Front Row

We catch up with world renowned concert pianist Bobby Chen, a local lad, who is back home to perform works from Beethoven and Chopin in a one-night-only performance.

Bobby is among the select few who studied at the highly exclusive Yehudi Menuhin School in Britain, and later at the Royal Academy of Music in London, where he graduated with First Class Honours.

Part of the proceeds from the performance will go to the Cancer Research Initiatives Foundation.

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Swiss photographer Michel Roggo has documented 30 important freshwater environments from across the globe, focusing on underwater images - his contribution to safeguarding the future of the world's wetland areas.

He joins us to share his experiences.

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The UK’s Earl Okin, part time jazz and bossa nova singer-songwriter and fulltime funnyman, Tommy Dean from America and Canadian Ron Josol are joined by local jokester Kavin Jay in a series of comedy shows across the Klang Valley this March.

Kavin drops by to tell us about his career as an engineer/ comedian, and to give us a preview of what's in store at the comedy fest.

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Based on the best-selling children's classic by Jill Tomlinson and performed by the Blunderbus Theatre Company from the UK, this gentle, reassuring tale is brought to life with an irresistible blend of live music, puppetry and storytelling.

We find out more about what's in store from performers Helen Crevel, Mark Collier and Chloe Phillips.

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Go on a wild and hilarious ride through Shakespeare's works - think Monty Python improvisation as classics like Romeo and Juliet, Julius Caesar and Hamlet are mashed up with cookery shows, British Premier League football games and more.

"The Compleat Wrks of Wllm Shkspr - Abridged" originally written and performed by The Reduced Shakespeare Company, is set to be staged here in Kuala Lumpur for the first time, and we hear all about it from director Joe Hasham and actor Kingsley Judd.

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Back for it's 17th instalment, we find out more about all the events lined up to celebrate French language and culture here in Malaysia, from Pauline Vey, the Linguistic Attachee at the Embassy of France in Malaysia.

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Dancer/ Choreographer Ng Teck Voon, who is based in the Netherlands, is back in Kuala Lumpur for a short holiday, and has put together a performance in just a little over a week!

We find out about his career in dance thus far, and what to look out for in this latest performance, which features Malaysian dancers Steve Goh and Hoi Cheng Sim.

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Harmony with God, Harmony in Community and Harmony with Nature is the tagline for the BaliSpirit Festival - a festival of yoga, dance, and music which is held annually in Ubud, Bali.

Former festival director Amsalan Doraisingam fills us in on all the activities in store, and the way the festival is serving both attendees and the community of Ubud too.

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Celebrating International Women's Day, the event Stand Out will feature some of KL's foremost female filmmakers, musicians and poets.

Part of the proceeds will be channeled towards Home of Peace, a shelter home for girls, and the event will also feature readings by some of the girls from the Home.

Jasmine Low, Managing Director of Go International Group and organiser of the event, tells us what exactly is in store.

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Described as a romantic comedy that juxtaposes life and death, duty and love, isolation and connection as well as what's real and what's not, we find out more about this Malaysian staging of Sarah Ruhl's play from castmembers Payal Vashist and Amir Yunos.

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