Please do attend, if you can and please do help circulate this! Thank you!
Life Sdn Bhd 7: REFUGEES
Real people, real stories.
What’s it like to be a refugee? To witness your family torn apart by war and conflict? To lose everything you value – family, friends, your home – and be forced to flee in order to save your life?
This is a journey made by millions of refugees as they flee war, conflict, human rights abuses and persecution. Yet this journey, and how refugees live their lives in Malaysia, is hard for us to imagine.
Life Sdn Bhd 7: REFUGEES produced by The Actors Studio in collaboration with the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) features seven courageous men and women from Myanmar, Somalia and Sri Lanka. They will share, on stage, the honest and compelling stories of their lives as refugees in Malaysia. In the wake of having lost everything, these refugees, like tens of thousands of other refugees in Malaysia, have incredible courage and perseverance to remain steadfast and positive in their will to survive.
Brainchild of Dato’ Faridah Merican, the popular Life Sdn Bhd series has grown from strength to strength since its first staging in 2004.
Once again, Dato’ Faridah brings to the centre of public discourse, an issue which is often left in the peripheries of society.
Deborah Henry, Miss Universe Malaysia 2011 and refugee rights advocate, together with Susheela Balasundaram of UNHCR, and singer-songwriters Ariff Akhir and Ian Chow will be joining the refugees on stage.
Life Sdn Bhd 7: REFUGEES puts a human face to the refugee issue, behind the numbers and statistics are real people with real stories and real dreams and desires for a life of safety.
Part of the proceeds from Life Sdn Bhd 7: REFUGEES will go towards the Refugee Welfare Fund that provides emergency medical and welfare assistance for refugees in Malaysia.
Show Details
Presenter: The Actors Studio & UNHCR Malaysia Date & Time: 26th (preview night) – 29th October 2011 @ 8.30pm,
30th October@3pm
Venue: The Actors Studio @ Lot 10
Ticketing: RM33 (adults) / RM23 (students, disabled & TAS card holders), Promotion: RM23 flat for preview night Box office: Call or walk-in | klpac @ Sentul Park (03 4047 9000). The Actors Studio @ Lot 10 (03 2142 2009/2143 2009) Walk-in | ILasso Tickets @ A606, Block A, Phileo Damansara II, Petaling Jaya (+603-79576088 – enquiry line only)
Website: www.theactorsstudio.com.my | www.unhcr.org.my
Life Sdn Bhd 7: REFUGEES Production Team
Executive Producer & Director: Dato’ Faridah Merican
Artistic Director: Joe Hasham OAM
Original Music: Ariff Akhir & Ian Chow
Cast:
Ahmed, Khampi, Ngun Siang, Raine, Sharifah, Theepika, Trasia
(Refugees)
Deborah Henry (Miss Universe Malaysia 2011 and refugee rights
advocate)
Susheela Balasundaram (UNHCR)
