Dining out has become quite an impersonal and distant affair, one where the customer walks in and expects to be served like nobility for an evening; confronted with dishes that offer nothing new nor different to jaded tastebuds. It has been relegated to a mere transaction where the customer selects, buys, and pays, while the restaurant prepares, cooks and serves.
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The Many Things That Aku Cinta (I Love)
The Malaysia.com team was recently invited to review a production by ACX and klpac entitled ‘Aku Cinta XXX‘, which recently just ended its run at The Actors Studio at Lot 10. Some may think that it may have something to do with stories of love and betrayal or even murder, others may think it may be related to another play called ‘Terima Kasih Cinta‘, which was a musical theatre adaptation held at Istana Budaya earlier this year.
The story of an Eternal Wife
This is the story of an eternal wife…
The performance opens with a projected image of a village somewhere in ancient India. The backdrop falls to reveal a 6th century temple where a group of young brides and the temple caretakers go about with their daily routine. It is just another day in the temple, where the priests offer ‘pujas’ to the residing deity Shiva and the young brides maintain the temple grounds.
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Falling For A History of Falling Things
The first play of the T4YP season of 2011, A History of Falling Things, opened on 19th May 2011 at klpac Pentas 2. The cast of the play included the T4YP ensemble for 2011; Amanda Tan, Amir Yunos, Devyani Gupta, Kamini Senthilathiban, and Umesh Logandran, as well as T4YP alumni, Yusuf Amin. So how did they fare? A single word is not enough to sum it all up, so let us get more acquainted with the entire play.
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Review: Peeking Into A Masterpiece In Motion
We were lucky enough to be invited to the full dress rehearsal of Masterpiece In Motion, a ballet performance by Singapore Dance Theatre Ltd at the Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre (KLPAC). It was the evening of 30th April and we walked in and caught the rehearsal halfway through the first piece, which was Concerto Barocco by George Balanchine.
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Still Great – Brickfields Now & Then Review
It is certainly not easy to entertain a crowd by just sitting there and talking to yourself. But Thor Kah Hoong made it look so simple as he recounted his childhood memories to the audience on the opening night of his performance, Brickfields Now & Then. This latest edition is presented in two separate plays, 4 acts each with an introduction at the beginning of each part.