WAYANG KATA VII: An Evening Of Spoken Word
Spoken Word & Music
Wed 14 Jan, 8.30pm start
Presented by British Council and Troubaganger
Admission RM10

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Kick off the New Year with British Council and Troubaganger at Wayang Kata VII featuring one of Britain's foremost spoken word artists Steven Camden (aka Polarbear). It's the seventh installation of Wayang Kata and the series will be taking a well-earned hiatus after this so make sure you don't miss this one!

Polarbear will be joined by:
* Rafique Rashid - One of Malaysia's most renowned singer songwriters, known for his scalding humour and wit
* Priya K - Young rising star of KL's spoken word scene, recently performed to on a spoken word tour in the UK
* Sheena Baharuddin - Emerging local poet with infectious stage presence and poems loaded with sardonic humour
* Nell Omar - Longtime member of the Troubaganger circle finally gracing us with her presence after a long absence from the stage!

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ABOUT POLARBEAR

Based in Birmingham, Polarbear has performed feature spoken word/ poetry sets at numerous festivals and venues including Glastonbury Festival, Lyric Theatre, Edinburgh Festival, Young Vic, Contact Theatre, Albany Theatre, Bookslam and Ledbury Poetry Festival to name a few. He performed his first theatrical performance piece "If I cover my nose you can’t see me" at the London Literature Festival last July and is working on his next piece (working title "Return"), commissioned by the Battersea Arts Centre as part of BURST festival in May 2009. Polarbear also runs creative writing workshops and recently guest lectured at University of Northumbria on creative writing for performance.