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Dame Carol Ann Duffy, DBE, FRSL

Nick experiments with words and discovers he has a great deal of nature talent!He is also our Editor-in-Chief.

A Scottish poet and playwright.She is Professor of Contemporary Poetry at Manchester Metropolitan University, and was appointed Britain's Poet Laureate in May 2009.

Alexo WandaelBorn in Italy he studied architecture in Ferrara, before moving to NY. He followed hispassion: photography. His love for portraiture, knowledge of art/architecture and style made his work and name recognizable.

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Editor's Letter

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Photo Shoot Mia By Alexo Wandael

Art Expo Malaysia

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No Sex Please We're Birtish

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EDITOR'S LETTER

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Dato’ Nicholas Pinder

Marek Novak Goes Above & BeyondMarek Novak GoesModel Marek Novak photographed by Lukasz Wolejko-Wolejszo

for Men’s Health Malaysia September 2015 Above & Beyond

I am very similar to Sarah Crawford, Editor, The Man Has Style

who says ‘One might say when it comes to menswear and

dogs I have a slight obsession. When the two come together

it is only natural that it captures my attention.’ The September

issue of Men’s Health Malaysia has done just that through

their shoot with model Marek Novak titled ‘Go Above &

Beyond’. So, admittedly there

is only one photo with a dog

in it, but that was enough for

me to take notice in the

hundreds of images I see

each day. I’m so happy I did

– photographer Lukasz Wole-

jko-Wolejszo shows his skill in these shots and I’ve loved learn-

ing more about his photographic work from this. Styling is by

Ha Phan Bich, hair by Milko Greiger and grooming by Theo

Schnürer, rounding off a great team for this shoot. For the full

shoot see Men’s Health Malaysia.

Model Marek Novak by Lukasz Wolejko-Wolejszo – a dog and menswear, the beautiful combination

Credits:magazine MEN’S HEALTH MALAYSIA (mens-health.com.my)

photo LUKASZ WOLEJKO-WOLEJSZO (wolejkowolejszo)model MAREK NOVAK (novakmarek)

stylist HA PHAN BICH / BASICS (haphanbichstyling)hair MILKO GRIEGER / FREELANCER (milko_grieger)

grooming THEO SCHNÜRER / BLOSSOM (theoschnurka)by Sarah Crawford, Editor, The Man Has Style

Model Marek Novak by Lukasz Wolejko-Wolejszo – a dog and menswear, the beautiful combination

Credits:magazine MEN’S HEALTH MALAYSIA (mens-health.com.my)

photo LUKASZ WOLEJKO-WOLEJSZO (wolejkowolejszo)model MAREK NOVAK (novakmarek)

stylist HA PHAN BICH / BASICS (haphanbichstyling)hair MILKO GRIEGER / FREELANCER (milko_grieger)

grooming THEO SCHNÜRER / BLOSSOM (theoschnurka)by Sarah Crawford, Editor, The Man Has Style

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History - Poem by Dame Carol Ann Duffy

She woke up old at last, alone,bones in a bed, not a toothin her head, half dead, shuffledand limped downstairsin the rag of her nightdress,smelling of pee.

Slurped tea, staredat her hand- twigs, stained gloves-wheezed and coughed, pulled onthe coat that hung from a hookon the door, lay on the sofa,dozed, snored.

She was History.She'd seen them ease him downfrom the Cross, his mother gaspingfor breath, as though his deathwas a difficult birth, the soldiers spitting,spears in the earth;

been therewhen the fisherman swore he was backfrom the dead; seen the basilicas risein Jerusalem, Constantinople, Sicily; watchedfor a hundred years as the air of Rometurned into stone;

witnessed the wars,the bloody crusades, knew them by dateand by name, Bannockburn, Passchendaele,Babi Yar, Vietnam. She'd heard the last wordsof the martyrs burnt at the stake, the murderershung by the neck,

seen up-closehow the saint whistled and spat in the flames,how the dictator strutting and stuttering filmblew out his brains, how the children wavedtheir little hands from the trains. She woke again,cold, in the dark,

in the empty house.Bricks through the window now, thievesin the night. When they rang on her bellthere was nobody there; fresh graffiti sprayedon her door, shit wrapped in a newspaper postedonto the floor.

Mia by Alexo Wandael

"I am waiting for my man"

by Ooi Kok Chuen

SOUTH-EAST ASIA’S biggest and longest unbroken art fair is being sexed up as the Art Expo Malaysia Plus (2015). Not just a perfunctory buff-up but an engine tune-up on integral components to enhance its international standards in terms of presentation, credentials (featured artists and galleries / institutions / agencies), content, extent, machinery and logistics. AmBank Group is the main sponsor of Art Expo Malaysia Plus (2015).

So what’s the PLUSes to the Art Expo Malaysia (AEM)?

Basically, it is an upgrade in standards and procedures with a spruced up presentation like the bold display concept-context innovated by Core Design Gallery’s ‘Great Malaysian Contemporary Art Show’ in 2013.

A new vetting system will ensure that more reputable artists, bona-fide better run galleries and artwork stipulations get priority. For freshness and immediacy, only new or never-been-shown works will be allowed for display. The only exception is for works that have historical value, of cultural importance or great artistic merit, or have gained provenance or even a certain kind of notoriety.

Every artist will have a sampling work up for scrutiny but the selection process will be kept confidential.

Exhibitors will have to adhere to the Booth Presentation Guidelines in order to enhance the prestige of the Art Expo as well as the marketability of works displayed.

This year, the AEM organiser expects more visits by high-profile art lovers / collectors to the Art Expo, as such some finesse in presentation apart from the artworks quality is expected.

ART EXPO MALAYSIA PLUS (2015)

Yue Minjun, Holding Up, Silkscreen, 107 x 80 cm, 2001. Art Seasons from Singapore

Images courtesy of Art Expo Malaysia

Fernando Botero, Dancer II, Pencil and watercolour on canvas, 130 x 95 cm. Ode To Art from Malaysia

Joan Miro, Emballage, Etching and aquatint, 73 x 114 cm, 1975ATR Gallery from Spain

Takashi Murakami, Jellyfish Eyes – Max Shimon In The Forest, Offset, 67 x 67 cm, 2004Art Seasons from Singapore

Marc Chagall, Captain Bryaxis’s Dream, Lithograph, 42 x 64.5 cm, 1961ATR Gallery from Spain

Salvador Dali, Pegasus, Mixed media print incorporating heliogravure, drypoint etching and hand-coloured on Japanese paper, 57 x 77 cm, 1964REDSEA Gallery from Singapore

Although Asian galleries make up some 75% of the AEM Plus (2015) list, the cosmopolitan nature of the galleries makes no distinction between nationalities, region types or geographical boundaries. In keeping with the globalised world today, there are galleries representing artists beyond their operating bases – whether Asian, American or European.

Generally, the sale profiles those in the mid-range in prices but there are exceptions like a suit of Andy Warhol that reportedly sold for nearly RM2 million in 2010. Mid-range priced and smaller works of contemporary Western icons such as Damien Hirst, Robert Indiana, Roy Lichtenstein, Pablo Picasso, Joan Miro, Salvador Dali, and Rembrandt have also been shown.

As Asian artists go, the AEM has been graced by the big names such as M.F. Husain, Chen Yifei (MAD Museum of Art & Design, 2011), Yoshitomo Nara, Fang Lijun, Yue Minjun, Wang Guangyi, Zhou Chunya, Feng Zhengjie, Chen Wenling, Wang Xijing (who has also become one of the sponsors of AEM), Wu Guanzhong, Liu Haisu, Pan Gongkai, Jia Youfu, Li Chi Mao, Au Ho-nien, Cheong Soo Pieng, Chen Wen Hsi, Georgette Chen, Affandi, Heri Dono, Natee Utarit, and Datuk Ibrahim Hussein.

Those in the know can get good buys at the AEM. For instance, there were no takers when Japan’s Noda Contemporary ‘tested’ a few acrylic on canvas by Yayoi Kusama including her ‘Pumpkin’ and ‘Infinity Nets’ in 2009. The 86-year-old ‘Grandmother of Pop’ boasts of an auction record of US$7.1 million (RM26.7 million) at Christie’s New York in November 2014.

A ‘Pumpkin’ acrylic bracketed in the 22.8cm (9in) x 15.24cm (6in) format was going for US$14,925 (RM56,131) in 2009 but a same-sized work in similar medium has shot up nearly seven times in 2014, ranging from US$104,000 (RM391,133) to US$112,000 (RM421,221)! Her ‘Infinity Nets’ had sold for US$965,000 (RM3.63mil). Retros at the Whitney New York and Tate Modern in London in 2012, among other ‘pushers’ had catapulted Kusama into the icon of the Most Expensive Living Female Artist.

Two others, Zao Wou-ki (1921-2013) and Chu Teh-chun (1920-2014), whose prices have been on the uptick had also been featured, brought in by Taiwan’s William Art Salon in 2014. Artdoor Gallery of Taiwan also had Chu in its stocks last year. Zao and Chu were part of the great Paris-based ‘Three Musketeers’, the other being Wu Guanzhong (1919-2010), who eventually returned to China.

Azad Daniel Haris, Donuts – Dragon, Mixed media, Variable, 2015Artcube from Malaysia

Duxi, Merry-Go-Round, Oil on canvas, 100 x 160 cm, 2015William Art Salon from Taiwan

Now in its 9th edition, the AEM has astutely positioned itself among the increasingly busy art-fair circuit for its Asian orientation, mid-ranged priced artists, peripheral events like the Embassy Row (to embrace a wider representation), its China Pavilion (on both traditional and contemporary trends), free entrance, its judicious Traditional-Contemporary blend, free shuttle bus transport, and friendliness – forming a ‘family’ camaraderie with its stalwarts.

It once provided a Tribute Pavilion for Living Artist Legends and a Grandmasters Pavilion. At great expenses to itself, it had also featured the electronic-art wizard Miao Xiaochun apart from a big Digital Art arcade and in 2011, selected important works from China’s Today Art Museum. It also bankrolled its own thematic events such as Malaysian Art Idols, Malaysian Sculpture Now, Breaking Down The Wall (for young emerging artists) and 1Malaysia Canvas Mosaic.

To mark China’s hosting of the Olympic Games in 2008, the AEM organised a marathon painting session called 888-Feet Art Olympic Games Banner, which was handed over to the China Olympic Committee supremo H.E. He Zhenliang in Beijing.

When it started as an artist’s-run fair founded by art philanthropist Datuk Vincent Sim in 2007, the visitorship was only a paltry 2,000 but the figure has registered an annual increment of 2,500-3,500 to reach the 22,500 mark last year. Not all that took part in 2007 were artists, the exceptions being Ludvig Gallery Budapest (then helmed by Zoltan, the father), City Art Gallery and Spain’s ATR Gallery – all of which are still around!

From 2008, it is open only to galleries with showrooms or those in art-ancillary activities like art-insurance and investments.

The others which have stuck thick and thin since 2008 with the AEM are the Singapore-based Ode To Art and The Gallery Of Gnani Arts, Malaysia’s Yahong Art Gallery and Pelita Hati Gallery Of Art.

On the sales of artworks, the RM20.1 million chalked up at last year’s fair is a far cry from the RM2.3 million registered in 2007. The figure does not take into account that some galleries are chary of revealing too much about its sales figures, but the fact that some 85% of participants are returnees is a huge thumbs-up to the Art Expo.

(left) Maxime Lhermet, Spiderman, Mixed media, 25 x 20 x 20 cm, 2014. Damina Gallery from Hong Kong(right) Justin Lim, Riot #1, Oil and acrylic on canvas, 205 x 205 cm, 2015. Richard Koh Fine Art from Malaysia

such as Dani King Heriyanto, while ArtBlue Studio specialises in Vietnamese artists such as the sculptor Nguyen Hong Phong.

On the local front, Bank Negara Malaysia Museum and Art Gallery, Richard Koh Fine Art, and A2 Gallery (in collaboration with Jeth Art Gallery) are making a comeback.

Some of the best Malaysian young contemporary art will be represented by Pace Gallery (Yusof Majid), G13 Gallery (Haslin Ismail, Khairudin Zainudin), TAKSU (Fauzulyusri, Sabihis Pandi), Segaris Art Center, Artcube besides Core Design Gallery.

There is growing acceptance for Pelita Hati Gallery Of Art’s two main artists Raja Shahriman and Haron Mokhtar. Chuah Seow Keng, who inherits the batik mantle from the House of Teng, has gained in stature in Yahong Art Gallery booth.

German-born Rainer Lagemann, represented by Ode To Art Kuala Lumpur, will have his welded sculptures at the entrance of the Art Expo. Ode To Art is also known for Chen Wenling’s life-sized Red Memory sculptures with the vibrant red lacquer finish.

The auction houses, Henry Butcher Art Auctioneers and Masterpiece Auction, will be featuring their offerings (highlight pieces) for upcoming auctions.

Hong Kong will have Damina Gallery (stable of artists include Maurizio Balducci, Maxime Lhermet and Phuong Dang), Art Futures Group which specialises in Chinese contemporary art, and the established Chit Fung Art where its strength is in Chinese ink paintings.

Myint Soe’s Summit Arts Collection’s stable of Myanmar outstanding artists include Kyee Myintt Saw, Aung Thi Ha, Htet Aung Zaw and Aung Myint Oo.

Sanzi, The Dancing Snow, Everything But Me, Oil on canvas, 95 x 95 cm, 2015Art WeMe from Malaysia

William Art Salon, which has been parading popular works of Duxi with his animated ancient characters, has been with the AEM since 2009. This year, the China Pavilion, back to the main building (last year, the organisers booked a separate adjacent building for works from China to celebrate the 40th year of China-Malaysia diplomatic relations) will feature 43 artists in five specially themed categories.

Some galleries will be making their debut, such as Fine Gallery UL (Japan), La Lanta Fine Art (Thailand), Damina Gallery (Hong Kong), Kato Art Duo (Singapore), Utterly Art (Singapore), Art Seasons (Singapore), White Space Art Asia (Singapore), Montage Fine Art Gallery (Malaysia), Galeri Shah Alam (Malaysia) and TJ Fine Art (Malaysia).

Kato Art Duo arrays a deceased artist Kuninori Usami (1934-2014), the youngest at 46 – Kyko Takane and would-ja-believe-it a 102-year-old female artist Toko Shinoda?

Singapore-based galleries will again make up the bulk of the foreign invasion. As Singapore and Hong Kong are the twin Asian art hubs, many galleries have relocated or set up bases in Singapore.

Even Kato Art Duo is based in Singapore. But the galleries except perhaps for Terence Teo’s Cape Of Good Hope Art Gallery with its array of Singapore masters like Lim Tze Peng and Koeh Sia Yong, the others are an international hive. For instances, REDSEA Gallery has Salvador Dali (Spain) and Anna Berezovskaya (Russia), Y2Arts China artists besides Malaysian Tan Suz Chiang, and Gnani Arts Indian artists.

Art Xchange Gallery keeps changing its cast of fast-rising Indonesian Hyper-Realist artists such as Masagoeng, Antoe Budiono, Suwandi Waeng and R. Sumantri MS (anime), and will introduce sculptor Bogel Asmuliawan.

Art Front Gallery’s top-ticket is Kim Min Kyoung with the art of camouflage or grafted face apart from Indonesians

Chen Ying Ru, Noah’s Ark, Mixed media, 180 x 270 cm, 2014Artdoor Gallery from Taiwan

Ludvig Gallery Budapest now run by Daniel is an all-in-the-family affair with father, mother and his Bulgarian girlfriend Milena Mladenova.

William Art Salon and Artdoor Gallery (Liu Guo-sung) represent some of the best from Taiwan and beyond.

ATR Gallery, run by the Miguel Gonzalez and Leticia Hervas tandem, has made Jesus Curia noted for his androgynous bronze / bronze-wood / bronze-marble / bronze-metal sculptures a familiar name, and has of late brought notable prints from Pablo Picasso, Joan Miro and Zao Wou-ki.

Viviyip Artroom features Indonesian artists Soni Irawan and Agus Baqul; Puri Art Gallery will parade Indonesian Joni Ramlan and Naïve artist Erica Hestu Wahyuni.

Korea’s Zoom Gallery has Kim Eun-Ok while the Osaka-based LSD is the other full-f ledged Japanese outfit besides Kato Art Duo.

Art Expo Malaysia is under the patronage of the genial Royal couple the Perlis Crown Prince and Princess, Tuanku Syed Faizuddin Putra ibni Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin Jamalullail and Tuanku Hajjah Lailatul Shahreen Akashah Khalil, since 2008.

Jia Youfu, Shepherd’s Song At Dawn, Ink on rice paper, 34.5 x 102 cmChit Fung Art from Hong Kong

Visarute Angkatavanich, Wings Of The NightPhotography, 90 x 60 cm, 2014. La Lanta Fine Art from Thailand

Art Expo Malaysia Plus (2015)runs from September 10 to 13,

at MECC (Matrade Exhibition &Convention Centre), Kuala Lumpur.

Open to public, Free Admission.

For more information, visit www.artexpomalaysia.com

Jiang Shuo, Chinese Red Cat 3, Bronze and cotton, 65 x 56 x 29 cm, 2013Linda Gallery from Singapore

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The Royal Langkawi Yacht Club’s (RLYC) redevelopment of its club and marina, which began in February 2015, has progressed with exciting results. The redevelopment to enhance the club’s facilities and services has, along the way, been reassessed and more attractive features added.

The redevelopment works, involve the modern transformation of this 19-year-old building while retaining essential nostalgic elements of the original structure for aesthetic and historical appeal.

The marina will now be built with 50 new berths of 12-metres, 17-metres, 20-metres, and 6 berths to accommodate super yachts up to 80-meters. All berths will be equipped with new power systems of 60 Amps up to 400Amps, sanitation pumps, safety and fire-fighting equipment, and water and fuel to the boats. Boat owners will be assured of 24 hours security patrols.

In the main Clubhouse building, guests will be welcomed into a new spacious lobby and be led up to stylishly designed rooms on the 1st floor. Instead of 9, as originally planned, there will now be 32 rooms – 9 of which will be located on the 1st floor of the Clubhouse with balconies offering ocean vistas, yet be protected by the unique roof shaped like a ship’s hull which has become the club’s identifying feature.

RLYC, located on the mystical island of Langkawi in the northwest of Peninsular Malaysia is positioned as the ideal stopover for travellers whether by land or sea. Established 19 years ago, the club has maintained its status as a prominent destination for sailors by providing world-class marina and berthing facilities as well as food and beverage services in an idyllic island setting.

The other 23 rooms will be built overlooking the water at Fisherman’s Wharf – a new lifestyle zone with retail and beauty therapy outlets, office space and marine related services as well as F&B options.

For more information, visit the website at www.langkawiyachtclub.com or contact Wicky Sundram at wickysundram@langkawiyachtclub.com

For inquiries pertaining to leasing of shop lots and office space at RLYC, kindly contact: office@langkawiyachtclub.com

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First skipperd by Trofimenko Alexander

Zuhal skippered by Mohd Hanif Husain Phuket Youth Sailing Crew Members

Crew member from A. Cabriolet Nina

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Eveline skippered by Dato' Richard CurtisATM 1 Mohamad Razali Mansor

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Blue Note skippered by David Dimmock Foxy Lady skippered by Bill Bremner

Jing Jing skippered by Brian Porter

SMU (Singapore Management University) from Singapore skipperd by Collin Lim

PYS (Phuket Youth Sailing) from Thailand skipperd by Patteera Meeyousamsen

Jing Jing skippered by Brain Porter

Sansiri Windstar skippered by Patinyakorn Buranrom

Crew member from Phuket Youth Sailing Team

Alakaluff skippered by Martin Clark

Utarid - The Royal Malaysian Navy crew members

Blue Note skippered by David Dimmock

Oi! Team Old Pulteney Cabaret 6 skippered by Jeremy Camps

Foxy Lady VI skippered by Bill Bremner

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A production of British Theatre Playhouse

By Anthony Marriott and Alistair Foot

Promoted by HOMME PRODUCTIONS

Patron's Message

Producer's Message

I am delighted to support and welcome another British Theatre Playhouse production to Kuala Lumpur, the UK’s longest running West-End comedy play, “NO S€X PLEASE, WE’RE BRITISH.”

Peter Hunter a young, highly ambitious assistant bank manager, and our lead character, takes us through a series of less than ordinary events that build into a spectacular finale including an unlikely blend of characters; his mother-in-law, a Police Superintendent, a colleague, his boss, his wife, and two “party girls.” What could go wrong?!

If you haven’t had a chance to catch this show in the UK, or seen the film adaptation from 1973 (starring Ronnie Corbett of the “Two Ronnie’s”) this is an excellent opportunity to see the production with a full British cast, director and crew on your shores for a limited time only.

A classic British romp in the vein of the iconic “Carry On...” films, I am certain you will get a good laugh from this play of escalating unfortunate mishaps.

British High Commissioner

John Faulkner & Cecilia Leong-Faulkner

Good Evening and thank you for coming to see the fourteenth British Theatre Playhouse production since our founding in 2004. For this production, we return to Farce - one of the most-loved of all forms of British drama - and Anthony Marriott and Alistair Foot’s “No Sex, Please – We’re British”, which still holds the record for the longest running comedy in the world; sixteen continuous years in London’s West End.

It’s a bit of a contradiction really but everyone loves a good comedy and yet one of the ‘crosses’ great comedy actors have to bear is that they are often described (dismissed?) as just “good for a laugh”. The actor who plays the great tragedy roles however, is viewed with almost god-like reverence!

Comedy is hard work. If you think about it, actors in a comedy are asking for the audience’s approval every few lines: approval in the form of laughter: no laugh – no approval! Anyone who has told a joke at a party or over the dinner table only for it to be greeted in stony silence, knows the feeling!

There is the apocryphal story of the old comedy actor lying on his death bed and a friend leans forward and asks him what dying is like. The old actor thinks for a moment and then replies “Comedy’s harder”! So tonight we thank you for coming and we hope to enjoy your approval for this legendary comedy. Please feel free to laugh at any time!

British Theatre Playhouse also wish to take this opportunity to thank British Airways for flying our UK cast from London to perform for you tonight – we are happy that British Airways has put Kuala Lumpur back on the route map.

Promoter's Message

HOMME PRODUCTIONS CONGRATULATES

Nicholas Pinder.

INTAZ & BAKASA

It is a great privilege for INTAZ & BAKASA to present the hilarious comedy “NO SEX PLEASE, WE’RE BRITISH” written by Anthony Marriott and Alistair Foote. After more than sixteen successful years in the West End and a movie made, the reviews have been outstanding.

This Theatre could not have come at a better time as it gives us the opportunity to raise funds for our new CINTAA Project – The Centre of Innovation Tengku Ampuan Afzan. CINTAA will be based on technology learn-ing and exchanging of ideas as well as a vehicle to develop and improve the scientific literacy and technology acumen of children. With this, we hope to empower individuals and communities to create businesses that will be self-sustaining in generating income. We also hope to collaborate with established corporations to propel us forward. We take pride in this project as we continue our journey to help improve the lives of the less fortunate children and communities to pursue their potential and become responsible members of the society.

The comedy theatre is as sharp and blissfully funny as ever. The helpless hilarity on stage allows the audience to sit back and laugh, laugh, laugh! Which matches well our idea of an evening of “Fun for Funds”.

We “thank” HOMME Productions and British Theater Playhouse for bringing this play to us. We welcome the Cast and Crew to beautiful Kuala Lumpur in giving our Malaysian audience the opportunity to share this brilliant play.

As the saying goes, in giving, we receive. To all INTAZ & BAKASA supporters “THANK YOU” once again for coming to the party to support our worthy cause.

We wish you all an excellent evening of fine theatrical entertainment.

YAM Tengku Puteri Seri Lela Wangsa Pahang, Hajjah Tengku Tan Sri Dr. Meriam Binti Sultan Hj Ahmad Shah.

YAM Tengku Puteri Seri Teja Pahang, Hajjah Tengku Muhaini Binti Sultan Hj Ahmad Shah.

“Another brilliant piece of theatre. We are proud to present this iconic British brand in Malaysia”.

We would also like to extend our appreciation to all INTAZ & BAKASA supporters. P R O D U C T I O N S

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It is a great opportunity to partner with BRITISH THEATRE PLAYHOUSE & HOMME PRODUCTIONS on their showcase of “NO S€X PLEASE, WE’RE BRITISH” here at The Majestic Hotel Kuala Lumpur. A very warm welcome to the talented cast and production crew.

The Majestic Hotel Kuala Lumpur was regarded as one of the great hotels in Asia in its heyday and has since been restored as a national heritage and prestigious landmark in the city. Our efforts have since earned The Majestic Hotel Kuala Lumpur a coveted listing in The Leading Hotels of the World.

What was it that made the Majestic so special? Through the years, what stood out most was the hotel’s pivotal role in the social tapestry of Kuala Lumpur. It was a place where people made memories. We continue this legacy through this significant event. I hope that you will enjoy the show and add your every own Majestic chapter with us.

Jeffrey Mong: General Manager of The Majestic Hotel Kuala Lumpur

The Majestic Hotel Kuala Lumpur is a member of The Leading Hotels of The World’s family of iconic and legendary hotels.

Oscar Wilde regarded the theatre as the greatest of all art forms. He said it was the most immediate way in which a human being can share with another the sense of what it is to be a human being. How right he is, more than ever today. We live in a world lost in its sense of purpose and true identity, and where we, far too often, take ourselves far too seriously. Malaysia, as a nation, is in desperate need to stop taking ourselves so seriously and accept we are all human beings. What better way then to be infected with laughter. “NO S€X PLEASE, WE’RE BRITISH” is an example of theatre and comedy combined in just the right mix. It has already entertained and lifted the spirits of two generations and now will start on another, and long may it go on.

I applaud British Theatre Playhouse and Homme Productions for bringing the gems of British Theatre to Malaysia, and we look forward to continuing our support of this endeavor and partnership. To all our guests – sit back and let the laughter flow.

Datuk Dr. Vinod SekharChairman of the Petra Group and Sekhar Foundation

Chairman of Green Rubber Global

Director's Note

ANTHONY MARRIOTT (Co-Author) was one of Britain’s leading comedy dramatists. He wrote or co-wrote 32 other plays including UPROAD IN THE HOUSE (with Alistair Foot); SHUT YOUR EYES AND THINK OF ENGLAND (with John Chapman); DARLING

MR LONDON; NO ROOM FOR LOVE and HOME IS WHERE YOUR CLOTHES ARE, all of which are performed worldwide. He wrote extensively for films, television and radio and spent

48 years in the theatre, initially as an actor and subsequently as an author. He sat in the London Courts for 21 years as a Magistrate

ALISTAIR FOOT (Co-Author) was born in Cambridge in 1930. He showed an early interest in the theatre, writing and directing and appearing in local amateur shows in Northampton where he met his future wife. He began his professional writing career in the mid-1960s winning a BBC Radio Comedy writing competition. Subsequently he wrote radio shows for, amongst others, Ronnie Barker, Kenneth Horne, June Whitfield and Nicholas Parsons. He was also an administrator for the construction firm Sir Owen Wiliams and Partners and was responsible for the film ‘’M1’’ a film about the construction of Britain’s first motorway which was shown all over the world. He met Anthony Marriott in the late 1960s and they began a successful partnership writing plays firstly for radio and television and then gravitating to theatre. Their first play a farce called UPROAD IN THE HOUSE, ran for two years in the West End. In 1971 they went on to write another successful comedy NO SEX, PLEASE – WE’RE BRITISH which was to become the world’s longest running comedy.

Alistair collapsed at the Savoy Theatre during the final dress rehearsal of the play and died one week later aged just 40. So sadly he never lived to see the play’s extraordinary success.

CAST IN ORDEROF APPEARANCE

SARAH-JAYNE BUTLERas Frances Hunter

HARRY LIVINGSTONEas Peter Hunter

LYNETTE McMORROUGHas Eleanor Hunter

NICK WILTONas Brian Runnicles

JOHN FAULKNERas Leslie Bromhead

ALISTER CAMERONas Superintendent Paul

CLIVE FLINTas Mr Needham

LISA HURSTas Susan

ADELE ONIas Barbara

ByAnthony Marriott andAlistair Foot

It is the early 1970s and the action passes in a flat over a sub-branch of the National United Bank in an extremely respectable town in the Thames Valley.

Act 1 Scene 1. A Monday in June 09.00am Scene 2. Early evening two days later Act II Later the same night Time: The early 1970s There will be a twenty minute interval.

Director – Alister CameronSet Design – Katy TuxfordLighting Design – Kailash

Set Construction and Painting – G.N. Dass Media EnterprisesStage Manager – Christie Dubois

Deputy Stage Manager – Lisa HurstASMs – Adele Oni & James Faulkner

Production Manager: Wong Wing ThimProducers: Cecilia Leong-faulkner & John Faulkner

Promoter: HOMME Productions

“NO S€X, PLEASE – WE’RE BRITISH” is presented by special arrangement with Samuel French Ltd and The Sharland Organisation LtdThe play was first presented by John Gale for Volcano Productions Ltd on June 3rd 1971 at The Strand Theatre London.

It ran for sixteen, consecutive years in London’s West End and still holds the record for the world’s longest-running comedy.

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