#CUBADENGARDULU FESTIVAL 2022
Venue: KongsiKL, Gudang Yee Seng 2, Old Klang Road, Kuala Lumpur
Date: Sept 16, 2pm onwards
Do you could have any plans for Malaysia Day? If you don’t, then head on over to KongsiKL – an arts warehouse house – for the impartial #CubaDengarDulu competition. #CubaDengarDulu is a youth-driven initiative to share daring, vibrant, and enigmatic tales which replicate the vibrant material of our neighborhood.
Live performances, exhibitions, a conventional crafts bazaar and a movie screening are a part of the arts and activism programme. The competition additionally contains collaborations with Projek Dialog and Article 19.
Projek Dialog is a web based mission geared as much as foster intercultural conversations, whereas Article 19’s work contains advocating for the reform of legal guidelines which limit free expression in Malaysia, amongst others.
A site-specific arts efficiency known as Tuai, impressed by the Kaamataan and Gawai festivals, is one in every of the competition highlights. Throughout the day, a listing of dance and performing arts showcases have been deliberate.
Gerimis Art Project can be internet hosting a e book discuss session and likewise presenting an Orang Asli crafts pop-up stall.
On stage, the line-up contains singer-songwriter/composer Santosh Logandran, roots-based group Meruked, whereas Munjiy presents a stereotype-busting deejay set. If you want a photograph print for recollections, photographer/artist Jeffrey Lim can be putting in his Khemah Kamera mission at the venue. A portion of the “instant portraits” right here will profit Illuminate, a faculty for refugees. Free admission to this competition.
More information here.
A sequence of cardboard creations made by youngsters that includes KL’s cityscape – previous, current, and future – is a part of the ‘Cardboard City’ exhibition at GMBB in KL, beginning Sept 16. Photo: Kiddoz Place
LET’S SUSTAIN MALAYSIAKU!
Venue: GMBB, Jalan Robertson, KL
Date: Sept 16-18
The lengthy Malaysia Day weekend is an efficient time to reveal the curious younger ones at residence to well timed points equivalent to local weather change and the setting.
Let’s Sustain MalaysiaKu! is a three-day occasion, beginning tomorrow, that’s all about sustainability and the way folks may be kinder to Mother Earth by means of our each day efforts.
The free admission occasion, which is able to happen at GMBB’s Grey Box, primary entrance and first ground, proudly goes again to the environmental slogan “think global, act local” that urges us to contemplate our planet whereas taking motion inside our personal communities.
Let’s Sustain MalaysiaKu! can be internet hosting a 30-booth sturdy “Little Boss Cardboard Market” and an exhibition that includes Kuala Lumpur constructed out of cardboard to a specifically curated programme known as “Eat Play Love Mangroves” celebrating … mangroves. It will even have distinctive 3R pop-ups and upcycling workshops.
More information here.
TRADITIONAL ARTS: MALAM PUSAKA DI RUANG KOTA
Venue: RexKL, Jalan Sultan, KL
Date: Sept 17, 8.30pm
Cultural organisation Pusaka is about to make Malaysia Day in the coronary heart of Kuala Lumpur additional particular this 12 months with not one however two conventional arts performances at RexKL, a former cinema constructing transformed into an arts venue.
The conventional artwork performances lined-up are Seni Reog from Johor and Manora from Kelantan.
The upcoming showcase at RexKL options Kumpulan Sri Wahyuni from Batu Pahat, Johor and Kumpulan Manora Cit Manit from Bukit Yong, Kelantan.
“Performances of Reog and Manora happen sometimes of their respective communities. In elements of Johor, Reog teams are generally invited to do quick performances at weddings and or to welcome VIPs. In Kelantan, Manora performances historically happen on festive events equivalent to Songkran or Loy Krathong, and Manora teams was invited to cities and villages carry out for leisure,” says Pauline Fan, Pusaka’s inventive director.
These traditions are each rooted in myths and have anthropomorphic components. Reog has its origins in East Java, and is practised by communities of Javanese descent in Johor. The centrepiece of the efficiency is the majestic Singa Barong (lion). The Manora is a conventional folks dance, which is practised by Thai communities in Kelantan, Kedah and Penang.
Malam Pusaka Di Ruang Kota that includes Reog and Manora is a free admission, walk-in occasion.
More information here.
The Actors Studio Seni Teater Rakyat’s younger forged for the new play ‘You, Me And The Big C’, which opens on Sept 17 at KLPac. Photo: Dev Lee
THEATRE: YOU, ME AND THE BIG C
Venue: Pentas 2, KLPac
Date: opens Sept 17
The Actors Studio Seni Teater Rakyat’s newest manufacturing You, Me And The Big C is about to open this Saturday at KLPac.
This poignant theatre present is impressed by the actual life experiences of the late Dr Aini Hamid, a breast most cancers affected person.
The script, co-written by the late Aini and Terence Toh, is stuffed with hope, love and humour.
This brand-new play additionally has theatre veteran Joe Hasham in the director’s chair, dealing with a younger forged.
On stage, theatregoers will see how younger mum Amy’s life out of the blue change when she discovers a lump in her breast.
How will she cope? Will her goals of changing into a ballroom dancing champion be taken away?
Mia, her spunky teenage daughter, isn’t going to let her face her issues alone. Together, Amy and Mia face every little thing life throws at them with dignity and charm, and uncover not even most cancers can destroy the particular bond they’ve.
Show dates are Sept 17 and 18, Sept 20-25.
More information here.
ART EXHIBITION: TU7OH
Venue: Temu House, Section 16, Petaling Jaya
Date: ends Oct 2
The thought of a touring exhibition is a welcome one. Group exhibition TU7OH, which includes a line-up of Penang-based artists, was first proven at the George Town Festival in July.
It is now exhibiting at the Temu House in Petaling Jaya, providing a special expertise with related threads.
With some artists extending the works of their sequence and others creating new types of art work, TU7OH acts as one other chapter of the identical e book – a continuation of their story.
The artist line-up contains Mandy Maung, White Bones, bibichun, ERYN, Aboud Fares, Maizul Affendy and Esther Geh.
The present’s curator Ivan Gabriel has put collectively a sequence of works spanning summary works, botanical artwork, paper cutouts, work and sculpture items.
Exhibition is open for walk-ins on the weekends. For weekdays, e book an appointment.
More information here.
