The Stage Calls

After their last two sell out shows in Malaysia, the comedy duo of Gamarjobat are back in KL again with a brand new show, Gamarjobat’s Western.

Since their first visit to Kuala Lumpur, Gamarjobat became one of Gardner & Wife’s most requested shows. Winning several new awards, including Best International Act 2006 at the Brighton Fringe Festival, Gamarjobat returned to Malaysia directly from another successful season at the World Buskers Festival in New Zealand. Ketch & Hiro-pon played to capacity audiences for their entire two-week run at The Actors Studio @ Bangsar Shopping Centre.

Gardner & Wife’s first show from Asia, Gamarjobat, created tremendous word-of-mouth excitement, playing to frequent standing ovations for over two-and-a-half weeks at The Actors Studio @ Bangsar Shopping Centre and proving why this “shut up comedy” won top comedy awards at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival two years running – Best Dubble Act 2004 and the Tap Water Award 2005. Sponsors included Japan Foundation Kuala Lumpur.

This hilarious “shut up comedy” from Japan stars a highly-acclaimed physical comedy duo who will perform a silent comedy that absolutely transcends anything you think you know about clowning, magic and mime!

SEP 30 - OCT 19, 2008
Tue-Sun 8:30pm | Sat + Sun 5pm

TICKETS RM53, RM64, RM75, RM86 + ticketing fees.
Reduced rates for OKU cardholders, schools and groups.
Gamarjobat is the second show in our SEASON 2008.
Friends get a free upgrade to the next seating tier!

VENUE The Actors Studio @ Bangsar Shopping Centre.
Level 3, Bangsar Shopping Centre, 59000 Kuala Lumpur

BOX OFFICE (03) 2094 0400 /1400

Venue:
Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre
Sentul Park, Jalan Strachan
Kuala Lumpur

Date:
Sat 28 Jun 2008 (12pm – 12mn)

Price: Door sale: RM35 / Pre-sale: RM25

Contact:
KLPac: 03-4047 9000;
TAS@BSC: 03-2094 9400

Website: http://www.urbanscapes.com.my

The Urbanscapes festival returns, working again with the aim to bring together all the different artistic scenes around the city, under a single banner.

This year’s edition will feature a collection of live acts, visual and performance art, installations, film/video screenings, theatre performances and a marketplace.

Urbanscapes 2008 is also going “user-generated,” in the sense that the organisers are working together with “users” such as the general public, partners, collectives and individuals - each of them expressing themselves uniquely and contributing to the festival as a whole.

The public can participate by logging on to the festival website at www.urbanscapes.com.my to cast their votes for acts that they would like to see in special “Voters’ Choice” slots.

There will be seven main festival areas, four of which are live performance stages, namely the XPax Lawn Stage, the XPax Box, the Acoustic Livehouse and The Lakeside. The other three main areas are the Cinetheatre, Gallery and Marketplace.

Here’s what you can look forward to:

The XPAX Lawn Stage
Citizens Of Ice-Cream, Dian Bang, OAG, KLPHQ, Estrella, Seven Collar T-Shirt, Pure Vibracion, Bittersweet, One Buck Short, They Will Kill Us All, Love Me Butch + voters’ choice bands (to be announced)

The Xpax Box
Joe Flizzow, Altimet, Deserters, Goldfish & T-Bone Presents Spaceship + voters’ choice bands (to be announced)

Acoustic Livehouse
Slowjaxx, Milli’z, Paolo Delfino, Mia Palencia, Yuna, Ika, Projek Wayang, Jerome Kugan, Izzy, Albert & Edwin, Tan Sei Hon, Azmyl Yunor + voters’ choice act (to be announced) + open mic sessions

The Lakeside
KL Stompers, Rather Peculiar Theatre, WILD, KL Undercover, LapSap, Twilight Actiongirl

Gallery
Art curated by Wondermilk, Lost Generation Space, Creative United Movement, They Art Studio, Digital Malaya Project + 24HourKL Photo Exhibition

Cinetheatre

Feature Filmmakers:
Fahmi Reza (10 Tahun Sebelum Merdeka), Liew Seng Tat (Flower In The Pocket), Kurus (Woo Ming Jin), Khai M Bahar (Ciplak), Razaisyam Rashid (My Indie Rock Darling)

Performing Arts:
KL Poetry Slam (by Dram Projects & WordForward), Rather Peculiar Theatre, Air Con (by Shanon Shah, presented by Instant Café Theatre’s FIRSTWoRKS)

Shorts/Experimental/Music Videos:
Curated by KLue, Hello Motion and Cinejam

Marketplace
Stalls by Tongue In Chic bazaar, Bijou Bazaar, The Threads Zoo, Kraftgrafik x Lapsap REMIX Junkyard, British Council, Angkatan Baju Malaya + more

Organised by KLue Magazine

Set in Perak, Malaya in December 1941, Sybil Kathigasu, her husband Dr. A.C. Kathigasu, and the Captain (her Resistance contact) listen one evening to devastating news of the British defeat throughout the peninsula.

Suspicion is rife, Japanese collaborators are present in every town, and the feared Kempetai - the Japanese Military Police that is answerable only to itself - is beginning to take an interest in the small town.

Sybil, however, refuses the Captain’s advice to flee to the jungle, and instead redoubles her efforts to thwart the Japanese. Before long, Dr Kathigasu is arrested on suspicion of aiding the resistance, and Sybil’s arrest follows soon after.

She is subjected to torture and interrogation at the hands of Sgt. Yoshimura, the head of the district Kempetai, who is convinced Sybil is a Resistance spy.

Starring Sukania Venugopal, Doppo Narita, Darius Taraporvala, Ashraf Zain and Wong Wai Hoong and directed by Dato’ Faridah Merican.

Written by U-En Ng, based on the book “No Dram of Mercy” by Sybil Kathigasu.

For those who want to fill up your drama spirits, check out this coming show this weekend.

You can also check out on facebook here or you can view the klpac page.

UNCUT UNTITLED PAPER HOUSE (14 - 29 March): Honest, probing and emotive, this trio of short plays have a finger on the pulse of modern life. With tales of arts policing, family conflicts and spooky experiences, they are varied snapshots of what goes on in our own little worlds as we try to move forward with our pasts in tow.

Pentas 2, KLPac: 14 - 23 March (Tues - Sat @ 8.30pm / Sun @ 3pm)
Taman Budaya, Ipoh: 25 & 26 March @ 8.30pm
The Actors Studio, Greenhall Penang: 28 & 29 March @ 8.30pm

RM25 / RM17 (students, sr. citizens & the disabled)

Book now and enjoy our Early Bird Promotion: Purchase 3 tickets and get 1 ticket FREE! Offer only valid until (KLPac) 9 MARCH & (Ipoh & Penang) 22 MARCH!

Friends of KLPac get a 10% discount for weekday shows (Tuesdays – Thursdays only) (not applicable with the Early Bird Promotion).

BOX OFFICE:
(KLPac) 03-4047 9000 / (The Actors Studio @ BSC) 03-2094 9400

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UNCUT
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Written & directed by: Teng Ky-Gan
Featuring: Hafidzuddin Fish Fazil & Aishah Sinclair

As he struggles to reconcile his moral and professional obligations, with his basic human instincts, Zakaria, the director of the Censorship Bureau finds himself spiralling out of control as he slowly learns that human wants often triumph over didactic logic.
*Please note that this play contains a scene which deals with mature content.

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UNTITLED
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Written & directed by:Johann Lim
Featuring: Fang Chyi, Alfred Loh & Amelia Chen

Ken has found his passion in dance but struggles to make ends meet and has problems being understood at home. The cost of chasing one’s dreams, the conflict between living at home and filial piety, and the values of people are explored in this play.

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PAPER HOUSE
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Written & directed by: Mark Beau de Silva
Featuring: Maybel Chan & Bella Rahim

Kim and Yen inherit their mother’s Chinese paraphernalia shop but while Yen has stayed in their small town to mind the shop the way her mother used to, Kim only returns once a year for their mother’s death anniversary prayers. One night, after the final prayers, the sisters encounter a lost girl outside the shop. Too late to bring her to the police, the sisters decide to shelter the girl for the night. As they decide what to do next, the sisters realise that they are lost in many ways themselves, and discover that the answers to the questions in their hearts are found in the paper house left for them by their mother.