What would you do if you had one last chance to make things right? That’s the question at the heart of The Whale, Samuel D. Hunter’s play about isolation, forgiveness and the complicated ways we try to reconnect with the people we’ve hurt. The play that inspired the Oscar-winning Brendan Fraser film is finally coming to the Malaysian stage, and we find out all about it from director and production designer Christopher Ling, and actor Tania Ashwini.

What would you do if you had one last chance to make things right? That’s the question at the heart of <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.cloudjoi.com/shows/the-whale">The Whale</a>, Samuel D. Hunter’s play about isolation, forgiveness and the complicated ways we try to reconnect with the people we’ve hurt. The play that inspired the Oscar-winning Brendan Fraser film is finally coming to the Malaysian stage, and we find out all about it from director and production designer Christopher Ling, and actor Tania Ashwini.

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Love, heartbreak, and the stories we tell ourselves about romance. These are some of the things explored in The Failed Romances, a hybrid cabaret that brings together theatre, live music and storytelling, drawing inspiration from Tamil cinema and real-life relationships. To find out more about the show and how it came together, we're joined by Govin Ruben, the show's co-creator, performer and director from TerryandTheCuz, and also Sharmilla Ganesan, who worked on the production as dramaturg.

Love, heartbreak, and the stories we tell ourselves about romance. These are some of the things explored in <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.cloudjoi.com/shows/7320-the-failed-romances-by-terryandthecuz-and-adriano-cortese">The Failed Romances</a>, a hybrid cabaret that brings together theatre, live music and storytelling, drawing inspiration from Tamil cinema and real-life relationships. To find out more about the show and how it came together, we're joined by Govin Ruben, the show's co-creator, performer and director from <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.terryandthecuz.com/">TerryandTheCuz</a>, and also Sharmilla Ganesan, who worked on the production as dramaturg.

The Failed Romances 

If you've ever turned to a sad song after a heartbreak, you'll know that sometimes, music just gets you. 400 years ago, there was John Dowland, a composer who became famous for doing just that. His songs of love and longing remain some of the best-known music of the Renaissance, but there's more to the music of his time than melancholy. A new concert, Silly Bees & Sweet Woods, explores Dowland's soulful music alongside the more playful works of his contemporaries Thomas Morley, Thomas Campion and John Farmer, presented by the KL Madrigal Singers and Players. We speak to Scott Woo, tenor and director of the ensemble, and musician and recorder player Eunice Loh, to find out more.

If you've ever turned to a sad song after a heartbreak, you'll know that sometimes, music just gets you. 400 years ago, there was John Dowland, a composer who became famous for doing just that. His songs of love and longing remain some of the best-known music of the Renaissance, but there's more to the music of his time than melancholy. A new concert, <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.cloudjoi.com/shows/7410-silly-bees-sweet-woods">Silly Bees</a> &amp; <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.cloudjoi.com/shows/7483-silly-bees-sweet-woods">Sweet Woods</a>, explores Dowland's soulful music alongside the more playful works of his contemporaries Thomas Morley, Thomas Campion and John Farmer, presented by the <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://versespj.com/the-kl-madrigal-singers/">KL Madrigal Singers and Players</a>. We speak to Scott Woo, tenor and director of the ensemble, and musician and recorder player Eunice Loh, to find out more.

Silly Bees & Sweet Woods

What does it mean for something to be missing from the scene, and what can its absence tell us about the world we live in? In Missing From The Scene, artist Sharon Chin brings together shadow puppet-inspired animal figures, prints of their habitats without the animals, and a live feed of an oil refinery near her home in Port Dickson. Her first solo exhibition in Kuala Lumpur since 2017 reflects on everything from the changing Malaysian art scene to biodiversity loss and the environmental impact of industry. We speak to Sharon about absence, place, and the role art can play in helping us pay attention to what is disappearing around us.

What does it mean for something to be missing from the scene, and what can its absence tell us about the world we live in? In <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CG00xhH7oHZB5wQ3wQNgMGRrDbHqo1Ea/view?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAcGRvZgJzcnRjBmFwcF9pZA85MzY2MTk3NDMzOTI0NTkAAafiQqFkpkp5pTBzh-ZfFXflg9-RJkLaiuqz0R13hrxFduUEModcaX0Nnf3Nmw_aem_LE20qTNsTW3z67Z8aem8PQ">Missing From The Scene</a>, artist <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://sharonchin.com/">Sharon Chin</a> brings together shadow puppet-inspired animal figures, prints of their habitats without the animals, and a live feed of an oil refinery near her home in Port Dickson. Her first solo exhibition in Kuala Lumpur since 2017 reflects on everything from the changing Malaysian art scene to biodiversity loss and the environmental impact of industry. We speak to Sharon about absence, place, and the role art can play in helping us pay attention to what is disappearing around us.

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