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Front Row

Don’t be afraid of the arts. You too can enjoy it! Don"t believe us? Tune in to Front Row to find out about the best shows and exhibitions that will recharge your brain and restore your spirit, as told by the producers, performers and artists themselves.

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16:10

TPAM 2020 #2: Meet the Director

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2020/03/10

In our second show in a series covering the Performing Arts Meeting in Yokohama 2020 (TPAM 2020), we speak with the meet’s director Hiromi Maruoka about the beginnings of the event, how it has evolved, and what this year’s shows say about the performing arts field in Asia.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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22:19

24 Jam Dalam 37 Tahun

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2020/03/05

theatrethreesixty’s latest theatre production, “24 Jam Dalam 37 Tahun” focuses on the story of a young man growing up without a proper father figure, amidst a fractured parental relationship. We speak with two of the actors from the show to hear about bringing the story to life.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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40:21

TPAM 2020 #1: A Critical Overview

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2020/03/03

In the first of our series of shows covering the Performing Arts Meeting in Yokohama 2020 (TPAM 2020), three arts critics from Malaysia, the Philippines, and Thailand discuss what worked, what didn’t, and what interesting ideas emerged from the meet.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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15:10

Art Reflecting Environment

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2020/02/27

Artist Fauzan Omar has been drawn to working on environmental themes in his work almost since the beginning of his career. In his latest exhibition called “Extremely Excessively Harsh”, he continues his fascination with both the natural world and the impact of development and globalisation by drawing on phenomena like the haze and the Australian wildfires. We speak to Fauzan about how he creates art out of something so ugly, and why he thinks it is essential for artists to focus on the

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30:04

Restaging Rashomon

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2020/02/25

Akira Kurosawa’s seminal film, Rashomon, set a new standard for storytelling by using the non-linear narrative and the unreliable narrator. Locally, The Actors Studio’s stage adaptation of the classic film has been staged three times, and represents the company’s 30-year-collaboration with The Japan Foundation, Kuala Lumpur. Now, with Rashomon returning to the stage here for the fourth time, we speak to the folks behind the production on the story as a cultural phenomenon, and why

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18:10

Artist, Architect… Space Explorer?

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2020/02/18

In his latest exhibition called “27 Years of Lazarian Delights”, artist and architect Chong Yan Chuah plays space explorer. He has returned to Earth after 27 years of adventure in a planetary system with three planets, two suns and three moons, and has brought back evidence of his adventures. Bringing together scientific knowledge and fiction, the exhibition plays with reality and fantasy. We speak with Chong about the ideas behind the exhibition, and how he uses his art to create new

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31:33

Pictures of Life

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2020/02/18

Street photography is fast emerging as one of the most popular genres of photography, and a local exhibition is looking to highlight the potential within this field. Called “Pictures of Life”, the exhibition brings together a diverse variety of works that each reinterprets the idea of street and travel photography. We speak to the people involved to understand the many facets of this genre.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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17:58

Dance of a Mother

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2020/02/10

In “Prerna”, classical Indian dance forms - in this case, bharatanatyam and odissi - are used to explore the issues and emotions faced by the mother of a child who has autism. We speak with dancer/choreographer Sandhya Manoj about how the show uses classical dance to tell a timeless story of motherhood and acceptance.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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33:14

The Moon People

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2020/02/10

The moon is often associated with love, passion, and madness - and all of these qualities are channelled into a joint night of performances called “Kinnara - Moon People”, which brings together dance, music, poetry, and theatre. We speak with three of the performers behind the show, dancer/choreographer Geetha Shankaran Lam, writer/performer Lam Ghooi Ket, and musician Hariraam Tingyuan Lam.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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16:39

The Kids Are Alright

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2020/02/06

New artists can often find it a challenge to establish what their works are about and where they are heading. An exhibition called “Tikitiboo” - a word derived from the British occupation of India, which means “everything is fine and alright” - tries to provide a space to examine these questions, by featuring emerging artists of diverse backgrounds. We speak with the organiser of the exhibition, Sophia Shung. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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36:08

A Home in Poetry

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2020/02/04

Nikola Madzirov is a poet, essayist, literary translator and editor from Macedonia, born to a family of Balkan War refugees. His poetry has been translated into over 30 languages. During his recent visit to Malaysia for the George Town Literary Festival, we spoke to Madzirov about the roots of his poetry, the value of sharing his work with the world, and how his works often speak of a sense of both belonging and displacement.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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48:47

At the End of the Day Even Art is Not Important

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2020/01/28

Ahmad Fuad Osman is one of Malaysia’s most interesting contemporary artists, who has been creating work since the early 1990s. His work draws on Malay and Malaysian culture, history and sociopolitical events, with a lot of emphasis on research. A mid-career survey of Fuad’s work, called “At the end of the day even art is not important”, is being held at the National Art Gallery, which looks at the past 30 years of his art. So, we sit down with Fuad and exhibition curator

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15:53

Cultural Contradictions

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2020/01/23

For artist Sean Lean, the past is made up of contradicting cultures that sit, sometimes oddly, next to each other - coming from a “traditional” Malaysian Chinese upbringing, his childhood memories are made up of everything from Romance of the Three Kingdoms, to Lord of the Rings, TVB dramas to American sitcoms. Drawing on these, Lean presents “M2”, a series of works that merge the sensibilities of Chinese bedtime stories with comic books. We speak with Lean about the

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26:46

Publishing Malaysian Plays

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2020/01/21

Playwright Fasyali Fadzly, who made his name in the indie Malay theatre scene, is publishing his debut collection of plays called “Teater Juta-Juta”, bringing together the last decade of his writing for the stage. We speak with Fasyali about his evolution as a playwright, and why it’s important to create a published body of Malaysian theatre works.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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16:40

On a Happy Note

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2020/01/16

Vocalist, percussionist and composer Santosh Logandran is known for his fusing of Indian carnatic music with a diverse array of musical styles. He’s won multiple awards, has his own band called Nadir, and has performed with the likes of Zee Avi. Santosh is launching his own solo album, called “In Pursuit of Santosham” with a night of performance - so we catch up with him on the musical journey that has led him here and what we can expect from the album.See omnystudio.com/listener

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22:11

Dance of the Ego

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2020/01/14

Two Malaysian choreographers are coming together to present a double bill of contemporary dance performances, in a show called “Woman - On - Man - Men”. While unified around the idea of the Ego, each choreographer explores the theme from his or her own perspective. We speak with dancers/choreographers Kenny Shim and Suhaili Micheline about the show.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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24:50

Chess the Musical

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2020/01/14

Relatively underrated as far as musicals go, “Chess The Musical” isn’t one that make it to Malaysian shores very often - and is now being staged here by the Bentley Music Academy. Written by Tim Rice with music by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus (of ABBA fame), the musical uses a chess tournament to satirise the politics of the Cold War between Russia and America. We speak with the show’s musical director Kevin Field and vocal coach Nicole Thomson about what makes this

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16:12

Rewind, Replay

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2020/01/09

“Rewind, Replay” is an exhibition by local artist Siund Tan that uses the nostalgic idea of watching television while growing up to reflect on everything from fables and folklore to history. We speak with Tan and Sophia Shung, director of Suma Orientalis gallery, about the exhibition and the inspiration behind his works.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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35:03

What’s Ahead for the Balai Seni Negara?

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2020/01/07

The National Art Gallery, or Balai Seni Negara, is the premier national institution for the visual arts. What does it have planned for 2020 and beyond, and what role does it see itself playing when it comes to educating the Malaysian public on the visual arts? And what can we expect from the Kuala Biennale 2020? We speak with Zanita Anuar, Director of Exhibition Services, Collection and Conservation, and curator Intan Rafiza Abu Bakar, both from the National Art Gallery.See omnystudio.com/listener

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31:09

2019 Arts Review, Part 2: Visual Arts

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2019/12/31

As 2019 comes to a close, we look back at the ups and downs, the hits and misses, of the Malaysian arts over the past year. Here, we speak with The Star’s culture editor Daryl Goh and artists Ruby Subramaniam and Blankmalaysia, about the local visual arts scene in 2019, and what they hope 2020 will bring.Click here to listen to part 1.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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