Experiencing Wayang Kulit at the heart of Kuala Lumpur
All images credit Charmaine Sze Shadow play, or wayang kulit, is a form of traditional theatre...
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20apr5:00 pm- 11:00 amPoetry Café KL Youth Poetry Slam
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Presenter: Poetry Café KL Date & Time: 20
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Presenter: Poetry Café KL
Date & Time: 20 April @ 5pm
Venue: Indicine, klpac
We’ve confirmed the date and venue! Now all you need to do is register a team! Teams can consist of up to 5 poets, including one solo and one group performance for primary and secondary category. Want us to come to your school? Email poetrycafekl@gmail.com to plan a slam training workshop or to register.
Youth Poetry Slam Rules
1. There is only one round for both solo and group categories.
2. Schools can field in a maximum of two solos, but only one group.
3. Poems should be within three minutes.
4. There is no theme.
Entry is by RM 10 donation.
Time
(Friday) 5:00 pm - 11:00 am
Location
indicine, klpac
The Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre, Sentul Park, Jalan Strachan off Jalan Sultan Azlan Shah, 51100, Kuala Lumpur
21apr6:00 pm- 8:00 pmPARI PARI DI klpac
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Every once in two months, the Pari-Pari (or fairies as you would say) come out to play at The Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre (klpac). Many of them are writers, poets, singers, musicians, artists, illustrators, and yes, even curious people like you.
The Council of Fairies has decided to hold the following gathering of fairies at klpac on 21 April at 6pm!
Executive Producer | Dato’ Faridah Merican
Artistic Director | Joe Hasham OAM
Producer & Curator | Sukhbir Cheema
Host | Omar Ali
Senior Production Manager | Gan Eng Cheng
Production Manager | Soo Choy Wah
Assistant Production Manager | Olivia Saw & Benedict Chin
Featuring | In Order of Appearance
Vinci is a Malaysia based aspiring singer and actress who’s deeply passionate about theater arts, singing and acting. Hence, “Harder Than This – The Musical” will be her theatrical debut. Vinci plays the cello and piano and has performed with a few orchestra bands in Malaysia. Music has always been her passion since young. Besides being actively involved in arts and literature, Vinci is also an accounting graduate and now heading the Finance Department in a well-established travel agency in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Ashlyn Harris is an aspiring actress and theatre performer. A Malaysian born, raised in The United Kingdom. Having grown up both in Asia and Europe, she develops her love in learning about arts and culture at a very young age. Throughout her life, Ashlyn has always been fascinated by how the world is represented through the eyes of others. Ashlyn has been actively involved in a number of theatre plays in The UK since 2012. Her latest performances were as Clover in “Animal Farm The Musical” by Emjay Production and understudy for Nessarose in “Wicked”.
Michelle Tan is a corporate professional by day and an actor, playwright and director by night. Though her footprints in the Malaysian theater industry is a young one by comparison, the play she wrote for Short and Sweet bagged five awards including Audience Choice Award. Her true love has always been the love for writing and would love for an opportunity to showcase it whenever, wherever. She’s the co-Founder of I’M Entertainment and is excited what the future would bring. She also believes that she is #forever21 and will continue denying her true age until the end of time.
Zhafir is a spoken word poet who is running out of places to perform because he prefers not to perform on the same stage.
E-Ling (E0) is an artist known for her ability to emote beatboxing as a form of expression. She has collaborated with bands all over Singapore and was a part of MAS1A’s crew in the Aus tour. Together with Z Loco, her groovy beatboxing is guaranteed to make you get off your seat and dance!
Z-Loco can be always found freestyling and writing his raps on the streets. Always known for his straight to the point rap technique and freestyle, it has earned him the monocle Z Loco. Having started from the rap battle scene, he has gone into teaching and performing beatboxing for The Lost Hat. A constant freestyle artiste and entertainer, he is known for his ability to create a song from scratch with an aid of any melody or beat. With various influences, he is known to captivate and pull the audience in with his wordplay and his high energy performances. Z Loco is also known as a mentor to some of the top beatboxers in Singapore.
Khor Hui Min is a writer, content creator, blogger, poet, face painter, potter and photographer. In mid-August last year, she decided to take the leap and become self-employed. 8 months later, she is enjoying her new life as a writer and content creator, and she writes mainly for business websites, magazines and conference show dailies. She is also a Shutterstock and 123RF contributor.
Sumitra Selvaraj has spent the last 18 years immersed in Communication; first as a news anchor and producer of current affairs programmes and then later as a Senior Account Director with a global Public Relations firm. Most recently, she spent 3 years at the helm of an English language talk show that aired ever week day in Malaysia and Singapore. She began writing creative fiction in 2016; her short stories have been published in local anthologies and she won the 2018 Short Story Prize at the Asian Women Writers Festival in Singapore. Sumitra is also known as @sareesandstories on Instagram.
Richard Sykes is a multi-instrumentalist within the Irish and English tradition music scene. Grew up within a large musical family and lived within the vibrant Irish and English traditional music scene of Manchester, England. He is a frequent visitor to sessions in Dingle, Ireland, and has played concerts and festivals across U.K. and Europe.
Sherly Chan‘s first encounter with irish music was through the Corrs in the 90s and Riverdance in her childhood. She has since learned the irish whistle. flute and concertina, as well as participated in sessions gigs and around KL. In 2015, she attended the Wille Clancy irish music summer school in Ireland.
Date & Time | 21st April 2018 @ 6pm
Venue | Outdoors at klpac
If you’re free, feel free to come make yourself free at PARI PARI DI klpac. Entry is free.
Psst!! If you are a fairy who writes short stories, poems, makes music, beats a drum, does miming, belly dancing (that’ll be swell), fire ball juggling, disappearing, plucking a bunny out of a hat, making an elephant disappear, making the klpac security guard who guards Sentul Park disappear.. well, you get the drift. Drop sukhbir@klpac.org an e-mail.
Time
(Saturday) 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Location
klpac
21apr8:30 pm- 10:00 pmintim sessions #7
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Once again, intim sessions brings you gems of the local music scene with two indie darlings- Bil Musa, an emotional lovelorn folk/pop singer-songwriter, and Shuuna, an act of nostalgia with a modern twist.
Bil Musa
Nabilah Musa, also known as Bil Musa, is an upcoming Malaysian singer-songwriter that was born and raised in Kuala Lumpur. She started out playing the piano when she was 7 and went on to write her own songs at the age of 16. She has been interested in music and the music industry from a very young age. Her urban upbringing gave birth to her appreciation of indie bands and music. She has written several songs since the age of 16, and although she has a vast amount of English songs, she pushes for Malay songs very so often.
Shuuna
Moja was an active member of alternative-rock band, Monalyssa, when he met Shuu as she joined them as guest singer recurringly. In 2016, the two of them decided to form Shuuna with the help of other experienced session musicians as they journeyed into the Malay folk genre. Due to various circumstances, they ended up playing as a duo more often than as band. In March 2017, they rebranded their sound as indie-electronic-nusantara when they released their first EP, Torsades de Pointes. The duo was later joined by Fai of Paper Plains- further enhancing the the whole dynamic of this act.
Executive Producer | Dato’ Faridah Merican
Artistic Director | Joe Hasham OAM
Producer | Rezza Coebar
Senior Production Manager | Gan Eng Cheng
Production Manager | Soo Choy Wah
Assistant Production Manager | Olivia Saw & Benedict Chin
Lighting Operator | Michael Joseph
Sound Engineer & Operator | Michael Joseph
Date & Time | 21st April 2018 @ 8:30pm
Venue | Indicine, klpac
Entry by Donation at Minimum RM15
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(Saturday) 8:30 pm - 10:00 pm
Location
indicine, klpac
The Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre, Sentul Park, Jalan Strachan off Jalan Sultan Azlan Shah, 51100, Kuala Lumpur
26apr - 27apr 268:30 pmapr 27…And The Curtain Rises
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Things are heating up this
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Things are heating up this May. Ahead of the mammoth finale in August, the Yayasan Sime Darby Arts Festival (YSDAF) will be rolling out a satellite event “…And the Curtain Rises.”
Producers Ian Chow and Coebar Abel have an insane game plan up their sleeves. Think speed dating, singer-songwriter style. 12 singer-songwriters (who may or may not know each other) will be paired up to write 12 brand new songs in a mere 12-hour period. Unlike speed dating, the singer-songwriters have no choice but to make it work whether sparks fly or not because they have to premiere these new numbers to an actual audience when the 12 hours are up. And if that is not nerve-wrecking enough, it will be recorded live and made into a CD.
Now, who on earth is insane enough to take up such a challenge? The eclectic line up is as interesting as the challenge. Singer-songwriters Aina Abdul, Brendan de Cruz, Beverly Matujal, Dickson Chai, Endee Ahmad, Fuad of Kyoto Protocol, Isaac Ho, Melissa Toh, Nick Davis, Otam, Priscillia Xavier and duo Shir Ling & Jacq Teng are ready to put their game face on.
Be the first to hear these songs performed live. The songs will premiere at “…And the Curtain Rises” from 26 to 27 May in klpac’s Pentas 2. Free admission for the public.
Presented by: Yayasan Sime Darby Arts Festival
Date & Time:
26th May 2018 @ 8.30pm
27th May 2018 @ 3pm
Venue: Pentas 2, klpac
Entry is FREE but FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE. Latecomers are not permitted to enter once live recording has started.
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26 (Thursday) 8:30 pm - 27 (Friday) 11:00 pm
Location
klpac
27apr - 29apr 278:30 pmapr 29Bisikan Monsoon 风媒花与神兽
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Towards the southern oceans, where
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Towards the southern oceans, where dreams are set in motion. Where the wind goes. Where they go. Where we go.
Presenter: Kwang Tung Dance Company
Date & Time:
27th April, Friday @ 8.30pm
28th April, Saturday @ 8.30pm
29th April, Sunday @ 3pm
Venue: Pentas 1, klpac
Tickets:
RM73 (Adult), RM48 (Concession), RM203 (VIP)
Early bird (before April 1) RM63
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27 (Friday) 8:30 pm - 29 (Sunday) 11:00 pm
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klpac
27apr - 29apr 278:30 pmapr 29The Working Dead Musical: Workshop Production
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You think your job is
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You think your job is killer? Try being a zombie.
The Working Dead is an original Malaysian musical about Edwin, a responsible salaryman who works hard to support his family. When he dies unexpectedly, his demanding boss hires a bomoh to bring Edwin back as a zombie so he can finish his work. It’s up to Edwin’s brave wife Sarah to save the day.
This is a WORKSHOP PRODUCTION: meaning this show will present an intimate, scaled down preview of major scenes from ‘The Working Dead’. Audience feedback from this production will be used to shape a larger scale version of this show in future.
Showtimes: Friday Apr 27 (8.30pm), Saturday Apr 28 (3pm &8.30pm), Sunday Apr 29 (3pm & 8.30pm)
Tickets are RM20 (RM15 early bird til April 1) and can be purchased from Peatix: https://
Book and lyrics by TERENCE TOH
Music by LYDIA TONG and KELVIN LOH
Directed by NICOLE-ANN THOMAS
Produced by ASYRAF DZAHIRI
Cast: ANGELINE NEOH, BRIAN CHEONG, IZ SULAINI, KIRTHANA KUHENDRAN, LENNY WAN and TINA ISAACS.
Time
27 (Friday) 8:30 pm - 29 (Sunday) 11:00 pm
Location
Twenty20two
20 & 22, Jalan SS4D/14, Taman Peoples Park, 47301 Petaling Jaya, Malaysia