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Short+Sweet Experience

Sunday, September 14th, 2008

I still have not gotten my own camera. I know, I know. That should not be an excuse anymore but it is true. So once again, my postings are delayed. Here are shots from Short+Sweet which happened in mid August.


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Mamaking after the matinee show.

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Back from the mamak… Ready for the last show

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Intermission card game

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Cikgu Qahar’s warm up activities

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Half of the week2 Cast

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Full cast before the final show.

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Cast party. God knows why all of us look like we were about to break into song.

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Pictures from Older

Thursday, July 10th, 2008

As promised, enjoy pictures from Noah and my performance of Alex’s Older at the Platform in KLPAC.


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I love this shot of me. Halim says it is a femme fatale shot.

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Coffee stains…

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Killing dormice

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I can’t remember what happened here… Whoops!!!

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Those were the days

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Reminiscing (Eee, I have slits for eyes!!!)

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One of my fave shots.

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Look at my shoes… Bought them after a sucky audition. Hahaha!! Now they are put to good use.

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A rare tender moment

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Close but still distant…

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You did what??

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Grrr…

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AIR CON

Friday, July 4th, 2008

On Wednesday, after practise at Rorschach’s, I went to watch a play Air Con with Glam. Now the reason I went to watch it was to support my friend Zalfian. But I really enjoyed myself there.

Would I recommend it? OF COURSE!!!!!


AIR CON

WRITTEN BY
Shanon Shah

DIRECTED BY
Jo Kukathas & Zalfian Fuzi

INTRODUCING
Amerul Affendi, Dara Othman, Firdaus Che Yahaya, Hazarul Hasnain, Nick Davis, Ryan Lee Baskaran and Zahiril Adzim.
WITH
Nam Ron, Chew Kin Wah, and Ismadi Wakiri.

Chep and Burn are top students in Sekolah Menengah Sultan Ahmad Tajuddin Mukarram Shah, an elite school in Kedah. Head Boy, Burn, is the school’s golden boy and his best friend, Chep, is feared and respected by the younger boys for his quick temper and skill on the hockey field. The school is well respected for its strong academic and sports record. However the discovery of a dead prostitute in the abandoned railway tracks near their school unravels the status quo and we discover a less golden world of bullying, sex crimes and violence. Best friends William and Asif go from innocence to experience as they are forced to deal with the repercussions of the murder. But who is responsible for the murder and will they be held accountable?

Air Con challenges and interrogates the hypocritical habit of turning youth into scapegoats in times of moral panic. Ultimately, it casts a gentle albeit unflinching gaze at the perilous path of male adolescence, and interrogates the heartbreaking ways in which society often expects boys to become men.

Presented in Bahasa Malaysia (Kedah dialect) and English.

For Mature Audiences.

3-6 July 2008
830pm (Thurs-Sun)
3pm (Sat-Sun)
RM 42, RM 27 (students, seniors)
Preview: 2 July 830pm RM 22 only

KLPAC, Pentas 2
Sentul Park, Jln. Strachan
Off Jln. Ipoh, Kuala Lumpur

To find out more about The Instant Café Theatre Company as well as its FIRSTWoRKS Playwriting Program you can visit our website at http://www.instantcafetheatre.com

* 10% discount for ASTRO subscribers*
To purchase your tickets call box office at 03-4047 9000

www.instantcafetheatre.com

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Sparky and Flo at Urbanscapes: Pictures

Tuesday, July 1st, 2008

Here are the pictures I promised.
Well, mainly FLO because Sparky is the one taking pictures.
But we got appearances from Just-Marv.

:)


THE MARKETPLACE

RandomActs

One of the RandomActs assignments.

Yup, Flo is in full garb. Just thought the rainbow colored windmill was a great contrast to my dark and grim look.


I know that I look really weird for this picture. But this is what happened….

Sparky: Hey, Flo, look up!

Flo: What?

*flash!!!*

Flo: (*&^%@#!!!

Bought the MAGIC MUSHROOM for Sparky!!!

Cool stuff. I spent almost RM100 at this stall.

Technically, the marketplace was a disappointment, arrangement wise. Stalls were too close together. The market was broken up in three places. Air flow was…. What freaking air flow…

For those who have been following my misadventures, I used to run an arts market. So I guess that kind of gives me the license to criticize what was offered. The stalls were cool. Met Choon Wai from Urban Creatures here. Talk about big surprise. Have not seen him since I visited LPSM last. There are really awesome items for sale there.

Guess, how much damage I caused to my wallet. RM 300!!!!

Mostly spent on local artiste CDs, locally directed movies and unique silk screened T-shirts.

THE ART GALLERY

Creepy art installation that reminds me of a memorial for a dead child. The Teddy’s eyes were bloody.

Hmmm… A bloody teddy bears’ picnic perhaps???

Part of the creepy art stuff. I nickname this Transvestite Humpty Dumpty.

Flo does a Ling Ling aka The Lingster impression.

Argh!!! Styrofoam monster!!! I loved this art piece. There are strings which you can pull on and the limbs move. So awesome. Apparently Sparky did a performing arts piece similar to this back in the UK. And he was the puppet. :)

Flo with the lovely ladies of United Creative Movement, Elaine and Chantelle. Sparky, Flo and Just-Marv were part of their video art piece.

I love Bear Bric.

We managed to catch a couple of theater performances. Sparky won’t take pictures out of respect for the performers. Which I think is pretty cool. Never gave that much thought before. Will be more mindful next time.


GOOFING ABOUT AT THE ORAL STAGE STALL AT THE MARKET PLACE.

Don’t ask.

So much tape!!!! Can’t escape!!!!

Oh well….

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Attacking Just-Marv with the Oral Stage Compass!!!
Don’t ask me why he is stoning. It is probably the chips he ate.

Sparky, Just-Marv and myself broke out singing songs from Avenue Q.

After that incident, Sparky decided that everyone from LIVEWIRE is banned from singing Avenue Q in public. Whoops!!!

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The Laramie Project

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

Before joining the Coming Out of the Closet (COOTC) team, I have never heard of the Laramie Project. It sounded interesting to me though. Glam initially sent me a trailer. I watched it with much interest. A few days ago, he was kind enough to loan me a DVD of the movie. The emotions that the movie evoked in me, was something that I have not felt in years. I cried. I have not cried watching movies for a while now.

After hearing about the essence of the story, I really want to be a part of The Laramie Project as an actor. I have never felt so strongly of a project since my graduation directorial of Red Carnations in 2006. Watching the movie only enforced how I have felt when I first heard the story. It has to be retold so others might learn.

Earlier there were talks of The Laramie Project being staged in Malaysia. However, I have just received news that the project has been scrapped.

Here is a short trailer of the Laramie Project.



Too bad that the stage production of it will not come about anytime soon. The role that I really wanted is Christina Ricci’s. I guess, this might just mean I will have bigger project coming my way.

Knowingly sooner or later, I will have to eventually move on from COOTC. Just like how I moved on from RC. I just hope that the closeness is still there like I have with my RC monkeys.

Short update on the monkeys. Chris and Michy are still in Penang. Pris is somewhere in the jungle hanging off some tree in Borneo. I am not sure where Astra is though. All will be graduating in August. ï?Š Sam, Halim, Anne, Joi and I are all in KL doing different stuff.

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