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82 PERFORMING ARTS
conservatory-style Bachelor of Performing Arts programme.
Contact: See Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre under Venues below.
Five Arts Centre
Formed in 1984 by Chin
San Sooi, Krishen Jit and Marion D’Cruz, Five Arts
is a dynamic collective of
14 Malaysian artists and producers, internationally acclaimed for cutting-edge performances in theatre, dance and music. It has performed in Southeast Asia, Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, India, Egypt, Australia, Canada, Germany, Austria, Belgium, Portugal, Switzerland, Finland, UAE and the UK.
Contact: Marion D’Cruz Artistic Director
27, Lorong Datuk Sulaiman 7, Taman Tun Dr. Ismail 60000 Kuala Lumpur
T (03) 7725 4858
W fiveartscentre.org
Gardner & Wife Theatre
by local and international artists.
Contact: Rosalina Ooi- Thong, President
51, Jalan Dato’ Lau Pak Khuan, Ipoh Garden
31400 Ipoh, Perak T (05) 545 0350 W pspaipoh.org
THEATRE
The Actors Studio Husband-and-wife team Faridah Merican and Joe Hasham founded The Actors Studio in 1989 to nurture Malaysian arts as performers and impresarios. 30 years later, they have groomed countless successful artistes, created numerous theatre spaces, presented almost 600 productions and played to over a million people. In 2018 their Actors Studio Academy partnered
with Taylor’s University
to offer Malaysia’s first
Contact: Chae Lian Co-founder
30-G, Jalan 25/70A #308 50480 Kuala Lumpur
T (03) 2276 1402
W gardnerandwife.com
Instant Café Theatre Company
Malaysia’s busiest promoter of international and family- friendly theatre, founded
in 2000 by Chae Lian and Richard Gardner, who
also run the PJ Live Arts performance space. The Gardeners haves presented over 50 international productions from Australia, Ireland, Finland, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, UK, USA and more.
Formed in 1989 to create a new Malaysian theatre, incubate writers and
Jo Kukathas (The Narrator, centre) and Ghafir Akbar (Raj, right) in Instant Café Theatre’s Raj And The End Of Tragedy, a mixed-media fusion of theatre, dance and recital exploring both the depths and the heights of the human psyche. Directed by Natalie Hennedige, the play received dazzling reviews from critics.