We catch up with Kakiseni's Low Ngai Yuen about the return of the BOH Cameronian Arts Award, and find out also about the Backers Audition KL 2012, which is the inaugural attempt at matching corporate funding to works that the performing arts industry players in Malaysia are striving to do.

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Pearlly Chua has given over 160 performances as the indomitable Peranakan matriarch Emily Gan, in Stella Kon's award-winning monodrama "Emily of Emerald Hill."

We find out more about what drives Pearlly, and also about this current staging of "Emily", which will be directed by Chin San Sooi.

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Flautist and Latin Grammy nominee Huáscar Barradas is in town with his Latin trio group for a series of appearances and performances, headlining the 7th Venezuelan Week 2012 celebrations in Malaysia.

We hear of how he got interested in playing the flute in the first place and his illustrious career since, and we also find out all the activities lined up for the 7th Venezuelan Week in Malaysia 2012 from Mina Perez, the Second Secretary at the Embassy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in Malaysia.

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Talk of the Armageddon is rife this year, and The Electric Minds Project's 4th annual Open Director Showcase is a presentation of six short plays which are an imagining of what will actually happen, should our world as we know it end.

Director Luwita Randhawa and actor Ken Yu discuss what's in store.

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American Naseem Nahid is a talented singer, song-writer, musician, fashion designer, midwife and entrepreneur, currently based in Indonesia.

She shares her life story with us and discusses how she marries her faith with her creative practices.

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We speak to playwright and director Zubin Mohamad about his contemporary theatre piece, "Selipar Jepun, Kasut Tumit Tinggi" which was inspired by Mak Yong traditions.

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Creativity & The Spiritual Path is an ongoing series of events designed to nurture and cultivate creativity among Muslims around the globe, both individually and collectively.

We find out what's in store in the KL league of this series from organisers Peter Gould and Khadija O' Connell, which is described as "a gathering of conversations" reflecting a renewed interest in artistic and creative endeavors undertaken by Muslims everywhere.

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"Wayang: The Story of Kuala Lumpur" is a shadow theatre performance that will trace the beginning of Kuala Lumpur from a small hick town through the fire and floods that destroyed it, to what is is today.

We find out more about the rich history unearthed in the performance from scriptwriter and director Sabera Shaik and cast member Ezzat Hakimi.

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We speak to Benoit Junod, a representative of the Aga Khan Trust for Culture and find out about the "Treasures of the Aga Khan Museum: Architecture in Islamic Arts" exhibition, which is a travelling exhibition of objects and art from the Aga Khan Museum collections.

The collection reflects the pluralism of the Islamic world and highlights it's important artistic traditions and Benoit discusses the collection's significance for the collective history of humankind.

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Written by K.S. Maniam, the play Sandpit: Womensis is one of the landmark Malaysian plays of the 1990s, which was last performed 18 years ago.

Making a comeback under the direction of Chee Sek Thim this March, this new interpretation of the production has actors Anne James and Ho Sheau Fong taking on the roles of Santha and Sumathi respectively, in this tale of love, betrayal and human survival.

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