The Yayasan Sime Darby Arts Festival (YSDAF) finale returns on Aug 18-19, 2018. Malaysia’s biggest free-for-all arts festival, brought to you by Yayasan Sime Darby (YSD) and The Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre (klpac), aims to… Read More
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Singer-songwriter challenge
The Yayasan Sime Darby Arts Festival (YSDAF) will be rolling out a satellite event entitled “…And the Curtain Rises.” Twelve singer-songwriters will be paired up to write 12 new songs in 12 hours on issues… Read More
Dishing up homespun humour and tales
Tales From Amma’s Kitchen When: May 11-12, 8.30pm & May 12-13, 3pm Where: stage 2, Penangpac, F17, Jalan Seri Tg Pinang, Seri Tanjung Pinang Tickets @ RM40 (Flat Rate) Early Bird @ RM35 (Until… Read More
Musical tribute to Sutra of The Great Vow of DiZang at DPAC
“How do you make a 2,000-year-old Buddhist scripture relevant and acceptable to modern society? This was the major challenge for the creative team,” says Yang Wei Han. IT has taken the multi-talented Yang a year… Read More
Westworld virtual reality experience
In anticipation of the second season of WESTWORLD, which debuts same time as the U.S. on Monday, April 23 at 9am exclusively on HBO (Astro Ch 411 / HD 431), fans in Malaysia are invited take… Read More
7 dancers, 7 Dances, with Geetha Shankaran Lam
“When ART required ways to heal humanity, She manifested as myriad forms, and thus many disciplines were born.” Says odissi maestro Geetha Shankaran Lam: For the first time, my own dream has convinced me of… Read More
Men in Heels proves a show-stopper
A STANDING ovation greeted the end of the play, Men in Heels, with some members of the audience wiping tears away as they applauded at the re-worked Pentas 2 stage of the Kuala Lumpur Performing… Read More
Picture This Festival for the Planet competition
Sony Pictures Television Networks (SPTN), in partnership with the United Nations Foundation, is holding a short-film competition for emerging filmmakers, everyday storytellers and changemakers worldwide to showcase the positive future they see for our planet. It’s called… Read More
Legacy of dance from Guru Sri Kelucharan Mohapatra
Anugamanam will feature talented dancers from Srjan, showcasing synchronised ensemble dancing. Guru Sri Kelucharan Mohapatra is credited with reviving and propagating the odissi style worldwide through generations of students trained by him and through whom he lit the spark… Read More
AXN’s The Elements: Cosentino with master illusionist starts Jan 18
Hailed as Australia’s most successful magician, illusionist and escapologist, AXN’s The Elements: Cosentino will see the man himself performing mesmerising street magic and epic stunts against iconic backdrops in Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines and Taiwan. Paul Cosentino’s… Read More