For most of us, Central Market is Pasar Seni. Not a place for fresh produce but a place for tourists to pick up souvenirs as keepsakes and mementos before they depart our shores.

Our guest, Ipoh-born and Australia-based, Hari Ho, shares how in the closing days of that wet market in the 1980s, he took time out to capture the life and lives of the people there.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Over the next three weeks, a group of born-in-Malaysia dancers will all be performing three traditional Indian dances and one contemporary dance. The questions that arise, How do Malaysian bodies interpret Indian dances? How does a body that is trained in contemporary and other traditional dances adorn one for a particular traditional Indian dance? Answers to these questions articulated in the interview are informed by the experiences of the dancers themselves.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Two artistic directors of two percussion-based performance groups--one here and one in Burkina Faso--share on how they look at the question of evolving their troupes balancing between keeping to their core strengths and the need to keep and grow their audience base. They also detail their three-year collaboration which will culminate in performances which pool together drumming traditions and instruments. They tell a story that links Africa and Asia that tells about our migratory legacies.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Where there has been a rise in performance poetry events there has also been an increase in stand up comedy events but it’s comedy that has been able to mainstream faster, gaining much larger audiences. The two mediums actually have a lot in common, share a history, and not just in their propensity to sometimes be funny. What can performance poets learn from stand up’s commercial success and how does comedy exploit poetry to get a few more laughs?

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our guest tells about the creation and the sustaining of this group of seven which is made up of Malaysians and other nationals. This group has performed in more than a hundred international festivals and will be performing in Ipoh because music must be shared.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Talking about different art movements in the world. This week, we visit Japan of the 17th through to the middle of the 19th century. Learn about Ukiyo (the floating world) and the aesthetics underpinning the Edo mercantile culture.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The dance and the theatre departments of the national performing arts school collaborate to bring a hybrid experimental performance to the stage. The creators tell about the experimentation to uncover different approaches to creating contemporary interdisciplinary performances.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The festival will offer popular symphonic music from ‘Star Wars’ to ‘West Side Story’, to a sacrificial tale of a Queen, and to love songs composed by a King. Our guest, a resident of Seremban, a cellist himself--he teaches, offers masterclasses and adjudicates in competition--shares on the terrain of classical music outside the Klang Valley and what needs to be done to aid it continue to grow.

Our guests are later joined by representatives of the Philharmonic Winds of Malaysia-- Mr. Eric Lee and Mr. Bastien Baumet, the latter plays the euphonium.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When singing with a tin-cup in hand so as to be able to continue to sing. The rising number of young people seeking a career in the world of classical singing runs smack into questions on funding and, in business speake, return of investment.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Stephanie, on her way to East 15 Acting School in the UK, stops by to tell us why she thinks it is important for her to continue her education in the theatre and honing her skills within an academy rather than be on stage practicing through doing. She shares her dreams and invites others to participate in it.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.