The Panggung Pusaka stage on the festival grounds during the Yayasan Sime Darby Arts Festival 2014.
From go-down to arts centre, the Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre has had a long and fascinating history. It started in 2003, when theatre producer Datuk Faridah Merican and director Joe Hasham were informed of a marvellous location to build a centre for the performing arts in the Klang Valley.
The catch: It was in a place they had never heard of.
