The TKI 50th Anniversary celebration is at the PJ Civic Centre, at 7.30pm, on June 11-12. Admission is free. For more details, please call 012-3913789 / 019-2212115 / 03-62574069. Or email: enquiry@tki.com.my. IT’s been 50… Read More
All posts by Subhadra Devan
Me Before You and Ayn Rand
THE young woman says, ‘I can make you happy’. The handsome man in the wheelchair replies that he would rather die than continue life as a quadrapelgic. And that sums up the title of this… Read More
Slow burner of the French touch
EDEN is a slow-moving movie which pace is thankfully greatly helped by the electronic dance soundtrack. It’s about the start of the French Touch, music from DJs who spun together house, disco, funk, indie… Read More
Macbeth goes local with Dato Dikajang
There’s a play at the KL Performing Arts Centre right now which is very interesting. IT’s a first for Shakespeare’s The Trajedy of Macbeth: to be translated into Bahasa Malaysia and adapted into a localised… Read More
If music be food for the soul, at The Gardens, KL
“Not many people know this but I was first a woman music deejay, along with (Datuk) Yasmin Yusoff, in Malaysia. Music is my first love, and this festival is me going back to that… Read More
Fly non-stop from Singapore to the US
Beginning June 1, 2016*, we can fly nonstop to Singapore from San Francisco on United Airlines’ Boeing 787 Dreamliner, equipped with the latest air travel enhancements like smart glass windows, “smooth ride” technology and customisable lighting.… Read More
Carole King musical in Sydney
Sydney will again shine as the home of first-run musicals, with the NSW Government securing the Australian premiere of Beautiful: The Carole King Musical exclusively for Sydney at the Lyric Theatre in September 2017. The show… Read More
Rennie’s House of Oxtail still runs strong
My pal Ben D’Cunha took time off from work at a newspaper to help raise a glass to Rennie’s in Petaling Jaya, on May 2016. I tagged along, and met Marica Van Wynen, his wife,… Read More
Shakespeare Meets Chinese Opera
CHINESE opera costumes, full-blown Chinese stage make-up and some Chinese stylised gestures will give William Shakespeare’s Macbeth an Asian face under Chin San Sooi. One is the oldest form of modern theatre while the Bard’s… Read More
Before I Wake review
BUTTERFLIES, sadly, get a bad rap in this supernatural thriller about a boy (played by Jacob Tremblay of Room fame) whose dreams can manifest themselves – whether he is awake or dreaming. The CGI… Read More








