Mana Kuntum!

Presented by Tunas Tari

A story about Kuntum, who always finds excuses not to help her mother, Mak Tanjong with household chores. Despite her laziness, Mak Tanjong dotes on her daughter and showers her with unconditional love. One day whilst reluctantly accompanying Mak Tanjong into the woods to gather firewood to sell, Kuntum takes a rest and sits under a big tree, ignoring her mother..watching from afar. Slowly she falls asleep…

Kuntum awakens to a myriad of animals dancing around her…some attacking her, some surrounding her, some dancing with her, some forcing her to hide trembling with fear. There were Cobras, Wild Horses, Baby Elephants, Turtles, Deers, Chickens and Squirrels with each animal awakening a different emotion in Kuntum. She felt fear, anxiety, guilt, despair, regret and at the same time had moments of delight, surprise, enlightenment and euphoria. All the time Kuntum was lost, she looked tirelessly for her mother, for Mak Tanjong’s comfort and warmth, wishing that she had stayed close to her mother, helping her.

Will the Doves help bring joy and relief by showing Kuntum the way home?…..

Date/ Time:
16 January 2016 (Sat), 3.00pm
17 January 2016 (Sun), 3.00pm

Performance Duration:
90 minutes without intermission

Venue:
Theatre, DPAC

Tickets:
RM 50 (Category 1)
RM 30 (Category 2)
All tickets are inclusive of RM3.00 ticket handling fee and 6% GST.

Dcard Members*
RM 45 (Category 1)
RM 27 (Category 2)
*Kindly present your Dcard for verification upon ticket collection. Cancellations or no shows are advised to inform the Box Office at least one hour before the show.

Ticket Office:
1. Damansara Performing Arts Centre
H-01, DPAC, Empire Damansara
Jalan PJU 8/8, Damansara Perdana,
47820 Petaling Jaya, Selangor.
Tel: (+6)03- 4065 0001, 4065 0002

2. Sabrina Hamid
Tel: (+6)012-346 4376

Homepage:
www.tunastari.com

Facebook:
Tunas Tari

Marble Hearts

Commemorating the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s death, The Actors Studio Seni Teater Rakyat’s 2016 Shakespeare Festival presents a modern tragedy “playing in the wings” of William Shakespeare’s King Lear‎.‎ Marble Hearts is a new play that tells the stories of three sisters—Goneril, Regan, and Cordelia—who seek to find their own way in life as their aged and abusive father descends into insanity.

The play intersects with the plot of King Lear at key moments but presents an entirely new perspective on the sisters’ hopes and fears as well as the relentless pursuit of ambition that drives them each towards seemingly inevitable self-destruction—but are they as calculative as they seem? Who is the victim and which of their stories is true?‎

Marble Hearts will feature Shakespeare’s original lines from King Lear and elsewhere as well as new dialogue in prose and modern blank verse.

Presented by:
The Actors Studio Seni Teater Rakyat

Date & Time:
20 Jan 2016 @ 8.30pm (Preview – Show #1)
21 – 23 Jan 2016 @ 8.30pm (Show #2-4)
24 Jan 2016 @ 3pm (Show #5)

Venue:
Pentas 2, The Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre (klpac)

Show Duration:
90 minutes

Language:
English

Ticket Price:
RM35 (for 20 January show only)
RM45
RM35 (TAS Card Member / Senior Citizen / Disabled / Student)



*All tickets are inclusive of RM3 ticket handling fee and GST

7 Ideas to Get Your Creative Juices to Flow Even if You are the CEO

YOUTH needs inspiration. They need examples that they can follow. They need to learn from others who have made it. They need to learn from you - those were the words of an event organiser persuading me to give a talk to young Malaysians about how I managed to pursue my passion to be an artist despite my hectic life as a CEO in the corporate world. I took the challenge. All I had in my mind was the urge to use both the left and the right brain as the means to pursue my creative arts undertaking. After much thought, it involves a lot more than that. It involves the following 7 that I have unintentionally undertook in pursuit of my passion:

1. Find the time. If you have the time to bitch about others in the social media, then you shouldn't say you do not have the time. Block your diary as if it is part of your work commitment.

2. Don't be calculative. Go buy those canvases and paints like how you would buy pirated dvds or cigarettes or vapes and do not say you do not have the money.

3. Get your family and friends to join you. That way you simultaneously cover both hobby as well as quality time with your family and friends. I try to get my son to follow me to the studio for painting or even jamming. Recently a brother as well as a friend of mine joined me. Now my studio has 3 artists.

4. Let go of all worries. The human mind becomes very rigid if you put too much rules and regulations. Break free from the norm. Do things abnormally. You will realise how liberating it can be and that is a conducive state of mind to be creative. For example, why paint a scenery of Sawah Padi? Why not paint a scenary of Ultraman fighting Godzilla in a Sawah Padi?

5. Let others see your work. Social Media is good for this. But be open to criticisms. Some will like your work. Some will say it is crappy. Ask them why. You are then able to continue doing what is good and improve on what is bad.

6. For every work that you do, find a message that you want to deliver. That message is normally very simple but it will subconciously flow into your thought process and will manifest itself in many aspects such as the colours that you use, the objects that you choose to paint, the brush strokes and the like.

7. Don't take things for granted. Beauty is all around you. You need to pause and acknowledge the beauty and cherish it. Enjoy it. Only when you can appreciate it will it be able to work through you and be reproduced in your creative undertaking. For example, going to art shows or art museums will open your mind to the wide spectrum of art, creativity and beauty. Appreciating God and the life that He has given you is the ultimate source of inspiration.


I think 7 is enough :)

Johan Ishak

Chief Executive Officer

MyCreative Ventures Sdn. Bhd.

#BootcampSENI: 36hours To Theatre

#bootcampSENI: 36 hours to hack theatre is a challenging intensive academic two day Bootcamp which will take place on the 2nd Wednesday and 3rd Thursday December 2015. The Theatre Boot Camp is a fun and inclusive crash course hacking all the skills of theatre facilitated by trained professionals from the Malaysian performing art industry.

The two-day Bootcamp is for secondary-aged students interested in expanding their creative thinking. The Bootcamp will tap into the student’s creative spirit and awaken them to their own enjoyment of the theatre art form. The components of this Bootcamp are acting, stage blocking, script writing, stage script, directing, character background story building, and the theatrical entrepreneurship.

At the end of the two days, the students will have discovered; understood the ins and outs of producing a theatre production. The students will gain more self-confidence, self-expression, articulation of thought, creative thinking, motor skills, communication skills, leadership, teamwork and many other skills which will contribute to the students’ academic performance. All students will be presented with a certificate of participation.

For more information about the #bootcampSENI: 36 hours to hack theatre, please do not hesitate to contact us, Ms. Lynn at lynn@kakiseni.com / 016 312 1827

Date: 2-3 December 2015

Venue:  KuAsh Theatre Location Pusat Kreatif Kanak-Kanak Tunku Bainun, 48, Jalan Mohd. Fuad, Taman Tun, 60000 Kuala Lumpur. , 60000 Taman Tun , Kuala Lumpur

Ticket Fee: RM 0.00

Hansel And Gretel 糖果屋

Hansel and Gretel are the children of a poor wood cutter. Fearing starvation, the wood cutter’s wife—the children’s step-mother—convinces him to lead the children into the forest, and abandon them there. Hansel and Gretel hear her plan, and gather white pebbles, to leave themselves a trail home. After their return, their stepmother again convinces the wood cutter to abandon them; this time however, they can only leave a trail of breadcrumbs. Unfortunately, the various animals of the woods eat their trail of breadcrumbs causing Hansel and Gretel to become lost.

Lost in the forest, they find a house made of gingerbread, with sugar windows, which they begin to eat. The inhabitant of the house, an old woman, invites them in and prepares a feast for them. The woman, however, is a witch who has built the house to entice children to her, so that she may fatten and eat them. She cages Hansel, and makes Gretel her servant. While she prepares to boil Hansel, she tells Gretel to climb into an oven to be sure it is ready to bake; but Gretel guesses that the witch intends to bake her, and tricks the witch into climbing into the oven, closing it behind her.

Taking jewels from the witch’s house, they set off for home to be reunited with their father, whose wife has since died. Then all anxiety was at an end, and where they lived happily ever after.

Presented by:
Good News Artspace

Date & Time:
31 Oct 1pm, 4pm, 8pm
1 Nov 3pm, 6pm, 8pm

Venue:
indicine, klpac

Show Duration:
55 minutes with no intermission

Ticket Price:
RM45 standard

*All tickets are inclusive of RM3 ticket handling fee & 6% GST

Beijing Opera Excerpts

Beijing Opera is a combination of chang (singing), nian (dialogue), zuo (pantomime) and da (acrobatic fighting and dancing). Its repertoire is often derived from tales of the past- important historical events, legends of emperors and generals, geniuses and beauties. There are four major roles – sheng (male), dan (young female), jing (painted face, male) and chou (clown, male and female) where each can be divided into more roles.

Taking the stage to present excerpts of the famous Beijing Opera are Li Li, a graduate from National Academy of Chinese Theatre Arts (中国戏曲学院) who is studying the roles of “dan” (young female) and a member of Beijing Opera Company (北京京剧院); and Jia Jinsong, who is well sort-after in the role of “lao sheng” and an lecturer of National Academy of Chinese Theatre Arts.

Cover Charge: RM 100

Linklater’s Voice Workshop For Actors, Public Speakers And Everyday Communicators

L Shakespeare Players is pleased to invite you to:

LINKLATER’S VOICE WORKSHOP for actors, public speakers and every communicators
conducted by Christina Koch


Date
3-4 & 10-11 October 2015

Time
10am-6pm, with an hour lunch break
( Total 28 workshop hours)

Venue
Studio RH
8A Jalan Tepian Tunku

Fee
RM 600.00

Registration Form
http://klshakespeare.com.my/documents/RegistrationForm.doc

Registration Deadline
25 Sep 2015

For more details, please contact klsp@klshakespeare.com.my, or call Kien Lee at 012-653 0987

WHY PARTICIPATE?
A systematic and proper voice training course for actors is a rarity in Malaysia. While there are many vocal instructors, most of them focus on singing techniques. And although speaking and singing share some fundamental concepts, their approaches are different and not mutually replaceable.

How often do you hear a musical theatre actor sing beautifully and passionately, but when he/she starts to speak, it sounds disconnected?

Many aspiring actors (and some experienced ones, too) have to always deal with the so-called ‘voice projection’ issue. They either speak too softly, or end up shouting most of their lines. Even when the volume is appropriate, the uttered words sometimes do not seem to connect to the impulses, the intentions.

This workshop will open the door to finding and freeing your natural voice–a voice that is connected to impulses, and expresses what you (or the character) truly intend to communicate. It is not about speaking beautifully, but expressing with full intention and impact.

ABOUT KRISTIN LINKLATER’S VOICE TRAINING
Kristin Linklater is an influential voice teacher, who has developed a series of vocal training methods that have helped many–actors, public speakers and everyday communicators–to understand and improve the quality of their vocal expressions.

Her well-known students include Patrick Stewart, Donald Sutherland, Alfre Woodard and Bill Murray.

ABOUT CHRISTINA KOCH, the vocal coach
Christina Koch is a certified Linklater voice instructor. She is also an accomplished actor and director with twenty years of experience. An Australian, Christina is currently based in Kuala Lumpur and provides voice, speech and language coaching in her home country and South East Asian one

aveNew: a group exhibition by young artist collective contiNew

Exhibition Date: 29 September to 18 October 2015

Official Opening: 3pm, Sunday, 4 October 2015

Venue: Artemis Art

Opening Hours: 11am to 7pm (Tuesdays to Saturdays)

                        12noon to 6pm (Sundays & Public Holidays)

                         

For many, completing their academic studies is an end in itself, marking the conclusion of an important stage in life. The reality is that the end of one stage usually marks the beginning of another. Such is true in the world of visual art, in particular, for the group of young artists who make up contiNew, a collective comprising up of five recent graduates artists from Dasein Academy of Art’s Fine Arts program.

aveNew is this collective’s first group exhibition, signifying a new start for them, post-academia, as they strive to make a name for themselves in the Malaysian art scene. The collective comprises of Chok Yue Zan, Jasmine Cheong, Koo Yean Ni, Yasmeen Cheong, and Yong Kang Yun. All five of these young artists will be exhibiting paintings in a variety of figurative styles.

Zan’s works depict dreamy memories of nature as he remembers it from his hometown of Tawau, Sabah, fast disappearing due to development, not unlike many other places across the country. Jasmine’s artworks take us back to happier days both as innocent children and young adults, but behind the visual innocence lie deeper stories to contemplate. Yean Ni’s works appear reminiscent of a naïve worldview, yet her compositions address matters more substantial that usually bear on more adult minds. Yasmeen’s charcoal works depict individuals whose life stories seem worth delving into deeper. Finally, Kang Yun’s whimsical style visually discusses urban life and its many challenges.

While their styles differ, one common thread among all five is their determination to make it as visual artists in this increasingly challenging and competitive field. Their first foray as a group demonstrates to us that although young, these artists are collectively determined to produce works to the best of their abilities, touching on subjects that hold great importance to each individual artist.

aveNew commences on Tuesday, September 29, 2015 and will continue its run until Sunday, October 18. An opening reception will be held at 3pm on Sunday, October 4, 2015. Apart from that, eminent Malaysian artist Mr. Ng Kim Peow, better known in the Malaysian art scene as Kim Ng will be the guest of honour of this event.

Apart from being an active artist, Kim Ng also heads the Fine Arts department at Dasein Academy of Art, and is thus quite well acquainted with all five participating artists. In part, it could be said that it is this senior artist’s guidance that has helped the five young artists to arrive at where they are today. It is, therefore, both an honor and a pleasure to have him officially open the exhibition.

Artemis Art is located at:

Lot 21 & 22, Level G4 Publika@Dutamas

Block C5 Solaris Dutamas,

No. 1 Jalan Dutamas 1, 50480 Kuala Lumpur

For more information on the exhibition, kindly contact the gallery at (03) 6211-1891, or one of the following:

S. Jamal Al-Idrus (sjalidrus@ artemisartgallery.com ) at (019) 664-7088, or

U.C. Loh (ucloh@artemisartgallery.com) at (012) 373-2188

Artemis's website:         www.artemisartgallery.com

Facebook:                      www.facebook.com/ArtemisArt.KL

Twitter:                            @ArtemisArtKL