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Celebrating 10 years with 10 weeks of 10-minute theatre!

With festivals in 14 countries, there is no stopping the SHORT+SWEET mania. Malaysia is no exception as the festival continues to grow here.

We kick off in KL on 6 September with S+S Stand-Up Comedy+Song followed by Musical, Junior Dance (new category for dancers 16 and below), Dance and finish off with a record-breaking three weeks of Theatre ending on 29 October. It then moves on to Penang from 1 to 11 November for Dance and Theatre.

What makes the festival so popular is its unique format. It only premieres new works that are 10 minutes or less. Not only will you be the first to watch these new creations but, in a single night, you get to watch 10 to 12 different works.

SHORT+SWEET also runs as a competition. The performers compete for a place in the Gala Finals where the winners will win prizes including the coveted Mercedes-Benz Award for Creative Excellence.

Root for your favourite team or, better yet, vote for them and they stand a chance to win the Audience Choice Award.

Come, celebrate us and get swept up in this SHORT+SWEET mania. Like a good Malaysian buffet, there is something for everyone.

Festival Director & Executive Producer : Dato’ Faridah Merican
Artistic Director : Joe Hasham OAM
Advisor & Senior Production Manager : Easee Gan
Stage Management Team : Benedict Chin, Faustina Kow & Angel Lai

Short+Sweet Malaysia 2017: Dance | 27 – 30 September @ 8.30pm & 4 – 8 October @ 8.30pm

Short+Sweet Malaysia 2017: Theatre | 11 – 14 October @ 8.30pm, 18 – 21 October @ 8.30pm, 25 – 29 October @ 8.30pm

Venue: Pentas 2, The Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre (klpac)

Tickets:

Short+Sweet Malaysia 2017: Dance | RM 45, RM 35 (Concession) & RM 55 (Gala Night)
Short+Sweet Malaysia 2017: Theatre | RM 45, RM 35 (Concession) & RM 55 (Gala Night)

Festival package! 
RM 129 for 3 tickets (2 tickets for either week 1 or week 2 or week 3 + 1 ticket for Gala Night)

***Festival package is ONLY applicable for Short+Sweet Malaysia 2017: Dance and Short+Sweet Malaysia 2017: Theatre

CALL 03 4047 9000 TO PURCHASE TICKETS OR TO GET MORE INFO!

This is the  7th annual show organized by Tutti Art Club. This group show will showcase works of Artist Seeling Tan with a group of students who are normal and also those who have learning challanges. Art show no barrier and we all come in as group to celebrate the differences of each individual. There is no disability in our creations, each and everyone can paint equally well.

Presented by: Tutti Art

Date & Time: 15th Oct 2017 @ 3pm

Launch of Art Exhibition at 3pm with students short violin and cello performance at 3pm.

Exhibition will be held from 10 – 21 October from 10am – 10pm.

The Marriage of Figaro (Le nozze di Figaro), a comic opera in four acts by composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart with an Italian libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte. Soon to be wed, Figaro and Susanna, servants to the Count and Countess Almaviva, are worried that the Count will attempt to seduce Susanna on her impending wedding night. Can Figaro outwit his Scheming and skirt-chasing master? A single day of madness, revenge, conspiracy and deception! Hilariously funny. Featuring Chi Hoe Mak as Count Almaviva, Ang Mei Foong as Countess, Ho Chi Mei as Susanna, Samuel Lim as Figaro, Chaing YiLing as Cherubino, Cynthia Tan as Marcellina, Chin Vun Chieh as Dr. Bartolo, Alphonsus Sim as Basilio/Don Curzio, Bui Yik Ling as Barbarina, Terence Au as Antonio, KL City Opera Orchestra Ensemble, KL City Opera Chorus and the children from the Opera for Kids workshop.

Executive Producers – Danny Chen & Ho Soon Yoon
Conductor – Juan Montoya
Stage Director – Vince Connor
Vocal Director – Cecilia Yap
Concert Master – Lim Jae Sern
Repetiteur – Soon Kun Ming

Date & Time – 
12th & 14th October 2017 @ 8:00pm
15th October 2017 @ 3:00pm

Venue – Pentas 1, klpac

Tickets – 
12th October 2017 – RM108, RM118, RM128, RM138, RM148

14th & 15th October 2017 – RM128, RM138, RM148, RM158, RM168

Early bird 15% off from July 15th – August 15th, 2017
10% off for students, seniors and physically challenged

Tickets on sale NOW!

Flyboys (2006)
Duration: 140 mins (approx.)
Language: English
Subtitle: English
Synopsis: The adventures of the Lafayette Escadrille, young Americans who volunteered for the French military before the U.S. entered World War I, and became the country’s first fighter pilots.

War Horse (2011)
Duration: 146 mins (approx.)
Language: English
Subtitle: English
Synopsis: Young Albert enlists to serve in World War I after his beloved horse is sold to the cavalry. Albert’s hopeful journey takes him out of England and to the front lines as the war rages on.

Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Duration: 169 mins (approx.)
Language: English
Subtitle: English
Synopsis: Following the Normandy Landings, a group of U.S. soldiers go behind enemy lines to retrieve a paratrooper whose brothers have been killed in action.

The Pianist (2002)
Duration : 150 mins (approx.)
Language: English
Subtitle: English
Synopsis: A Polish Jewish musician struggles to survive the destruction of the Warsaw ghetto of World War II.

Presented by: The Actors Studio Seni Teater Rakyat

Curated by: Joe Hasham OAM and Dato’ Faridah Merican

Venue: Indicine, klpac

Date: 16, 17, 23 & 24 October @ 3pm

FREE ENTRY!

Co. Un Yamada Project 2017
Celebrated dancer Un Yamada is no stranger to Malaysia, having visited here for performances and residency program since 2012.
In January 2016, she directed a double bill project titled “one◆piece x The Rite of Spring” in klpac. Both works were originally produced for Co. Un Yamada, but in this double bill project, “one◆piece” was performed by local male dancers selected through competitive audition, and “The Rite of Spring” by Co. Un Yamada dancers from Japan.
This year, Un Yamada has mixed Malaysian and Japanese casts together to present a special Malaysian version of “People without Seasons.”

A City without Seasons
It was first performed by Co. Un Yamada in 2012 in Japan, initially by twelve dancers, with the idea taken from Shugoro Yamamoto’s literary work of the same title. In fact, 2017 is the 50th anniversary of the writer’s death. The literature had also made into a movie “Dodesukaden” by a world famous film director, Akira Kurosawa, in 1970. Receiving the inspiration from both the novel and the movie, Un Yamada has established an energetic dance world with implementing a lot of theatrical elements, with adopting Beethoven’s “Ninth Symphony” effectively into the act.
For the Malaysian version of the show, Un Yamada will be selecting 15 Malaysian participants through the audition. They will learn the choreography from Un Yamada and her company members, as well as from Fauzi Amirudin and Jabar Laura who had participated in the show held in Japan earlier this year.
They will all together present the result at klpac.

Presented by
The Japan Foundation Kuala Lumpur(JFKL), Co. Un Yamada, ASWARA

Co. Yamada Un
Artistic Director & Choreography: Un Yamada
Set Designer: Hiroshi Fuji
Costume Designer: RYOTAMURAKAMI
Lighting Designer: Yukiko Sekine
Lighting Operator: Masahiko Fujita
Sound Operator: Chikako Ezawa
Stage Manager: Soh Chong Hong
Producer: Toshiko Uehara
Performers: Un Yamada, Fauzi Amirudin, Jabar Laura, Chinami Ito, Toshihiko Jo, Sayuri Iimori, Masashi Koyama, Kiea Kuan Nam, Pengiran Qayyum, Joanna Koleth-Tan, Lim Pei Ern, Syed Haziq Afiq, Mohd Zulkarnain, Sueki Yee, Yap Chiw Yi, and Janet Pillai

The Japan Foundation Kuala Lumpur
Yuri Yamada (Project Manager)
Stephanie Ho (Production Manager)
Sulatan bin Ibrahim (Administration)
Nurliyana binti Norazami (Publicity)
Kyoko Kugai, Nurul Amira binti Sabri (Front of the House)
Hiromi Ikeda (Emergency)

Date & Time
20th October 2017 (Fri) 8.30pm
21st October 2017 (Sat) 8.30pm
22nd October 2017 (Sun) 3.30pm

Venue Pentas 1, The Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre

Tickets
Normal: RM 55
Concession; RM 28 for student, senior citizen, disabled, JFKL member and TAS card member (ONLY applicable to walk in to klpac with Valid ID)
All tickets are inclusive of RM3.00 ticket handling fee

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Malaysia-based, award-winning artist Shamma Esoof will be showing her a solo photography exhibition in Cyberjaya.  The exhibition titled Soft & Savage will showcase a series of mesmerizing owl portraits. The show will open on Saturday 21 October 2017 with a launch event at 3 p.m.The exhibition will run until Sunday 29 October 2017.

The photo-series consists of striking portraits of owls that were all shot at various locations in Malaysia.

Shamma’s owl portraits have become viral online. It has been featured on various websites and blogs in many different countries and languages. The owl portrait series was most recently featured on a popular site called Bored Panda.

A close bond with Malaysia

“Malaysia has been a source of inspiration for me because of the incredible flora and fauna. I wish to inspire people to value and protect those natural treasures,” says Shamma.

Soft & Savage will be Shamma’s second exhibition in Malaysia. The artist invites the Malaysian public to come and be enchanted by the mystical beauty of owls.

About the venue

Harvest Food and Coffee is a Western Fusion Cafe / Restaurant in Cyberjaya, with healthy homemade snacks, sandwiches, desserts and quality coffee. Lunch, dinner, teatime and all day breakfasts are served in a home-like ambiance.

After the sold out of One Thousand Million Smiles in 2016, The Actors Studio Seni Teater Rakyat will be bringing back the musical tribute for a limited run from 26th to 28th October 2017 to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the legendary singer’s passing.

The success of last year’s tribute show is a testament of Sudirman’s talent and his endearing legacy. It was a great reminder why he is fondly referred to as the People’s Singer as fans from all over the country flocked to klpac, many of whom have faithfully followed his career and attended his concerts including his winning performance at the Asian Music Awards in London which cemented his place as Asia’s No. 1 Performer as well as the infamous Chow Kit road concert which brought KL to a standstill with its 100,000-strong crowd.

Like before, the tribute will feature singers from all walks of life including Malaysian Idol finalist Nikki Palikat and winner of ntv7’s Audition reality TV show, Tria Aziz. Other singers include, Amir Hazril Harith, Ian Chow, Ryonn Leong and Joel Wong.

Reminiscent of the extravagant musical shows in the 80’s, the singers will be backed by a full orchestra under the baton of Lee Kok Leong as well as a five-piece band led by Loh Ui Li as they perform Sudirman’s greatest hits such as Balik Kampung, Salam Terakhir, Hujan, Chow Kit Road and, of course, One Thousand Million Smiles.

Like the man himself, One Thousand Million Smiles will be a toe-tapping showstopper from start to finish.

Presented by: The Actors Studio Seni Teater Rakyat in collaboration with The Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre

Director & Executive Producer: Dato’ Faridah Merican
Artistic Director: Joe Hasham OAM
Co-Music Director & Score Arranger: Loh Ui Li
Co-Music Director & Conductor: Lee Kok Leong
Choreographer: Melody Tee

Date & Time: 27th – 28th Oct 2017 (Fri-Sat) @ 8.30pm

Venue: Pentas 1, klpac

Tickets:
Category 1: RM80 (Centre Seat)
Category 2: RM60 (Side Seat)
Concession: RM40 (TAS Card Member / Senior Citizen / Disabled / Student)

Tickets are available!