What do two colleagues scrambling to impress their boss and a cross-cultural encounter gone deliciously wrong have in common? They both live inside Wacky Double Bill: Borong & Encyclopedia, the latest work by award-winning playwright Adriana Nordin Manan. We speak to Adriana, and also the production’s producer and costume/ set designer Sidhart Joe Dev to unpack the wit, warmth, and weirdness of it all.

What do two colleagues scrambling to impress their boss and a cross-cultural encounter gone deliciously wrong have in common? They both live inside <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.cloudjoi.com/shows/3882-wacky-double-bill">Wacky Double Bill: Borong &amp; Encyclopedia</a>, the latest work by award-winning playwright Adriana Nordin Manan. We speak to Adriana, and also the production’s producer and costume/ set designer Sidhart Joe Dev to unpack the wit, warmth, and weirdness of it all.

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Wacky Double Bill: Borong & Encyclopedia

What happens when identity slips, and the body moves between showing and hiding? Body For Nobody sits in that quiet, in-between space, using movement, sound, and ritual to invite us to slow down and pay attention. Joining me to talk about this new full-length dance work is its creator, choreographer and dancer Ethel Deidre, developed through the REFLEKT Residency by Goethe-Institut Malaysia.

What happens when identity slips, and the body moves between showing and hiding? <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.cloudjoi.com/shows/4805-body-for-nobody">Body For Nobody</a> sits in that quiet, in-between space, using movement, sound, and ritual to invite us to slow down and pay attention. Joining me to talk about this new full-length dance work is its creator, choreographer and dancer Ethel Deidre, developed through the REFLEKT Residency by Goethe-Institut Malaysia.

Body For Nobody

Opera doesn’t have to be intimidating, and klpac’s Classical For Kids concerts prove it. With floor seating for children, interactive storytelling, and an orchestra up close, families can enjoy Mozart’s The Magic Flute in a fun, relaxed way. Joining us are YiLing Chaing, the Music Director and Founder of Fiamma Opera Studio, and Lee Hai Lin, the concertmaster, to talk about what children and families can expect from this experience.

Opera doesn’t have to be intimidating, and klpac’s Classical For Kids concerts prove it. With floor seating for children, interactive storytelling, and an orchestra up close, families can enjoy Mozart’s <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.cloudjoi.com/shows/classical-for-kids-the-magic-flute-with-the-klpac-orchestra">The Magic Flute</a> in a fun, relaxed way. Joining us are YiLing Chaing, the Music Director and Founder of Fiamma Opera Studio, and Lee Hai Lin, the concertmaster, to talk about what children and families can expect from this experience.

Classical For Kids: The Magic Flute with The klpac Orchestra

Into Still Life is a performance that invites us to slow our pace and notice the quiet relationships between stillness and movement. It looks at how tension, balance, and presence shape our experience of the world. We hear more from the artists behind it, Aiwei Foo and Kent Lee, from the Shaman Tearoom.


Image Credit: Shaman Tearoom

<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.cloudjoi.com/shows/4743-into-still-life">Into Still Life</a> is a performance that invites us to slow our pace and notice the quiet relationships between stillness and movement. It looks at how tension, balance, and presence shape our experience of the world. We hear more from the artists behind it, Aiwei Foo and Kent Lee, from the <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://linktr.ee/shamantearoom">Shaman Tearoom</a>. Image Credit: Shaman Tearoom

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