Short and Sweet Malaysia 2011 Theatre Gala Night (30th Oct)

The SHORT+SWEET Malaysia festival returns this year with ten-minutesegments of musicals, dance and theatre over the course of 5 weeks. Beginning in 2008 as a Theatre festival, SHORT+SWEET Malaysia expanded to include Dance in 2009. In 2010, Malaysia made history by being the first country to feature a Musical category in SHORT+SWEET. This year we have 24...

NOV/DEC SHOOL HOLIDAY PROGRAMME : Junior Screenwriters (Introduction to movie scriptwriting)

Age: 10-15 yrs Date: Dec 7,8,9 Time: 2pm-5pm Course Fee: RM200 Maximum: 12 students Before the velvet curtain rises in a darkened movie theatre, there is a script. In this three day workshop, students will learn the basics of visual storytelling, creating character, and turning their ideas into film scripts. The best way to learn screenwriting is practice,...

All for a good cause (The Star | 27 Oct)

Short and Sweet Malaysia 2011 Theatre Participants Week Two (26th – 29th Oct)

The SHORT+SWEET Malaysia festival returns this year with ten-minute segments of musicals, dance and theatre over the course of 5 weeks. Beginning in 2008 as a Theatre festival, SHORT+SWEET Malaysia expanded to include Dance in 2009. In 2010, Malaysia made history by being the first country to feature a Musical category in SHORT+SWEET. This year we have 24...

Life Sdn Bhd 7 : Refugees (Dustyhawk.net | Oct 27 2011)

Just got back from this informative event and there are a lot of things that many of us here in Malaysia does not know. First up, we have refugees living in Malaysia and about 92% of the 95000 refugees that are registered under the UNHCR in this country here are from Myanmar. 95000 that are registered, think about how many more we have that ain’t. Although...

Showbiz: Life In Limbo (New Straits Times | Oct 24 2011)

by Aref Omar | 24 October 2011 Life Sdn Bhd, which tackles important issues with real stories, returns to highlight the plight of refugees living in the country, writes AREF OMAR FROM its first staging in 2004, the Life Sdn Bhd series has grown from strength to strength, highlighting relevant issues often left in the peripheries of society. Through its...

Happy Deepavali

From all of us at The Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre Deebathirkum Deepavallikkum Nerungiya Sambandham Undu. “Deebam” Enral “Olli-Villakku”. “Aavalli” Enral “Varisai” Varisaiyai Villakkerri, Irul Neekki, Olli Tharum...

Get Personal (The Star R.A.G.E | 19 Oct)

by Nasa Maria Entaban | Oct 19 2011 WHEN Ahmed Bashir Mohamed first came to Malaysia from war-torn Somalia four years ago, he couldn’t speak a word of English. Now, the 16-year-old boy spends his days teaching fellow Somalis English and Maths, having improved tremendously over the past few years thanks to a learning centre called Fugee. The centre, located in...

NOV/DEC SHOOL HOLIDAY PROGRAMME : MTV Hip Hop Dance Workshop (Beginners Level) with Coery Sik

Age: 10 – 16yrs Date: Intake 1: Nov 28 – Dec 01 Time: 12pm-1.30pm (Mon- Wed) 2pm-3.30pm (Thursday) Intake 2: Dec 12-15 Time: 2pm-3.30pm Course Fee: RM180 Reg Fee: RM50 Hip hop dancing is an urban ethnic dance form that has gained popularity nowadays. An ideal way to express your creativity. This workshop will teach you the safe and correct technique of...

NOV/DEC SCHOOL HOLIDAY PROGRAMME : SPEAK UP! with Elaine Foster (A confidence building and performance workshop)

Age: Group A: 10 yrs to 12yrs Group B: 13yrs to 16 yrs Date: Group A: Nov 28- Dec 02 Group B: Dec 5 – 9 Time: 2pm-5pm Course Fee: RM300 Reg Fee: RM50 Speak Up! is a workshop which uses the magical medium of poetry to bring out the performer in your child. Using the techniques of Slam, an international competitive spoken word platform -  voice, rhythm,...

NOV/DEC SCHOOL HOLIDAY PROGRAMME : INTENSIVE CREATIVE ARTS PROGRAMME FOR PRESCHOOLER

Ages : 3-6 yrs old ( 2hour ) Dates: Intake 1: Nov 28- Dec 2 Intake 2: Dec 12-16 Time : 10am-12pm Course fee: RM250 Registration: RM50 A 1-week programme for children aged between 3 – 6 years old. Consists of a series of fun-filled, exploratory, theatre based activities and games to help participants’ self-development by tapping into their...

Nov/Dec School Holiday Programme: Interactive Adventures School Holiday DRAMA CAMP! {{FULL}}

Registration is closed! The class is FULL. Age: 7-12 yrs old Date: Camp 1 : Nov 21-25 Camp 2 : Dec 5-9 Time:  10am- 1pm Course Fee: RM300 Registration fee: RM50 Go on a treasure hunt with Hansel and Gretel! Ride on The Magic Carpet with Aladdin! Help Merlin create his Dragon! and so much more… This school holidays, the Story Book comes to life with all...

Dance Movement Therapy Workshop with Simona Orinska (Children With Special Needs & Parent Interaction)

Date: 06  Dec 2011 Time: 10am -1pm Course Fee: RM100 Registration Fee: RM50 This workshop is catered to those who has experienced with children diagnosed with autistic spectrum disorder, development and/or speech disorder. The workshop will focus more on parent-children interaction on nonverbal or preverbal stage of development. Different dance movement therapy...

SHORT+SWEET – Theatre: Of Course We Need Unicorns! (www.dustyhawk.net | 20 Oct 2011)

Last night begins the first week of Short+Sweet Theatre and this plus another one more week will be the last for this year’s Short+Sweet festival where the biggest little festival in the world; plays it out at Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre. For the past 3 weeks, KLPAC has hosted S+S Musical and S+S Dance. S+S Theatre is the last segment where...

Short and Sweet Malaysia 2011 Theatre Participants Week One (19th – 22nd Oct)

The SHORT+SWEET Malaysia festival returns this year with ten-minute segments of musicals, dance and theatre over the course of 5 weeks. Beginning in 2008 as a Theatre festival, SHORT+SWEET Malaysia expanded to include Dance in 2009. In 2010, Malaysia made history by being the first country to feature a Musical category in SHORT+SWEET. This year we have 24...

Snappy Thrills (NST | 13th Oct)

Kevin Chong (left) in My Prince Will Come SUBHADRA DEVAN finds out what’s short and sweet in musicals THE exuberance in the room was almost palpable at the recent Short+Sweet Musicals segment of a five-week festival. The 10-minute pieces brought out smiles, laughter and sometimes groans in the small hall of the Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre. Most of the...

SHORT+SWEET Malaysia 2011 Dance Gala Night Winners (16th Oct)

The SHORT+SWEET Malaysia festival returns this year with ten-minute segments of musicals, dance and theatre over the course of 5 weeks. Beginning in 2008 as a Theatre festival, SHORT+SWEET Malaysia expanded to include Dance in 2009. In 2010, Malaysia made history by being the first country to feature a Musical category in SHORT+SWEET. This year we have 22...

10 minutes too short? (The Selangor Times | Oct 7)

by Basil Foo | Oct 7 Sitting through two-hour song-and- dance performances is never easy, even for fans of musicals. The music has to be original, the plot engaging, and the vocals music to the ears. So when the Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre (KLPac) introduced Short & Sweet Musical last year, it was practically heaven-sent for non-musical mortals like...

SHORT+SWEET Malaysia 2011 Dance Participants Week Two

The SHORT+SWEET Malaysia festival returns this year with ten-minute segments of musicals, dance and theatre over the course of 5 weeks. Beginning in 2008 as a Theatre festival, SHORT+SWEET Malaysia expanded to include Dance in 2009. In 2010, Malaysia made history by being the first country to feature a Musical category in SHORT+SWEET. This year we have 22...

SHORT+SWEET Malaysia 2011 Dance Participants Week One

The SHORT+SWEET Malaysia festival returns this year with ten-minute segments of musicals, dance and theatre over the course of 5 weeks. Beginning in 2008 as a Theatre festival, SHORT+SWEET Malaysia expanded to include Dance in 2009. In 2010, Malaysia made history by being the first country to feature a Musical category in SHORT+SWEET. This year we have 22...