With the support of PJPAC, KL Shakespeare Players will be offering a new series of monthly live-and-interactive storytelling, starting on the first Sunday in March at 2pm and 3:30pm.
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
A tale of determination
A local theatre company is using Zoom to share the gift of storytelling with students around Malaysia Lim said KLSP’s initiative has been well received. – Picture courtesy of Dev Lee/KLSP One of the activities during a live storytelling session. – Picture courtesy of KLSP How the live storytelling session looks on a laptop. – Picture courtesy of KLSP
THE start of the nationwide lockdown last March disrupted so many plans for 2020. For the KL Shakespeare Players (KLSP), a group dedicated to educating students using the works of Shakespeare, it shattered plans to bring in-person performances to public schools.