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Little Penang Street Market

August 2008

Merdeka Magic

What better way to celebrate our nation’s birth than by bringing joy to its children

Little Penang Street Market will celebrate Merdeka Day with a series of programs especially for children. These include special drama programs on movement and rhyme, and sessions with magicians, clowns and jugglers.

Date of Market : Sunday 31st August

Place : Upper Penang Road

Time: from 10.00am to 6.00pm

Programs for Children :

Whole day Painting and working with Collage by Shamsul Bahri

12.15 – 2.15 The Balloon Clown wanders around the Market

12.30 – 1.30 Jeffrey the clown entertains around the Market

2.00 – 2.30 The Amazing Antics of Master Seng the Plastic Man

2.30 – 3.00 Penang Players presents: Movement in drama by Joelle St Arnoult. Children will have FUN while developing their physical and emotional expression as they participate in a variety of movements accompanied by sounds of music.

3.00 – 3.30 Rhyme-Time! By Lucille Dass. Children will have FUN participating in a variety of expressions that will develop their skills in the “sound of English” as they learn to rhyme and keep time!

Other Programs :

Book Reading LOVERS AND STRANGERS REVISITED – by Robert Raymer

Robert Raymer, who teaches creative writing at Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, will read one of his stories and talk about how you can turn your ideas into short stories, using examples from Lovers and Strangers Revisited whereby he turned his ideas into a collection of 17 Malaysian short stories that have now been published 63 times in 9 countries, taught at four Malaysian universities, and in SPM literature (”Neighbours”).

In the title story, a selfish writer gets more than he bargained for when former lovers haunt him in more ways than one. In another story, a man’s loneliness turns into obsession when he shares a taxi ride with a Malay woman. A Clark Gable lookalike is a barrister wannabe with a shocking secret and gossipy neighbours reveal more about themselves than the man who commits suicide. Elsewhere, expats cross the border to Had Yai to experience a good bargain in the Thai flesh trade before going home to their wives in America.

In this republished edition of Lovers and Strangers Revisited, Robert’s snapshots of scenes from various walks of life provide an insider-outsider view on love, family and culture, and urges a second look at ourselves in the mirror of self-awareness.

At the Space :

Our Entertainment

11.30 The Dance Factory presenting an assortment of contemporary dance

12.00 Our very own Princess of Pop, Regina

12.30 The G Spot Resident Jazz Band – music from among the best of

Penang’s jazz musicians

1.00 The magic of Jeffrey the Magician

1.15 The G Spot Resident Jazz Band

1.30 Rozz and the Frequency

2.00 The amazing antics of Plastic Man, Master Seng

2.30 The Penang Players workshop: Drama Activities for Children

3.30 Wishing Treez – two brothers with great talent

4.00 Miliz – a young band already making waves

70 Art and and Crafts stalls, Heritage Food Stalls

On-site Demonstrations on making paper aeroplanes, Wayang Kulit, and Grass Hoppers made of Coconut Leaves

More Information on our other guests, performers and arts and crafts persons can be found on our website. Please contact :

Feei at 016 488 3632, Ambi at 012 482 8619 or check out our website at: www.littlepenang.com.my

Penang Players will be at

LITTLE PENANG STREET MARKET

31 August 2008

at the usual venue of Upper Penang Road, 10am – 5pm

Merdeka Magic

Come and celebrate National Day with us – with a fantastic array of magical performances, presentations, stalls, and people!

Check out the amazing magic of Jeffrey the Magician, be entertained by the Balloon Clown and witness the extraordinary feats of ‘Plastic Man’ Master Seng.

Plus lots more wonderful performances – including the G-Spot Resident Jazz Band, Wishing Treez, the Dance Factory, and a children’s theatre workshop (open to all kids: call us) organised by Penang Players Music and Drama Society.

2.30-3.00pm Movement in drama by Joelle St Arnoult

Children will have FUN while developing their physical and emotional expression as they participate in a variety of movements accompanied by sounds of music.

3.00-3.30pm Rhyme-Time! By Lucille Dass

Children will have FUN participating in a variety of expressions that will develop their skills in the “sound of English� as they learn to rhyme and keep time!

Stalls including some 70 producers selling everything from clothing through jewelry, handicrafts, antiques, food and including hands-on demonstrations of various skills.

We will also have our usual showcase of three Penang artists in our Visual Arts section

So, bring your family and friends and colleagues and…….. spread the word. Be part of the celebrations. Revel in Penang’s creativity and heritage! Celebrate National Day with us!

Penang Players Music and Drama Society,

please contact Joelle on 012-5512616 or Mano on 012-4318330

The Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre (KLPac) is delighted to present a showcase of
THE CuriOuS ReSIdEnCY

Amusing, ironic and affectionate, these three plays showcase KLPac’s Curious Residency, three of the most talented directors of today, while displaying the vitality of a new generation of young performers. With tales of school, love and adolescent drama, they are cool, honest snapshots of life in the transition to adulthood.

Pentas 2, KLPac (click here for map)
RM25 or RM10 (students only)
Get a 10% discount when you buy tickets to all 3 CuriOuS shows or 5% for any two CuriOuS shows*

After Our’s
*** This play deals with adult subject matter ***

21 – 23 Aug, 26 – 30 Aug @ 8.30pm; 24 & 31 Aug @ 3pm
Directed by Helena Foo
Adapted from the Eric Amadio movie
Featuring Nick Davis, George Bull, Alia Nabil, Claudia Low, Lesedi Halahala and Joylynn Teh

An edgy relationship comedy about several couples from all walks of life having troubled conversations. After Our’s is a humorous yet honest look at the complexity of modern day relationships, through witty dialogue and compromising situations, the play takes us from the beginning of a relationship to the aftermath of one, examining every stage in between the drama, heartache and confusion.

8 Ways to Lighten the School Bag

4 – 6 Sept @ 8.30pm; 7 Sept @ 3pm
Directed by Mark Beau de Silva
Featuring Juria Toramae, Pammi Sidhu, Kelvin Wong, Bella Rahim, Nita Isma, Sani Zainal Abidin, Shirin Jauhari, Gregory Sze and Branavan Aruljothi

They carry their bags to school, back home, and then to school again. Heavier and heavier, until it becomes too heavy to move.

There is a fight in the school between Brana, Shirin and Kelvin. The parents are called in to investigate as the teachers have no clue on who to punish. Join the teachers, students, and parents as they uncover details of that fateful day when they fight happened, as they travel through Moral lesson, history lesson, PE and other periods to discover the truth, and ultimately find out what made the students break out! 8 Ways to Lighten the School Bag is a humourous look at our country, its systems, and our education. What’s your education?

The play was written through KLPac’s inaugural Community Writing Project – an attempt to involve the community in theatre making. Through a 3-month workshop, the participants played, wrote and are now acting in a play they wrote together.

Love & Beauty – The Sonnets of William Shakespeare

18 – 20 Sept @ 8.30pm; 20 – 21 Sept @ 3pm
Directed by Chris Ling
Featuring The T4YP Ensemble – Alfred Loh, Juliana Ibrahim, Arthur Chia Tek, Farah Rani, Gadiy Lim, Gowri Paary, Hana Mazlan, Iedil Putra Alaudin, Ivan Chan, Johann Oh, Kimberly Mehta, Marvin Wong, Oliver Peters, Sharon Lam and Ujval Singh Sidhu-Brar

One man considers the merits of love and beauty in the course of one night. Sometimes whimsical and funny, at other times poignant and sad, Love & Beauty presents the timeless sonnets of William Shakespeare in a heady mix of musings, music and multimedia.

Get your tickets to the CuriOuS shows by calling
(KLPac) 03-4047 9000 or (The Actors Studio @ BSC) 03-2094 9400!

Watch the trailer here or visit www.klpac.com for more info…

* Discount applicable for purchase(s) of adult-priced tickets in a single transaction / receipt only.

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curious /’kjuÉ™riÉ™s/ adj
1 eager to know or learn: They are a curious lot, always asking questions.

2 having or showing too much interest in the affairs of others: They are always curious about each other’s work.

3 strange; unusual: What a curious-looking threesome.

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There is a little birdie flying around saying that the NIDA will be back this year.

Former students might be invited back….

Fingers crossed.

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