The Orang-Orang Drum Theatre troupe, which opened the ceremony on Thursday, is one of the recipients of the Cendana grant. - LOW BOON TAT/The Star
Three years ago, Hana Nadira Mazlan wrote, composed and music directed a 10-minute musical at the 2015 Short and Sweet Musical Festival at the Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre (KLPac).
The musical, called Belantara, featured an odd mix of characters from Malaysian folklore. Think of it as a Malaysian version of Stephen Sondheim’s Into The Woods.
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