Hello, Visit Us Again!

Dear visitors,

Selamat datang! Welcome to the Fallen Leaves Theatre Company blog!

FLTC is Malaysia’s only interactive theatre company and is composed entirely of people in recovery from drug addiction. We are actively engaged in a nationwide awareness and education tour about HIV/AIDS and drug use in partnership with Malaysia AIDS Council and the Welcome Home hospice in Batu Arang.

Please add us on facebook and enjoy exploring the site.

Fallen Leaves at Bangun! Chew Clan Jetty

The fantabulous Fallen Leaves Theatre Company – Malaysia’s only people’s theatre, composed entirely of people recovering from drug addiction – will be appearing at the Bangun! festival. They will be performing street theatre and at the opening, so be sure not to miss it.

Calling All Volunteers!

Fallen Leaves needs YOU!

FLTC needs open-minded, reliable, fun and energetic people to join our team as volunteers!

Everone is welcome, but we especially need people with transferable skills to pass on to our members to further strengthen their recovery and reintegration into society.

Webmasters, filmmakers, photographers, artists, designers all welcome!

If you are interested in working with lively, loving and creative people, then contact Jade @ mycloudbreak@gmail.com for more info.

Don’t delay! Volunteer today!

Feedback From AIS

We had a cracking time at Australian International School on June 18th, combining Fallen Leaves interactive theatre technique with performance poetry and more to discuss and explore issues of drug addiction adn sexual health with over 200 young people. One of the teacher’s kindly sent us some feedback through, which we’ve included below:

“very funny, clever and thought provoking.  One of the things I really liked about it was that at the end, our students – some of whom can be very discriminatory when it comes to lack of privilege – were honoured to spend time with men who were HIV positive and/or with a history of drug abuse.  They truly got an education and I am appreciative of that.”

“I admire what you are doing and I personally really enjoyed the show.  It was hilarious.  I know that our students really enjoyed it.”

Thanks, Ms. O! from all at FLTC.

Terbiar! Reports

Hello All,

Apologies for the long hiatus. Here’s an update of the recent Terbiar! event held at the old Lost Generation Space (Lorong Permai). It was – for us – a very special & intimate show and hopefully everyone there had as much interesting time as we did. We started with a workshop few hours before showtime with a few theatre games and warm-up session leading to our interactive theatre performance.

Note: Everyone was exceptionally good with the Kungfu moves in ‘Pass the KungFu’. Good to know.

Terbiar! “unofficially” started around 7pm. Guests were welcomed from wayyy down the hill by a parking attendant (Rufus); a girl with a leopard top offering favours (Nurul); music buskers (Lokman, Augustine & Minder); a pusher (Manap); two suspicious looking man from the ‘back alley’ (Victor & Azahar) and finally a bouncer (Yeoh).

No one bought anything from Manap, if that’s what you’re asking. Heh.

After that little adventure the audience were brought into the space – all seated in the centre – the stage surrounding them. The play began with Rufus counting his earnings from attending cars. It ended with a question mark (or at least that’s what we hoped for). Here’s a few pictures for you to enjoy which includes the evening workshop and the post-show discussion. We had a blasts, thank you all for the support!

For more pictures, please head over to our Facebook group

Also, videos will be uploaded soon. Watch this space.

Bonjour étudiants!

Our latest performance was held for the students of French International School (Kuala Lumpur). More details coming soon!

Many thanks to those who helped us organise this gig & Jade for the stunning pictures. The funny (beautiful) lights: courtesy of SutraDance Studio – they were doing lighting/technical check-up for their own performance later that week. Yeahhh.

Terbiar- Experience the SQUALOR!

TERBIAR@ LoStGen March 21st

8pm till 10pm

Please note:

EXPERIENTIAL THEATRE TOUR – LostGen will be transformed into a den of iniquity: drugs, prostitution, refugees, all mixing and mingling as you enter nto the perfromance space in an interactive event never to be repeated.

This is a unique one off. Be sure to catch it!

TERBIAR @ LostGeneration ArtSpace

“Tempat terbiar. Orang terbiar. Jiwa terbiar.” – Hakim Bey

For four years, LostGen Art Space, has been Malaysia’s only independent residential artist’s colony.

And they are moving!

Due to unscrupulous landowners, they are relocating to Seputeh, so this is your last chance to visit the gorgeous Lorong Permai bungalow.

In honour of the closing, LostGen presents TERBIAR.

Terbiar is a one hour theatre performance and artists-sharing on the theme of abandoned buildings and abandoned people. Presented by the Fallen Leaves Theatre Company, it is accompanied by a swathe of performances and artworks from previous LostGen members.

Entry is by whatever you can afford to pay.

TERBIAR

Saturday MARCH 21st – LostGen, 11, Lorong Permai, Brickfields, KL.

7.30pm till 12am. No entry after 9.00pm.

Also, 3 till 6 Fallen Leaves will be providing a workshop on interactive theatre and drama advocacy. LIMITED SPACES available. Please email or call 0129357790 to arrange a booking.

This is your last chance to visit Lorong Permai, and your best chance to witness malaysia’s premier arts advocacy theatre group in its first site-specific production.

Batu Arang Pesta Komuniti

SMK Tuanku Abdul Rahman

 

The two-day pesta komuniti was a roaring success with over 500 people in attendance over the two days. Our workshop with SMK Tuanku Abdul Rahman was riproaring fun, hot on the trail of our performance, and we have entered into discussions with the school to establish a regular drama class for afterschool. Watch this space, and Batu Arang as the new cultural hub of Selangor.

In attendance over the two days were residents from the several hospices, rehab centres and shelters in Batu Arang, local ministers, representatives of MAC and the ADK.

Jerantut Intervention

At the invite of local pusat serenti officers, police workers and school teachers, yesterday FLTC visited a school in Jerantut, Pahang to perform a workshop and intervention with students at a local school there. Our focus was on smoking, bullying and ponteng, and yet again we met and made a host of new friends right by the Taman Negara.

 

The gardens of the school ...

Jerantut (Photos)

Warm-ups in Jerantut

The best policy …

Warming up the youth in our sparks session

Shairul intervenes in the action …

Then we discuss!