Review: Teater Imam Al-Bukhari

Pertama kali saya menonton teater di bumi Johor ini. For quite a long time, I haven’t watch any theater. Alhamdulillah, saya berasa gembira dapat turut sama menyaksikan teater anjuran Waqaf An-Nur (JCorp). Saya kira teater Waqaf An-Nur mendapat sambutan yang sangat menggalakkan kerana kehadiran telah mencapai angka 3 ribu. Harus saya ucapkan tahniah kerana berjaya menganjurkan teater ini. Ramai yang dahagakan teater islami sebegini. Kita sudah muak dengan hiburan dan suapan hedonisme. Continue reading

Promo: The Annexe Gallery

PELAN-PELAN & BILIK GERAKAN
Solo Exhibition by Saiful Razman
Art Exhibition
Sat 21 Jun to Sun 6 Jul, Annexe Gallery
Presented by Central Market and The Annexe Gallery
You are invited to
Exhibition opening on Fri 20 Jun, 8pm.
To be officiated by Nurul Izzah Anwar, Lembah Pantai MP.

One of Malaysia’s brightest young artistic talents Saiful Razman presents his first solo exhibition Pelan-Pelan Dan Bilik Gerakan. With bitumen, acrylic, silkscreen print, and a healthy dose of punk exuberance, the artist tackles the sludge of city life with large-scale canvasses. As with the previous exhibition, the artist has also made available for younger collectors, affordable prints and T-shirts that address religious and moral hypocrisy, monocultural and monotheistic tyranny, and right-wing chauvinist ideology. There will also be a photography installation “789″ by Hishamuddin Rais and Mohd Redzuan Othman.
The Annexe Gallery opens daily, 11am to 7pm.
Admission open to public.

Enquiries:
Pang Khee Teik (Email: [email protected]; Tel: 03-2070 1137)
Jerome Kugan (Email: [email protected]: Tel: 03-2070 1137)

Promosi: Sirah Junjungan

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Venue / Lokasi ::

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Panggung Sari, Istana Budaya

Date / Tarikh ::

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19 – 23 March 2008, 8:30 pm

Ticket / Tiket ::

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RM 50, 100, 150 ++ (20 – 23 Mar)

RM 50, 200, 300, 500 ++ (Gala – 19 Mar)

Language / Bahasa ::

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Bahasa Malaysia

Jamal suntik jiwa Sirah Junjungan

BERMULA pada 19 Mac ini dan selama lima malam berturut-turut, Istana Budaya bakal mencipta sejarah apabila menampilkan pementasan teater muzikal Islam buat julung kalinya.

Teater yang memiliki judul yang sungguh indah, Sirah Junjungan arahan aktivis seni tersohor Erma Fatimah itu dipentaskan bersempena Hari Maulidur Rasul yang jatuh pada 20 Mac ini.

Mengangkat kisah Nabi Muhammad s.a.w ke pentas teater yang gah seumpama di IB sebenarnya memberi cabaran yang maha berat buat Erma.

Menurutnya, banyak cabaran dan halangan yang dialaminya dalam usaha menjadikan Sirah Junjungan suatu realiti. Namun Erma menegaskan, cabaran terbesar teater tersebut adalah dalam meraih perhatian penonton.

“Memang saya bimbang dengan sambutan penonton nanti. Namun, kalau kita boleh beri sambutan yang hangat terhadap hidangan hiburan yang bukan berbentuk Islam, kenapa tidak kita sendiri sebagai umat Islam memberi sambutan yang hangat kepada teater bercorak Islam ini,” ujarnya.

Menurut Erma lagi, dia bagaimanapun berharap dan yakin Sirah Junjungan bakal meraih sambutan memberangsangkan berdasarkan tenaga kreatif di sebalik teater itu.

Menampilkan Ahmad Yatim memegang peranan sebagai Abu Talib, tenaga lakonan Sirah Junjungan diperkuatkan oleh Norish Karman (Khadijah), Ellie Suriaty (Hendon), Aman Graseka (Saidina Abu Bakar) dan Azri Iskandar (Saidina Ali).

Namun tegas Erma lagi, daya tarikan utama Sirah Junjungan sudah tentu dari segi elemen muzikalnya.

Dan bagi memastikan sisi tersebut kuat, individu yang diberi tanggungjawab utama bagi merealisasikannya diberikan kepada pemilik vokal ‘berhantu’, siapa lagi kalau bukan Jamal Abdillah.

“Jiwa muzikal Sirah Junjungan disuntik oleh vokal malar segar penyanyi yang tiada tolok bandingnya, Jamal Abdillah.

“Vokal Jamal akan bergema di sepanjang Sirah Junjungan dipentaskan menerusi enam buah lagu yang bakal dialunkannya,” jelas Erma.

Selain enam lagu yang dialunkan Jamal, sebanyak tiga lagi lagu mengisi period Sirah junjungan dendangan Al-Fahmy, Tuty dan Salleh dari kumpulan Brothers.

Sirah Junjungan boleh ditonton menerusi tiket-tiket berharga RM50, RM100 dan RM150 yang boleh didapati menerusi Box-Office, Istana Budaya di talian 03-40265558 atau layari laman web www.ticket2u.biz.

Sumber: KOSMO (15 Mac 2008)

I am muslim too!

Hey people. Zan Azlee sent me a facebook message and he is bugging people around to watch his film. What? When? Where?

I’m Muslim Too!
Malaysia, 2008; Zan Azlee, 73 mins

Many see Malaysia as a moderate Islamic country that has found a unique and harmonious balance between religion, secularism and multiculturalism. Zan Azlee decides to learn and find out more about Islam and his own identity as a Malay Muslim. He embarks on a journey to the heartland of Islam, the Middle-East, with nothing but his video camera and a bag full of instant noodles. He meets a brutal heavy metal band in Iran, discovers a Syrian version of Low Yat Plaza in Damascus, hangs out with a couple of Palestinian dudes in a camp in Beirut and learns about sex from a bunch of artists in Jordan.


Zan will be in attendance to discuss his film with the audience after the screening.

Introduced by Hassan Muthalib.

Tuesday 19 February, 8.00pm
HELP University College Theatrette, Pusat Bandar Damansara, KL
Free admission

Sami Yusuf in Wembley Arena

His voice is mesmerising. His lyrics are touching. His songs are breathtaking.

He is famous for ‘mother’ song. It is sung in Arabic, Turkish and English. View the video here.


First time I heard nasheed artist performing at Wembley arena. Cheapest ticket price? It is 15 pounds ladies and gentleman. Probably I can see his tiny dot from afar. T_T

Alongside, there are Outlandish (yeayy!!), A R Rahman, Kareem Salama, Hamza Robertson and The Sound of Reason.

When? This very 21st October.

More details about the concert can be found here.

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So, who wants to transfer some quids to my piggy bank 😉

I tak terima duit raya or duit elaun from Facebook free gift application oke (baek hati sungguh ghie² kasik duit elaun virtual die kat aku, hahah).

Bila rindu

Secara tidak sengaja saya terilham untuk menulis puisi semasa hendak meninggalkan sepatah dua kata di blog Aini Shamsi. Alang-alang tulis, biar copy paste terus. Terimalah!

rindu itu bila hati teringat selalu.
rindu itu bila ada air mata turun laju.
rindu itu bila ketiadaannya menimbulkan rasa resah selalu.
rindu itu satu perasaan yang pilu.

Emokitteh lagi?

emokitteh

Bacaan lanjut: Siapa yang kamu sedang rindu?

Alf sineen=seribu tahun

Relaku menunggumu seribu tahun lama lagi
Tapi benarkah hidup aku akan selama ini
Biar berputar ke arah selatan ku tak putus harapan
Sentiasa setia

Relaku mengejarmu seribu batu jauh lagi
Tapi benarkah kaki ku-kan tahan sepanjang jalan ini
Biar membisu burung bersiulan terlelah gelombang lautan
Ku masih setia

Adakah engkau tahu… ini cinta
Adakah engkau pasti… ini untuk selama-lamanya

Relaku menunggumu seribu tahun lama lagi
Tapi benarkah hidup aku akan selama ini… yeah…
Biar berputar ke arah selatan ku tak putus harapan
Sentiasa setia

Jangan putus harapan… sentiasa setia…


Merdeka ya?

Merdeka konsert

Merdeka ‘negaraku’

Merdeka berciuman

Merdeka jerit sahutan

Merdeka berpeleseran

Merdeka memperaga pakaian clan

Merdeka dengan bakaran bunga api

Merdekanya berpacaran hingga waktu subuh

Merdeka sungguh bila koleksi sampah sarap dikutip DBKL

Merdeka benar negaraku sehingga aku sendiri rasa buntu.

Sibuk dan mencari inspirasi

Ok. Third year, busy year. But I need to seize it because the time wasted won’t be replace with the same one. Betul tak? Finally my Thursday is free without any activity. Yea~! Kalau tak, lepas kelas Mike, kena gegas pergi ke Barbican. Dah la pening kepala, nak buat benda kreatif2 yang memerlukan my mind to rest and be inspired.

Whew. Thursday yang bahagia. *grin*

So basically I need inspiration to my assignment. Comparative Education. I need to compare education system of British and Malaysia. Anyone have any resources do send it to my email. I would really appreciate it. I only have 2 weeks left, and I my days are always filled with activities. Even if I have free time, I would be too tired to write. Then I will watch movies and catch up things that I miss. Then, bila masa kerja nak siap? Whew.

Today in Michael’s class we planned our schedule to do Comparative Education assignment. Heheh, manja tak kitaorang? Then in Mike’s class buat clay animation dan basically takde la dia expect our product secanggih Wallace and Gromit, it’s just that we need to know how’s the process and how to edit it later. Oh, inspirasi memang amat diperlukan di kala ini. And usually inspiration come when I meet ‘Him’. And semua Dia yang bagi, so takleh nak claim credit sorang diri. If so, say “All praise to Allah, the one who gave me all these”. Huhuh. Peringatan buat diri sendiri juga. Ok, if anyone wants to inspire me to do dissertation on ‘Nursery Rhymes’, please do so. I would appreciate it very much.

Read this, that’ll inspire you to practise to read to your children