KL Shakespeare Players’ celebrates its 10th anniversary with a virtual performance of King Lear . Photo: KLSP
This year marks the KL Shakespeare Players’ (KLSP) 10th anniversary. The theatre company’s first ever show was the Bard’s
Julius Caesar, under its Shakespeare Demystified series, performed at the Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre.
If it wasn’t for the pandemic and the movement control order (MCO), theatregoers and Shakespeare fans alike would have been treated to a physical staging of one of Shakespeare’s most well-known tragedies
King Lear as an anniversary celebration.
With a live show not a feasible option, the KLSP decided to pivot to an online offering of the tragedy, calling it
Spooky Stories For Children Who Can’t Sleep At Night is an online audio drama anthological series. Photo: Handout
Sometimes, all you need is a good old horror story to kick back and relax. Malaysians love our spooky tales.
Find a quiet room, close the curtains, turn off the lights, put on your headphones and immerse yourself in an intimate and eerie online aural theatre experience. Just make sure nothing is lurking under your bed.
Spooky Stories) by theatre makers Hana Nadira and Ashraf Modee Zain is an online audio drama anthological series that tells mysterious and horrifying tales.
Spooky Stories, hosted by Panas Panas Theatre, premieres at midnight (April 6) on music streaming platform Soundcloud for free.
4:10 PM MYT
Through online storytelling sessions, the KL Shakespeare Players reached out to hundreds of students last year, like these primary school pupils at SJK(C) Fook Yew 3 in Johor. Photo: KLSP
Signal the big theatre restart? The month of April is set to be a busy one for the performing arts industry, with live shows featuring audiences steadily making a return in the Klang Valley.
The major arts venues such as KLPac and DPAC have already put out live shows, while Five Arts Centre (a hybrid live/digital show), and Sutra Foundation (live performance with audience) are set to launch long-awaited shows.