Voices from the unheard

Life Sdn Bhd is well known for their forte in delivering real stories onstage is now back with their seventh edition that focuses on the plight of refugees in our country. Life Sdn Bhd annual installment entitled Refugees which directed by Dato’ Faridah Merican with the collaboration of The United Nations High Comissioner For Refugees (UNHCR).

Life Sdn Bhd had their debut play in 2004 and ever since then their minimalist approach in addressing an issue by the actor and non-actors that always left the audience in awe.

This play will be focussing on the issues of refugees as their presence are deny and stories are unheard by many in this community and in this play voices from seven refugees of young men and woman from Myanmar, Somalia and Sri Lanka will be shared to the audience.

Deborah Priya Henry, Miss Universe Malaysia 2011 and refugee rights advocate and Susheela Balasundaram of UHNCR will be present on that day to share experiences during the show.

The play will be also featuring original scores from homegrown singer-songwriters Ariff Akhir and Ian Chow.

Below are the details for the play:-

Time & Date: 26^th (preview night) – 29^th October 2012 at 8.30pm

                          30^th October at 3pm

Venue: The Actors Studio @ LOT 10

Ticket fees: RM33 (Adults), RM23 (Students, disabled & TAS card holders),

       Promotion (RM23 flat for preview night)

Box Office: Call / Walk-In (KLPAC at Sentul Park , 03-4047 9000)

                      The Actors Studio at Lot 10 (03-2142 2009 / 2143 2009)

Website: www.theactorsstudio.com.my  / www.unhcr.org.my

References :

Association Of Accredited Advertising Agents Malaysia. (n.d.). Dato’ Faridah Merican. Retrieved fromhttp://www.kancilawards.com/2010/dato-faridah-merican 

Poignant tales. (2011, October 20). Retrieved fromhttp://ecentral.my/news/story.asp?file=%2F2011%2F10%2F20%2Fsoundnstage%2F9715016&sec=soundnstage

Showbiz: Life in limbo. (2011, October 24). Retrieved fromhttp://www.nst.com.my/nst/articles/Showbiz_Lifeinlimbo/Article/#ixzz1bwabBxK0

UNHCR and The Actors Studio bring “Life Sdn Bhd 7: Refugees”. (2011, October 17). Retrieved from
http://onevoiceforthevoiceless.wordpress.com/

Group members :

CHONG JUN LIM                         0906308

KUMUTHADEVI A/P SARATHI  0902192

LOH HWEE PENG LOURDES      0905269

MAH YI CHIEN                             0907008

WONG POH GUAN                       0900335