Front Row

Featuring 15 photographs of Wayang Kulit performance by Eddin Khoo, the Founder of PUSAKA, the exhibition ‘Storm Clouds – Wayang Kulit in Photography’ seeks to illuminate the Wayang Kulit Siam tradition of Kelantan through the eyes of a long-time chronicler of Kelantanese culture and disciple of Wayang Kulit.

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In conjunction with the Movember campaign, everyone’s favourite funny doctor Jason Leong teams up with Hong Kong’s Vivek Mahbubani, the Philippines’ GB Labrador and Singapore’s Rishi Budhrani for the first time here in Malaysia, in the comedy show called Get Hard, Stand Up! We find out more.

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The local singer-songwriter movement, Moonshine is set to celebrate its 8th Anniversary and they are promising a carnival setting for the show with lots of dancing, food, drinks, love and of course, home-grown music and singing. Giving us the low-down are Reza Salleh, the organizer of Moonshine and local singer-songwriters, Melina William and Diandra Arjunaidi.

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Almost True Stories is The Instant Café Theatre Company's latest New Writing platform to tell stories that are playful yet deeply resonant. Jo Kukathas and Ghafir Akbar share why we need stories and why the penglipur lara is called the dispeller of sorrows and the reliever of anxieties.

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This full-length dance drama is based on the pivotal episode of the epic Mahabharata as envisioned by Poet Laureate Bharati written in Tamil. Performed by dancers of ASWARA Dance Company and Temple of Fine Arts (TFA), accompanied by live music from TFA, this marks the first major artistic collaboration between these two leading arts institutions in this country.

We find out more from Joseph Gonzales, the Dean of the Dance Faculty at ASWARA and producer of this show, and Shankar Kandasamy, the Music & Artistic Director. 

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Matt Ingeneri plays jazz guitar in the classic style of Wes Montgomery, Kenny Burrell, and early George Benson.  A product of Washington D.C.’s famous Hard Bop jazz scene, Matt worked regularly with legendary Blue Note Records house bassist Butch Warren until moving to Malaysia in 2011.

We find out what's been keeping him busy music-wise and what he has planned for this Duke Ellington Tribute.

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A versatile musician, Teriver Cheung is not just a Jazz guitarist but also part of an active touring Neo-soul/Funk band ‘Nuf Said.

We get to know this international touring guitarist, who is currently based in New York City.

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A woman wakes up in Janda Baik to find an invisible wall isolating her from the world.  With only a few animals for company, she tries to create a new landscape from what’s left of the old world. Beliefs, boundaries, politics - the production of WALLS asks the audience, "what remains when you are the last person on Earth?"

Directed and devised by Hari Azizan and Wong Tay Sy, the duo join us to discuss this new theatre production which features performances by Mislina Mustaffa and artist chi too.

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Described as a meeting point for exciting research, inspiring workshops, and intriguing performances, we find out about this collaborative project which brings together some of the most promising dance and music artists with a combined total of more than 40 years of experience in improvisation. Artistic & Program Director David Lim and dancer Lee Ren Xin tell us all.

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The slaughter of elephants for their ivory tusks has reached crisis proportions, and Malaysia has become a key transit point in the illegal trade of ivory from Africa and China.

Dr. Chris Shepherd, the Regional Director of TRAFFIC Southeast Asia and Naftali Honig, the Coordinator of Project for the Application of Fauna (PALF) in the Republic of Congo, give us the lowdown of the situation and discuss how Malaysia can be more proactive in ensuring ivory doesn’t get past our ports.

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