The Wiggles will be performing live in KL on June 8, 2010 at 2pm. Only for 1 show. It's their debut Asian tour. It's held during the Malaysian school holidays, so the children are free to watch; it's the adults that has to take time off to accompany their children.
But wait a minute, the Wiggles character are all being played by adults, ranging in age from 32 to 57. So you are going to watch adults perfoming for kids. Amazing isn't it? If you haven't seen any of their shows on TV or on videos, you should.
In the Wiggles show, the performers go by their first names, namely Anthony (Field), Jeff (Fatt), Murray (Cook) and Sam (Moran). The show originally started as a music recording of an educational children's album in 1991, but is now a well know entertaining group in Australia.
Their success is probably due to their indepth knowledge of child development and doing everything from a child's perspective.
Tickets for the Wiggles show are priced at Rm 153, 203, 253 and 303. Astro subscribers get 15% discount off ticket prices.
Get you tickets from http://www.axcess.com.my/
Sunday, May 16, 2010
Wiggles live in KL
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Malaysia World Drum Festival 2008
The Malaysian World Drum chapter II 2008 will be held from July 26- August 2, 2008. To hear the drums and percussionists beating away, click on the Malaysia world drum website. The drummers are from Malaysia, Japan, Korea, Venezuela, Indonesia, Singapore, Senegal, Ghana. Entrance is FREE.
The programme (extract from the website) is reproduced below
The event is managed by a company which specialises in travel & tour packages. What a great business idea. Organise an event with the back-end sale in mind! Tour packages to Langkawi, Cherating, Port Dickson, Tioman, Cameron Highlands, Genting Highlands, Desaru (in Johor) have been put together for the tourists. Prices are is US Dollars.
Sunday, May 20, 2007
MY fair lady - Review
My fair Lady
Entertaining. That's how I would describe the musical My fair Lady. The casts sang with enthusiasm and sang their hearts out. And the sound system is superb. I sat at the last row of the plenary and though I couldn't see the facial expression of the casts, I could hear every word and every song lyrics.
The casts have been performing to the live audience in Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre (KLCC) Plenary hall since May 15, 2007. And to date they have performed at least 6 shows in KL before the one that I attended last night. Yet there was no slow down in their performance.
The only problem I had was understanding the dialogue in the beginning (the strong accent) but after getting used to the British spoke English, I was able to follow the dialogue. I felt the dialogue portion a bit too draggy for certain scenes, and I almost fell asleep several times, being awoken when the cast started to sing.
The audience were dressed to the nines. Unfortunately I went in jeans and T-shirt, and felt a bit out of place, dressing-wise!
Rave Reviews
- from the star reporter : Enduring Charm
from the NST reporter : The Lady is a winner
What the casts said in interviews with the local press
1. "Eliza Doolittle" Poppy Tierney
2. "Colonel Pickering" Gerard Murphy finds it too warm in Malaysia
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
My Fair Lady the musical
My Fair Lady musical , Visit Malaysia year 2007
Catch the musical, My fair Lady, which will be performed in Malaysia in May 2007.
Date : May 15- 20, 2007. (Tuesday - Sunday)
Venue : KL Convention centre (KLCC)
Show Time :
Tuesday - Sunday Evenings 8 pm
Extra Matinee Shows : Sat and Sun : 3 pm
Tickets range from Rm100.00 to Rm350.00. To book your tickets online, visit www.yvents.com. You may also call 603-2241 9999
RHB bank customers get to enjoy discounts of between 15% to 30%. (Hint, Hint. Either open an account with RHB, or get to know a friend who banks with RHB).
Get transported to the 60's era with classic songs like 'The Rain in Spain' and "I could have danced all night'. This is a story about the challenge made by Professor Higgins that he can train any woman to speak English so properly. Thus he sets about transforming Eliza Doolittle from a flower girl with a strong Cockney accent, into a polished lady with impeccable upper class English accent and manners.
This new production comes to Malaysia with a leading cast from the London musical stage in a glamorous new staging, and will be accompanied by live orchestral arrangements. I will be there!
Read more about the musical:
My fair Lady, (source Wikipedia)
" A Delight to Behold" (source : organiser of the event in Malaysia)
Review of the 1958 musical of My fair Lady, with Julie Andrews as Eliza Doolittle
Sunday, February 11, 2007
Cliff Richard plays to full house
Cliff Richard Here and Now concert 2007
I was there! So was about 6,000 others.
Venue : the Arena of Stars, Genting Highlands
Date : Friday Feb 9, 2007
Time : 8 pm - 10.45 pm
Source : The Star Online
And boy, did Bachelor Boy really entertained the crowd. For someone in the 60's, he still has the 'oomph' to sing and performed some cool dance moves on the stage with his guitar. His voice never once cracked during the show. And he had only 1 short break of about 15 minutes.
Every time he sang one of his all-time favourites such Summer Holiday, The Young Ones, Livin’ Doll, Evergreen Tree, Bachelor Boy, Devil Woman and Constantly, the crowd of mostly "baby boomers" sang along, and swayed in their seats to his song. The crowd, mostly in their 50's and 60's, and a sprinkling of 30's and 40's, seemed to want more at the end of the 2 hour show.
He also sang duets with a couple of singers who are equally good "impersonators" of Dionne Warwick and Matt Monroe
True enough, he predicted in his interview, that " I’m sure there will be people in the audience going ‘he didn’t sing that song’".
Because that is exactly what a group of sisters who sat in the row in front of us, turned back and said to us , "He didn't sing 'Congratulations'!".
He did say that “I can’t sing all the songs in one evening – you’d be bored and I’d be dead.”. He has, after all, sang for 5 decades, and has many hits during the period. I bought one the promo CD's on sale : Cliff Richard Complete Hits, for RM 40.00. Other items for sale are : Cliff Richard, the Duet CD, and also a coffee- book on his career.
This is a postcard-sized picture of Cliff Richard (in his 20's) with another actress (from the movie Summer Holidays).
This picture is courtesy of the sisters in the front row. The sisters paid '20 cents' for the postcard bought from Singapore back then, and the sister proudly told me that "I will be 60 this year, and I have been a fan of Cliff Richard since my teens".
Sir Cliff should be proud, that his fan base in Malaysia spans across all races. This lady in front of me is a Malay lady in a tudung, and can be seen waving frantically at Sir Cliff every time he so much as turned towards the section where we are seated.
The sound and the lighting systems didn't fail him, and his entourage of band members is superb.
And the ticket for the show?
Cliff Richard concert ticket Other reviews of the concert:
Pre-concert promotional writeups:
Cliff Richard websites:
Official Cliff Richard website
Tuesday, January 16, 2007
Sir Cliff Richard
February 9 & 10 - Genting Highland, Arena of Stars
Sir Cliff Richard is making a trip to Malaysia to perform at Genting Highlands, one of Malaysia's famous mountain resort on February 9 & 10. Tickets from Rm 100 to Rm 655.
I remember attending his concert in Kuala Lumpur National Stadium sometime 1n 1995. I had a good time. The audience were singing along with him, and we thoroughly enjoyed the performance. You'll be surprised, some of the audience practically grew up with his songs. I liked his songs because my mum listened to them.
I grew up during Michael Jackson's era (my age showing!) and when he had a tour around Asia around the same time (1994) I went to the concert, and I remembered it was not cheap then! (He has not made modifications to his face yet then).
I think those 2 music concerts are those that I went to and liked most.
Mystical Steppes : Along the Silk Road
January 26-28 - KL Convention Centre, KL, Plenary Hall : Dance Performance
The dance extravaganza will showcase a kaleidoscope of music and dances from Xinjiang, the Chinese autonomous region bordering Mongolia, Pakistan, India and Russia.
Tickets from Rm 20 to Rm 350. Net proceeds of the event will be channelled to charitable organisations - the Alzheimers Disease Foundation of Malaysia and Hospis Malaysia.
Call 03-7711 5000 for tickets, or visit ticketing office
