NOSTALGIA is bound to be part of the menu as Dama Orchestra spreads its wings to the rest of Asia, come October, as Dama Asia Productions. With an office in Singapore, as well as its… Read More
Dama Asia — a bigger stage
Tag: malaysia
Grace of odissi
Dr Dhanya Thurairajah’s dance performance in Sadhana was a memorable show of muscular grace and poetic fluidity, writes Subhadra Devan LYRICISM virtually flowed from her hands as Dr Dhanya Thurairajah performed her Sadhana (offering) to… Read More
odissi delight at temple of fine arts, kuala lumpur
Indie music in Malaysia from India too!
It’s called the Malaysian Independent Music Fesival but it features locals as well as South India’s Top 50 musicians and vocalists. One of the bands is Kerala’s Thaikkudam Bridge. According to thehindu, Govind Menon had… Read More
Mooncakes to love
It’s just 12 more days to the Mid-Autumn or Mooncake Festival and one of the prettiest mooncake boxes has to be that from the Concorde Hotel Kuala Lumpur. Six baked mini mooncakes (60g each) are… Read More
The man who knew infinity, with love
This no typical Hollywood portrayal with licence taken to “sell” the story. The script, written by director Matt Brown based on the biography by Robert Kanigel, instead offers fodder for those who like meat in… Read More
Japan Film fest 2016 in Malaysia
Three-time Japan Academy prize-winning actress Kiki Kilin will be in Kuala Lumpur on Sept 6-7 for the special preview of An, one of two movies that features her in this year’s Japanese Film Festival lineup.… Read More
A sumptuous Oriental feast going back 16 years
The Oriental Group of Restaurants is 16 years old! How time flies when I recall meeting its Group Executive Chef Justin Hor when he was a young man showing great promise at a grand sumptuous… Read More
Hamlet in Malay in Malaysia
“SOMETHING is rotten in the state of Denmark.” “To be or not to be, that is the question.” “The lady protests to much, methinks.” These some examples of lines in Shakespeare’s famous play Hamlet which… 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