We have now been officially released to terrorize the Theater World. Be afraid!!! Be very AFRAID!!!

Pictures taken during alumni night dinner.

You know we rock and kick ass!!

Whazzat?

Blocking apa ni?

Attack of the killer ducklings!!!

Safely behind the cam!!!

Kathmandu – Three Tibetan independence activists, including one Tibetan-American, were detained by Chinese authorities today after demonstrating and unfurling a banner reading “One World, One Dream, Free Tibet 2008� in English, and “Free Tibet� written in Tibetan and Chinese, at Mount Everest’s main base camp in Tibet.

The protest was held on the eve of the International Olympic Committee’s announcement of the final Beijing 2008 Olympic torch relay route and as a Chinese team of climbers prepared a trial ascent of the mountain. If approved, China will take the torch over Mount Everest and through Tibet, a move that Tibetans and their supporters decry as offering international approval to China’s brutal occupation of Tibet.

“The Chinese government hopes to use the 2008 Olympic Games to conceal the brutality of its occupation of Tibet and win the international community’s acceptance as a modern power on the world stage,â€? said Lhadon Tethong, the Executive Director of Students for a Free Tibet, from Kathmandu. “Mount Everest is not in China, it’s in Tibet, very near where Chinese border guards shot and killed unarmed Tibetan refugees last September. The International Olympic Committee has no business promoting the Chinese government’s political agenda by allowing the torch to be run through Tibet.â€?

According to an eyewitness report, Chinese authorities detained the three activists, including Tenzin Dorjee, a Tibetan-American, who was wearing a t-shirt that read “No Torch through Tibet.� Prior to his detention, he lit a symbolic torch of Tibetan freedom and sang the Tibetan National Anthem. Tenzin Dorjee is the first known exiled Tibetan to stage a protest inside Tibet. At least one other American has also been detained in conjunction with the protest.

“Tibetans worldwide are looking to the 2008 Beijing Olympics as an unprecedented opportunity to expose the truth about Chinese rule in Tibet,â€? said Tenzin Choeying, the National Director of Students for a Free Tibet India. “The torch of freedom continues to burn brightly in the hearts and minds of Tibetans everywhere and China can expect more protests of this nature in the months leading up to and during the Games.”

The high altitude demonstration coincided with the eighteenth birthday of the Panchen Lama, Gendhun Choekyi Nyima – Tibetan Buddhism’s most important spiritual leader after the Dalai Lama – and a political prisoner of the Chinese government. He and his family have been held since 1995, when he was only six years old. China has denied all requests by foreign diplomats and United Nations representatives to see him. Tibetans and supporters are staging protests for his release at Chinese embassies and consulates worldwide today.

Students for a Free Tibet (SFT) is a network of young people and activists campaigning for Tibetan independence, with 650 chapters in more than thirty countries worldwide. SFT is based in New York, with offices in Vancouver, London, and Dharamsala, India. SFT is working to shine the Olympic spotlight on China’s occupation of Tibet.

www.studentsforafreetibet.org

Contact:

Lhadon Tethong in Kathmandu, +977 980-341-7525
Tenzin Choeying in Kathmandu, +977 980-341-6982
Kate Woznow in New York, +1 917-418-4133

Calling All Aspiring Directors!

Penang Players will be organising a
Director’s Workshop.

Come discover and learn the fundamentals as well as the finer points in
directing a play.

Alan Smith, who is no stranger to theatre, will facilitate the workshop.
Alan has directed and acted in numerous productions (plays, musicals,
improvised acting, etc.), both locally and abroad. But most of all come join
us for a fun filled day and learn more about theatre. Details are as
follows:

Date : 12 & 13 May 2007 (Saturday & Sunday)
Time : 10am – 4pm for both days
(with 1 hour lunch break in between)
Venue : YMCA Penang, Jalan Macalister, Penang.
Fees : RM60 for both days

Please call Joelle (012 5512616) or email penangplayers@yahoo.co.uk for
further information and also to confirm your attendance (before 8 May 2007).
Hurry, as places are limited!

Please share this infornation
with friends or anyone who might be interested. Thank you.

Dear friends and fans of Aliakbar Campwala,

I am posting up a video made by him with Ray Cheong’s music being played.

Enjoy!!!

The Universiti Sains Malaysia’s Annual Kung Fu Night is just around the corner!!
And YOU ARE INVITED to witness the glory and the beautiful movements of the Chinese Martial Arts!!

What IS Kung Fu Night??

The biggest, most anticipated event of the year in PENANG is getting BIGGER and BETTER!

Organized by the University’s renowned Kung Fu Club, the night that pays tribute to various Chinese martial arts has been held annually since the club’s formation 30 years ago. Old and young alike have been pouring into the Dewan Tunku Syed Putra (DTSP) of USM Penang. year after year for a night of eye-opening kung fu and cultural performances like Chinese Drums, lion dance and not forgetting our Malay counterpart, the art of silat.

In conjunction with the Club’s 30th anniversary and the Lunar New Year, we have something special in store for you! For loyal fans, who have been entertained and awed by our previous Kung Fu Nights, can be assured that, this year’s show is one like no other!

Come support us as we try to achieve greatness by setting a record in the Malaysia Book of Records with a thundering 100-Drum performance!!

A surprise closing ceremony performance is installed. See it come alive at KUNG FU NIGHT!!

For martial art enthusiasts and cultural fans, this is one night not to be missed!!

Mark it down on your calendar!

MALAM KUNG FU
“SPIRIT OF MARTIAL ART�

3rd MARCH 2007 (SATURDAY)

7.30 PM

DEWAN TUNKU SYED PUTRA (DTSP), USM PENANG

TICKETS ARE AT RM 5 A PIECE
IT IS A BARGAIN!!

GET THEM AT OUR ROADSHOWS AROUND PENANG OR CALL:

JIAN: 017-512 1876
LAWRENCE: 017-497 8308

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