As most of you know, The Actors Studio will soon be opened at Lot 10 in September. Recently, The Actors Studio Teater Rakyat produce Mak Yong “Titis Sakti”. A traditional Mak Yong performance with a story line adapted from William Shakespeare’s MidSummer Nights Dream. We manage to organize a preview at the concourse area of Lot 10 a week before we open for the show.The response was really good as we had the locals and tourist enquiring about the show ad about Mak Yong itself.

Here are some of the pictures taken during the preview. Enjoy!

The Actors Studio Teater Rakyat with the support of National Arts & Culture Department & klpac

presents

MAK YONG “TITIS SAKTI”

show  4 - 6 June @ 8.30pm; 7 June @ 3pm

ticket price  RM35 (adults) & RM18 (students, sr. citizens & disabled)

preview night RM10 - 3 June @ 8.30pm

venue Pentas 2, klpac (location map)

What happens when you take a classic written by one of the greatest English playwrights ever and re-tell it through an 800-year-old Asian art form? You’ll have the chance to witness this intriguing fusion soon…

We will be bringing to you a traditional Mak Yong performance inspired by Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Adapted by two exponents of this traditional Malay art form Norzizi Zulkifli & Nan Megat, and directed by Norzizi herself, this upcoming production stays true to the original presentation style of Mak Yong which is fuses together music, dance and drama. The veteran cast, starring Rosdeen Suboh, Asrulfaizal, Zamzuriah Zahari & Tisha Zarina Zainal, will be backed by a music ensemble led by Kamrulbahri Hussin.

This light romance comedy follows three couples faced with three different predicaments that challenges their love…Follow them and allow yourself to be transported to a different world altogether where fairytales and magical powers exist alongside human emotions.  

Don’t miss this rare opportunity to experience an age-old art form that was once largely performed as court entertainment in palaces…

Tickets on sale soon - call 03 4047 9000 

THE 100 WORDS PROJECT

“THE 100 WORDS PROJECT is a collaborative effort that encapsulates the personal stories of its participants, into one cohesive performance”
~ Mark Beau de Silva, writing workshop facilitator ~

klpac’s all-new T4YP Ensemble for 2009 begins the year with two nights of ensemble workshop performances. Featuring scenes and monologues written in exactly 100-words each, this is certainly a showcase of disciplined creativity. The word count may be arbitrary but the motive is not. Funny or serious? Poetry or drunken nonsense? We’ve got the lot, we suspect!

FREE ADMISSION!!!

Dates & Times

May 1 & 2 @ 8.30pm

Venue

Indicine

Featuring

Ayunni bt Ayub, Belinda Hon, Dinesh Kumar Maganathan, Gregory Sze, Isabell Zubinsha, Izmir Hadi Husein, Michael Tan, Nabihan Yaacob, Nick Dorian, Nur Hidaya Zakuan, Priyadashini Maganathan, Rachel Darshini Henry, Rebekah Alexandra de Silva, Sally Ann Chan, Tung Jit Yang & Sean Yap

Directed by

Christopher Ling

The T4YP gang will also be having 2 performances at Lot 10 (level 1) on 3 May 2009 @ 5pm & 7.30pm

klpac’s Theatre for Young People (T4YP) programme is back after a hugely successful first season last year…

 And this new lot is not wasting any time at all! Having survived the gruelling auditions (we had to make sure they had potential!), all sixteen T4YP members are diving head on into their first project! This year’s take on the THE 100 WORDS PROJECT will be completely different. With the help of director Chris Ling and writing workshop facilitator Mark Beau de Silva, they’ve put together a show based on their own personal stories.

Be the first to see the T4YP 2009 Ensemble in action - their little experimental piece is slightly twisted and pretty absurd but anything goes with this crazy lot…

Look out for more T4YP performances @ klpac!

Visit www.t4yp.wordpress.com to watch last year’s performance.

T4YP Season 2009

1-2 May: The 100-Words Project
18-21 June: Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead
30 July - 9 Aug: The IndiT4YPcine Season
-  I loved you once I love you not (Physical Theatre by Helena Foo)
- What Does It Mean To Be Free? (An experiment in Mask-work by Alex Chua)
-  T4YP Sweatshop 2009
10-13 Sept: Hamlet

  T4YP is a klpac initiative led by Director in-Residence Chris Ling | are you a klpac virgin? check out www.klpac.org