‘Cabaret’ scores big at 13th Boh Cameronian Arts Awards

KUALA LUMPUR: Pan Productions’ musical Cabaret was a major winner, taking home best performance by an ensemble, best direction (Nell Ng), best choreography (Suhaili Micheline) and best performance in a supporting role (Zalina Lee) in the musical theatre category during last night’s 13th Boh Cameronian Arts Awards held at D’Saji in Taman Tasik Titiwangsa here. Joe Hasham won best actor in a leading role in the theatre category for Reservations, a short play about a man with memory loss. It was part of the theatre showcase Sisa-Sisa produced by The Actors Studio (TAS). TAS’ productions The Dawns Here Are Quiet, and Sisa-Sisa clinched four out of the five theatre category awards. Organised by Boh Plantations and Kakiseni, the awards paid tribute to traditional art forms as bangsawan, wayang kulit and mak yong. A total of 48 awards were presented in the categories of dance, music, theatre and musical theatre. For the full list of winners, visit awards.kakiseni.com. or www.facebook.com/mykakiseni

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