye” was included in “Rock for Ronan”, a compilation album released in the US by the Ronan Thompson Foundation.

Beverly Matujal

Beverly Matujal has a long standing love affair with songwriting, which began as she was harbouring her first crush at the age of 12. Despite that short lived infatuation, her love for music eventually grew and she went on to write more songs that deal with the intimate matters of the heart after picking up the piano and guitar. Her song, “Honeydew”, topped the Hitz Borneo English Top 10 for atleast 12-weeks in 2012. Beverly has also performed at Iskarnival 2016 and Penang Island Jazz Festival 2016. Her first EP, Echoes, is set to release in late August.

Presented by: klpac

Produced by: Coebar Abel

Date & Time: 19 August @ 8:30pm

Venue: indicine, klpac

Admission: Entry by minimum donation of RM15

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