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The Star
16 hours ago
- Entertainment
- The Star
YSDAF 2025 gears up for its arts festival party season across the Klang Valley
The Yayasan Sime Darby Arts Festival 2025 (YSDAF) is hitting the road with its Urban Tour, bringing three culture and arts-filled pit stops to the Klang Valley over the next three months. The tour kicks off tomorrow (June 14) at KL East Mall, continues to PARC Subang Jaya on July 5, and wraps up at Elmina Lakeside Mall in Shah Alam on Aug 9. Each stop is free to attend and promises a full day of live performances, interactive workshops, and family-friendly fun for all ages. 'Following its recent Kampung Tour to five states and seven locations, the festival is coming back to the Klang Valley with more than 130 free arts events,' outlines YSDAF in a media statement. It's also the first YSDAF to venture beyond its KLPac home turf. Let the party begin At the KL East Mall tomorrow, the YSDAF party starts at 11am with over 30 performances and workshops throughout the day. The activities - performances to workshops - will go on until 5.30pm. Orang Orang Drum Theatre's new take on 'The Hare And The Tortoise' debuts at YSDAF 2025 Urban Tour, featuring in all three stops. Photo: Handout The Young KL Singers is set to present its award-winning showcase Spice, Magic And Mystique – a colourful medley of folk tunes from across South-East Asia. Visitors will also get a sneak peek of the choir's upcoming tribute concert to Coldplay and Alanis Morissette. For a bit of movement, MyDance Alliance presents Dancing In Place, a site-specific dance series featuring five original performances at each venue. Meanwhile, Orang Orang Drum Theatre offers Berlumba Seperti Arnab, a playful reinterpretation of the Aesop's fable. Arsyad Azrai's Dollah – a standout from the Kampung Tour – makes its return, alongside Ceritaku, a poignant series of monologues based on real-life stories gathered on the road. Adding even more rhythm and soul to the day are buskers curated by Stage ReSET, delivering an eclectic mix from blues and classical guitar to Celtic tunes and electronic grooves. Each tour stop also features its own unique line-up of performances and activities. Family fun At KL East Mall, expect everything from ballet, clowns, and a 60-member choir to a wushu dance troupe all the way from Johor. Workshops on offer include bamboo pole dancing (Magunatip), traditional Malay joget, children's singing, and a high-energy "Dance It Out!" session. Families can also check out Teng-Teng: Kembali Ke Akar, an interactive hopscotch installation made with natural materials, or catch the lively WaaiwaiiDrum performance, where household items like buckets and pans transform into percussion instruments. Both KL East Mall and PARC are PWD-friendly venues, with shuttle vans available from nearby LRT stations and festival ambassadors on-site to assist. YSDAF 2025 is presented by Yayasan Sime Darby and The Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre (klpac), with support from Sime Darby Berhad, SD Guthrie Berhad, Sime Darby Property Berhad, and the MADANI Government through Belanjawan 2025.
ABC News
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- ABC News
Schedule of events unveiled for Vanuatu National Cultural Hub Festival 2025
This year, Tanna Island will be host to a spectacular line of events for the Vanuatu National Cultural Hub Festival 2025, from 30th July to 12th August. Speaking this morning from Port Vila was Mose Cakau Willie, who shared more information on the schedule of events that was recently unveiled. You know it's our favourite segment - Means Feeds! Nesia Daily stepped into the kitchen of former PNG Kumul and NRL superstar James Segeyaro who has been busy cooking up all kinds of foods in Cairns, making folks both hungry and homesick!
Irish Independent
29-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Independent
What to watch on TV and streaming today: Super Garden, Wear Whatever The F You Want and Racing from Punchestown
Racing from Punchestown RTÉ2, 3.30pm Jane Mangan, with help from Andrew McNamara, Lisa O'Neill and Ruby Walsh, presents live action from Festival 2025's opening day. Coverage continues throughout the week. At the age of 72, Derry-born Eileen Sung is a latecomer to garden design, having spent her working life as a Hong Kong police officer and civil servant. Now, she's keen to prove her green-fingered credentials by creating a beautiful plot for a growing young family. Who Do You Think You Are? BBC One, 9pm Journalist and presenter Mishal Husain wants to know about her grandmother's family, especially rumours that her great-great-grandfather, Thomas Quinn, had his roots in Ireland and became a maharaja's personal physician. The Bridge on the River Kwai Film4, 5.45pm David Lean's enthralling wartime drama stars Alec Guinness as a British PoW who becomes dangerously obsessed with building a bridge for his Japanese captors. William Holden and Jack Hawkins play the commandos sent to blow it up. Chef's Table: Legends Netflix, streaming now Celebrating culinary icons shaping modern food while marking the franchise's 10th anniversary, this series showcases four legendary chefs whose influence inspires generations globally. And one of them is Jamie Oliver. You Netflix, streaming now I won't lie, I haven't viewed even a single episode of this on account of the hammy narration provided by Penn Badgley's psychotic Joe (watching through Gogglebox was more than enough) and the parade of gormless sorts he's managed to slay on both sides of the Atlantic. Now, for season 5 (yes, five seasons) and 'the killer finale', he's back in New York to address yet more skeletons in his closet. Wear Whatever The F You Want Prime Video, streaming now Also returning to New York for another season, we have Clinton Kelly and Stacy London inspiring those in a fashion funk to express their unique style, even if it breaks all the style rules. To save a politician's estranged son after a failed drug deal, a perpetually dishevelled detective (Tom Hardy) rampages through the criminal underworld, revealing layers of corruption permeating East LA. This is quite the filming feat, given it was partially shot in the mean streets of Barry Island Pleasure Park, Wales. Chronicling Freddie Flintoff's remarkable cricket career, multitude of presenting gigs (A League of Their Own, Living With Bulimia, Australian Ninja Warrior), two Ashes wins with England, his status as a national sporting icon, and his return to cricket after a life-altering Top Gear car crash in 2022. If you only visit Disney+ to watch Star Wars-related fodder, there are new episodes of Andor: A Star Wars Story.
