The Actors Studio Seni Teater Rakyat

In line with the National Arts and Culture department™s efforts to ˜merakyatkan seni™, The Actors Studio Seni Teater Rakyat aims to break the barrier between the arts and the people. It began in 2006 when TAS Seni Teater Rakyat presented Alfian Sa™at™s œAnak Bulan di Kampong Wa™ Hassan featuring Gene Sha Rudyn which toured to five villages throughout Peninsular Malaysia. Since then, TAS Seni Teater Rakyat has presented a wide body of local work from contemporary plays like œKisah Gadis (2008) to experiments like œMak Yong Titis Sakti (2009) as well as traditional performances like the œA Night of Cantonese Opera series. It also collaborates with other groups to present new work such as Lee Wushu™s œFarewell, My Concubine (2011) which was a combination of martial arts and dance as well as the Young KL Singers™ œTogether As One (2011) which was a concert featuring sacred songs from different religions around the world. The highlight of the 2012 TAS Seni Teater Rakyat programme was an exciting new musical œPaper Crane. This year, the programme features 3 restagings of hit productions from The Actors Studio “ Philadelphia Here I Come, Broken Bridges, and Rashomon.