Shantanand Festival of Arts 2019 Where: Temple of Fine Arts, 116, Jalan Berhala, Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur When: Nov 30-Dec 8, 2019 For details and tickets, call +603-22743709 or email sfa@tfa.org.my or visit http://sfa.tfa.org.my/ WHAT’s being served for the… Read More
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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
Watered-down Hidden Figures of the space race
HAVING read Margot Lee Shetterly’s book of the same title before seeing Hidden Figures on the big screen, I found the movie offers a simpler portrayal of the African-American women mathematicians’ roles in the great… Read More
Magic with contemporary dance, Feb 24, 2017
“It is difficult to do something different like contemporary dance on the bigger platforms available in the country at present, because people with authority seem to have fixed ideas about what they want to showcase.”… Read More
Odissi blooms at Bobo KL oct 20-23
And it’s waiting list only for the show on all those dates. Darn! The rivetting Rathimalar Govindarajoo and January Low will perform Bloom at Bobo KL. Diners at Bobo restaurant with a minimum spending of… Read More
She moves me dance show on Oct 15, 2016
I can’t attend this show due to a job, but it sounds really good: Here’s what the http://klmovement.com/portfolio_page/she-moves-me/ states: What does it mean to be a woman in Malaysia? 9 WOMEN. 9 STORIES. 9 dance… Read More
Opium in Malaysia thrills theatre fans
Opium by Hands Percussion was a wow! Fans of Edith Piaf would have been thrilled. First we were separated into “red” and “green” groups, then we followed the person holding the red or green Chinese-lettered… Read More
Theatre gets down-to-earth with Kent Tan’s I Hate My Job
THEATRE director Kent Tan thought about committing suicide once upon a time, like four years ago, and has drawn on such personal experiences to come up with his original play, I Hate My Job. “I… Read More
Shantanand Festival of Arts
Here’s my piece on the festival which starts Dec 4, 2015. The community arts centre in Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur, will present a showcase of music and dance with 40 local and international performers. Click here to… Read More