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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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29:51

I Sing of Rahman

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2018/07/03

A.R. Rahman is one of India’s best-known music composers, winning multiple Academy Awards and putting Indian film music on the international stage. For his longtime fans, though, Rahman’s early songs from the 90s and 2000s still hold a special place. An upcoming concert called “Retro Rahman” wants to recapture some of that magic by bringing together singers from India who sang many of Rahman’s early hits. We speak to Unnikrishnan, acclaimed Indian classical vocalist and

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35:19

Spatial Dramaturgy in the country’s ‘PULSE’

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2018/06/29

Our guests are here participating in the Damansara International Arts Festival 2018 (DIAF’18). They tell about their research into the performing arts and their focus on ‘spatial dramaturgy’. They also share on their devised performance created in collaboration with local performers like Jo Kukathas, Ling Tang, Kathyn Tan and several others. And from the Malaysians, the stories most important to them. In the interview they showed the link between their approach to theatre and the

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25:04

The Art of an Election

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2018/06/28

The results of the 14th General Elections have sparked many new artistic creations. An exhibition called “Harapan” brings together a diverse array of visual art that respond to this historic shift in Malaysian politics, from anger at the past administration and hope for the new one to caution against repeating past mistakes. Curator Alan Teh and some of the contributing artists talk to us about their work and the role of political art.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy

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23:40

Where the Arts Converge

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2018/06/27

The Damansara Performing Arts Centre is celebrating its fifth anniversary this year, and in conjunction with that, renaming its annual festival the Damansara International Arts Festival 2018. Themed “Convergence”, the festival aims to provide a meeting point between local and international performers through works that run across theatre, dance, music, and even puppetry.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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12:58

Hoppily Ever After

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2018/06/27

Most of us have heard the fairy tale of The Frog Prince, but local theatre company Kudos Productions is presenting a radically reinterpreted version of the story. The play, which is called “After Earl: Before the Fall”, is set to be a rollicking fantasy adventure - and yes, it is still about a frog. The play’s producers and actors talk to us about hopping onto stage with this unexpected tale.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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35:02

The Longest Laugh

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2018/06/26

One Mic Stand, a local comedy open mic show, is celebrating its 6th anniversary in June 2018. To celebrate this, they’re having a special anniversary showcase called Mega OMS 6. Stand-up comics Prakash Daniel and Brian Tan, the current boys behind the laughs, talk to us about running the longest running comedy open mic show in Malaysia.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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25:56

Born to Paint

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2018/06/22

Renee Kraal is a Kuala Lumpur born-and-bred artist who has been painting for at least the last four decades. She was an early member of the Wednesday Art Group, an pioneering arts collective in the 1960s and 1970s that counted among its members illustrious Malaysian artists like Sivam Selvaratnam, Patrick Ng, and Mustapha Mahmud. An exhibition called “A Ha Moments” is displaying Renee’s works over the years. Renee talks to us about the exhibition and her journey as an artist.See

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28:43

The JB Classical Music Festival 2018

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2018/06/21

The classical music festival in Johor Bahru is in its fourth year. The artistic curator tells why it is growing and points out that indeed classical music is not declining in the country but on the ascend. He also tells about the festival’s offerings of small chamber-sized music groups in pointing to what “small” can offer which large orchestras can’t. Hear also samples of the music that will be performed.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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32:47

Celebration of Inclusion

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2018/06/20

The annual Refugee Festival, now in its third edition, aims to provide a different view of refugees. The cultures, tradition and art of the various refugee communities in Malaysia are highlighted in the festival, with the aim of building bridges and celebrating the diversity that they can bring to our country. We speak to festival director Mahi Ramakrishnan, and two performers who are Syrian refugees, on how arts and culture can provide a voice for the displaced as well as be a way of connecting

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39:13

Awarding the Arts

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2018/06/19

The 15th BOH Cameronian Arts Awards are being presented on June 24, 2018, with awards being presented for the best Malaysian productions staged last year across four performing arts categories: music, dance, theatre, and musical theatre. We speak to executive judges Sandra Sodhy and Foo Chi Wei on the judging process, and their thoughts on the Malaysian performing arts over the past year.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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14:55

RD3RD, a Political Filipino Richard III, Reviewed

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2018/06/14

Our producer was in Manila when this adaptation of Shakespeare’s play ‘Richard III’ was performed in a mix of the Bard’s language, contemporary English and Filipino. In the small black box the experience of the violence was made more immediate when lived experiences on the streets of killings documented on video were woven into the live performance about murdering to be a king.Cast of RD3RD Richard III Teroy GuzmanNarrator, Duchess of York Dr Ricky AbadQueen Margaret Judy

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13:23

Malam Sayu Berpuisi: Sad Night of Poetry

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2018/06/14

Our guests describe the genre of performance that will be held under the banyan tree at klpac and under the cover of night. Theatre performers-and-writers will perform their own poems, freed from the strictures of a microphone. This isn’t slam poetry, not performance poetry. It is poetry performed.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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12:23

Widening the Lens

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2018/06/13

Ampannee Satoh is from the Pattani region in Thailand, and she is also one of very few female photographers to focus on the social and cultural aspects of this region. Her latest series, “Lost Motherland”, focuses on questions of the homeland, the diaspora, and migrants. Ampannee talks to us about being a female, Muslim photographer from Thailand, and the importance of sharing diverse narratives from her country.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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16:23

Drumbeats of the Heart

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2018/06/13

Souls Impact Percussion returns for their third production with a drum-dance theatre performance that draws inspiration from The Heart Sutra, one of the scriptures of Buddhism. The show’s artistic director Cross Chin and choreographer Joyce Chan talk to us about how they use drum, dance, and theatre to bring the show, “Wuwuming”, to life.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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31:00

There’s No Business Like Show Business

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2018/06/12

Brian Lowdermilk is one half of Kerrigan-Lowdermilk, the musical theatre duo who has made a name in the US as the ones to watch in Broadway. Their works include musicals like Henry & Mudge, and most recently, The Mad Ones. Brian, who was in Kuala Lumpur for a musical theatre masterclass and a performance, talks to us about musical theatre, his work, and why there’s no business like show business.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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31:14

Young People's Theatre at Mid-Term

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2018/06/08

Beyond the sneak peek at the coming weekend's performance by T4YP (klpac's Theatre for Young People), hear what the two co-directors have to say about getting these young performers ready. Joe Hasham reveals the space that T4YP plays the performing arts ecosystem. Three of the 16 participants in the 2018 cohort share what performing means to them. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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31:24

In the Beginning was the Word

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2018/06/07

For the last three years, a poetry open mic event called “If Walls Could Talk” has been providing a platform for poets to perform their work. The event has welcomed over 350 poets since it began, and celebrates its third anniversary this month, in June 2018. Poet and spoken word artist Melizarani T. Selva talks to us about the founding of the event, and how it has evolved over the years.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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21:55

Duet of Strings

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2018/06/06

Hariraam and Abbirami learnt the Indian classical style of playing the violin from a very young age, having been trained in the style of Indian Carnatic violin maestro Lalgudi G Jayaraman. The two violinists will be performing together in “Two Violins”, a recital that aims to encourage a deeper appreciation of Carnatic music.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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13:45

Doing the Kiasu Dance

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2018/06/06

As Malaysians, there are few things we enjoy quite as much as poking fun at the Singaporeans. One Singaporean dance troupe, however, has taken this a step further by bringing a dance production to Kuala Lumpur that takes a lighthearted look at its own Singaporean culture. From “chupping” a table at a food court to queuing up to buy the latest smartphone, “We, the Singaporeans” by The Royal Dance Off company talks to us about using contemporary dance to explore

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27:28

Talking Shakespeare: When Film and Live Performance...

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2018/06/01

Our producer attended the 3rd Biennial Conference of the Asian Shakespeare Association to interview Professor Peter Holland about Shakespeare in performance. Professor Holland was the keynote speaker at the Conference, sharing with attendees his research into trailers of Shakespeare or based-on Shakespeare films. This presentation on trailers points to the "uncomfortable" relationship between Hollywood and the Bard. Our producer picks up the discussion from there.See omnystudio.com/listener for

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