A poetry performance in celebration of love.

Held in conjunction with the national Malay Language Month in July, this performance is to highlight the beauty of the Malay language, interesting our audience, especially the younger ones, to the use of good Malay.

Celebrities and artistes in the Malay community will gather to recite and perform a selection of their favourite poetries from respected writers. They will also be reciting and performing their own original writings, showing the good verses are used in songs today. Works from literary icons Masuri S N and Khadijah Hashim will be featured. Fronting this performance is Adi Rahman, a producer/presenter with Radio Warna and a champion of the Malay language. He will be reciting his original work “Bumi”, last presented at the Anugerah Planet Muzik 2007. He will be joined by local singers Hyrul Anuar and Roze with their renditions of new and evergreen songs.

Cinta: Puisi Berlagu
Date: 31 July 2010, Saturday
Time: 8pm – 9.15pm
Duration: 75mins
Venue: Esplande Recital Studio
Tickets: $25/- (exclude booking fee)
Online booking: SISTIC

The exciting grand finals of Anugerah Skrin – MediaCorp Suria’s talent competition, will see the crowning of two winners (one male and one female) amongst the remaining six finalists at the MediaCorp TV Theatre this Friday, 9 July at 8.30pm “LIVE”.

Anugerah Skrin 2010 Grand Finale will be graced by Mr Zainul Abidin Rasheed, Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and will be telecast “live” on Suria. Guest artistes include Anugerah 2009 champion Sarah Aqilah and veteran Malaysian actress and singer Fauziah Latiff.

The winners of Anugerah Skrin 2010 will receive a total of $10,000 in cash, roles in a movie produced by Malaysia’s leading media and entertainment company, KRU Studios, a special teledrama produced by MediaCorp Eaglevision and a Suria programme. For the first time in a Malay Talent-search competition history, the winners will also be assured a role in upcoming MediaCorp English programmes.

Since the start of the competition in May 2010, the contestants have acted in different drama genres weekly and their acting capabilities were judged by Resident Judges, Khairudin Samsudin and Rilla Melati Bahri – famous child actors who have excelled in creative fields such as directing and scriptwriting.

Sharon Ismail, an award winning actress, Hasnul Rahmat, Singapore’s veteran actor who made it big in Malaysia and Norman Abd Halim, Group CEO of KRU Studios will be joining our Resident Judges.

The six finalists vying for the top two spots are Diana Amran, Syirah Jusni, Firuz Khan, Erwin Shan Dawson, Shahril Kahar, and Halimah Yahaya.

The scores will be based on a combination of judges’ score (50%) and votes by the public (50%).

Viewers can vote via SMS or IVRS for their favourite contestant during the voting campaign which commenced on 6 July. To vote, either SMS to 73388 in the following format: ANU contestant’s code, or call 1900 112770x, where ‘x’ is the contestant’s code.

For example:
Send ANU 1 to 73888 for contestant number 1, Diana Amran
Or
Call 1900-1127705 for contestant number 5, Shahril Kahar

The contestants codes are listed below:
1 : Diana Amran
2 : Syirah Jusni
3 : Firuz Khan
4 : Erwin Shah Dawson
5 : Shahril Kahar
6 : Halimah Yahaya

Voting Numbers

Each vote is charged at 60 cents per SMS or IVRS (excluding GST). More details on voting and the contestants can be found at www.anugerahskrin.mediacorptv.sg. Voting lines will remain open till 9pm on Friday, 9 July.

GALA CULTURAL NITE – AN INSIGHT INTO THE HEART OF SRIWANA
2010 Emerald Anniversary Celebration – An Ode To Believing kicks off with a grand official opening for the evening. Artistic excellence from SRIWANA’s cream of choreographers, namely, Osman Hamid, Hjh. Som Said – both Cultural Medallion recipients, Fauziah Hanom Yusof, Fauzi Anwar – budding and promising in-house choreographers and many more will be graced by our strong and talented pool of 50 SRIWANAs’ dancers both existing as well as dancers before.

Collaborating together, experienced Indonesian choreographer Sukarji Sukarman with his wealth of knowledge in modern and traditional performing arts and the artistic excellence of the group, an interesting dance piece will evolve. Injections of foreign artistic elements will definitely elevate the group’s performance and not to mention the knowledge and experience gained from such collaboration.

Special appearance of the members of the alumni – they will combine with the existing dancers, to bring back mesmerizing memories of their early days with the group – a nostalgic trip down memory lane.

SRIWANA is also extending their invite to dance performers from the other Malay Performing groups like Teater Tari Era, Sri Warisan and Majlis Pusat to name a few to celebrate together their 55 years of achievement. Also totally live music accompaniment of the re-known Sri Mahligai, a local Malay traditional music ensemble and a collaboration with reknown leading Indonesian violinist, Tengku Ryo Riezkan.

Not losing in importance is another SRIWANA’s forte – theatre. This year we have the appearance of our very own drama iconic Norsiah Ramly and Azman Shariff together with our very own talented children. This tragedy and thriller was written by Cultural Medallion recipient Nadiputra.

Doaku Harapanku | An Ode To Believing
Date: 20 & 21 July, Tue & Wed
Time: 8pm (20th July) | 3pm & 8pm (21st July)
Venue: University Cultural Centre (UCC) Theatre
Tickets: $20 (Adults) | $15 (Children)
Ticket Hotline: 9728 1437 / 9115 7987.
Online bookings: GATECRASH.com.sg | Call GATECRASH at 6100 2005.
Also available at all SingPost outlets, S.A.M kiosks & The Substation Box Office.
Facebook Event Page: Doaku Harapanku

Propelling Through Darkness of The Night
Aiman has been a drug-peddler, drug addict and a pimp since 18 years old and that is his livelihood. John and Madi are two youths who have been working as cleaners at an established cleaning company in the city. The encounters of Aiman, John and Madi bring laughters, joy, sadness and disappointment. They had some life-changing experiences together in their pursuit to seek for happiness in life. This story propels us to reflect on our shared-responsibilities in the rehabilitation process of fellow citizen whom we have labelled ‘rubbish’.

PERFORMED IN MALAY, WITH ENGLISH SURTITLES.

Berputar Dikegelapan Malam
Date: 13-17 July, 2010, Tue-Sat
Time: 3pm (13-15 July) 3pm & 8pm (16-17 July)
Venue: Teater Kami Black Box Studio, 126 Cairnhill Arts Centre
Duration: 1hr 30mins
Tickets: $15/-
Facebook Page: Berputar Dikegelapan Malam

RECONSTRUX BOOKING Presents – ‘YUNA’
Recently back from her mini USA Tour, Malaysia’s award winner and promising new-age singer songwriter, Yuna, will be coming back to the Artshouse to give another amazing performance. Her last showcase at the Chamber was sold-out so be sure to catch her again with some new songs, this time at Play Den and be mesmerized with her uniquely golden voice.

Yuna @ Play Den
Date: 10 July 2010, Saturday
Time: 7.30pm – 10pm
Venue: Play Den, The Artshouse, Singapore
Ticket prices (200 only):
$30 (1st July – 9th July 2010)
$35 at the door (Subject to availability)
Ticket venue: Ignite Inc.73, Bussorah St.
Enquiries: reconstruxbookings@hotmail.com

Opening acts:
SEYRA: http://www.myspace.com/seyratune
TENGKU ADIL: http://www.myspace.com/t3ngkuadil
OH CHENTAKU: http://www.myspace.com/ohchentaku

Links:
YUNA : http://www.myspace.com/yunaroomrecords
Facebook Event Page: Yuna @ Play Den