CausewayEXchange (SINGAPORE) 2016

to effect positive social change

We believe arts and culture can aid sustainable development, particularly in fostering inclusive communities, promoting sustainable urban living and enabling livelihood.

Our Arts for Good initiative bring together Singaporeans and world communities to promote awareness of social issues, share best practices and enable action for positive impact through the arts.

Contact us at

artsforgood@sif.org.sg

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About Organisers / Project Manager

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Festival at a glance

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Message From High Commissioner Tan Tee Tong Shawn Lourdusamy

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Doctors with a Cause

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Healing Through Arts

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Tales of the Swordfish

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The Malaysian Pavilion

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CEX: Concert in the Park

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Testimonials from 2015

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Special Thanks

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HOME

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Zulaikha

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Poetry Slam

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Angry Indians

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Arts Beyond Sight

Founded in 2010 with the intent of providing an annual festival for artistic and cultural exchange between Singapore and Malaysia, CausewayEXchange (CEX) has presented close to 250 artists across all arts genres and attracted an audience of 30,000 from all walks of life in both countries. To date, CEX remains the only regular platform for cross-cultural exchange between Singapore and Malaysia.

Held in Singapore and Malaysia in alternating years, CEX in 2015 for instance, as part of the SG50 celebrations, brought a total of 90 Singapore artists to Malaysia in conjunction with two major festivals in two states: the month long George Town Festival in Penang and the JB Arts Festival in Johor.

Key Singapore artists featured in CEX have included: Cultural Medallion recipient and founder/artistic director of The Necessary Stage, Alvin Tan; renowned comedian Kumar; well-known percussions ensemble Nadi Singapura; established music ensemble Siong Leng Musical Ensemble; photographer Edwin Koo and short film director Sanif Olek.

The Singapore International Foundation builds enduring relationships between Singaporeans and world communities, and harnesses these friendships to enrich lives and effect positive change globally. We bring people together to share ideas, skills and experiences, and collaborate in the fields of healthcare, education, the environment, arts and culture, and livelihood and business.

CEX 2016 is co-organised by DMR Productions and The RICE Company Limited� with Project Management by Global Cultural Alliance Ltd.

FOUNDER & FESTIVAL DIRECTOR Shawn Lourdusamy

PROJECT DIRECTOR Phan Ming Yen

PROJECT MANAGER Janice Zhang

PROJECT EXECUTIVE Seah Jo Lyn

GRAPHIC DESIGNERS Lim Cheau Yee Michelle Ling

WEB DESIGNER Lee Ter Yi

to effect positive social change

We believe arts and culture can aid sustainable development, particularly in fostering inclusive communities, promoting sustainable urban living and enabling livelihood.

Our Arts for Good initiative bring together Singaporeans and world communities to promote awareness of social issues, share best practices and enable action for positive impact through the arts.

Contact us at

artsforgood@sif.org.sg

1

About Organisers / Project Manager

11

Festival at a glance

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Message From High Commissioner Tan Tee Tong Shawn Lourdusamy

14

Doctors with a Cause

15

Healing Through Arts

17

Tales of the Swordfish

19

The Malaysian Pavilion

20

CEX: Concert in the Park

21

Testimonials from 2015

23

Special Thanks

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HOME

6

Zulaikha

7

Poetry Slam

8

Angry Indians

10

Arts Beyond Sight

Founded in 2010 with the intent of providing an annual festival for artistic and cultural exchange between Singapore and Malaysia, CausewayEXchange (CEX) has presented close to 250 artists across all arts genres and attracted an audience of 30,000 from all walks of life in both countries. To date, CEX remains the only regular platform for cross-cultural exchange between Singapore and Malaysia.

Held in Singapore and Malaysia in alternating years, CEX in 2015 for instance, as part of the SG50 celebrations, brought a total of 90 Singapore artists to Malaysia in conjunction with two major festivals in two states: the month long George Town Festival in Penang and the JB Arts Festival in Johor.

Key Singapore artists featured in CEX have included: Cultural Medallion recipient and founder/artistic director of The Necessary Stage, Alvin Tan; renowned comedian Kumar; well-known percussions ensemble Nadi Singapura; established music ensemble Siong Leng Musical Ensemble; photographer Edwin Koo and short film director Sanif Olek.

The Singapore International Foundation builds enduring relationships between Singaporeans and world communities, and harnesses these friendships to enrich lives and effect positive change globally. We bring people together to share ideas, skills and experiences, and collaborate in the fields of healthcare, education, the environment, arts and culture, and livelihood and business.

CEX 2016 is co-organised by DMR Productions and The RICE Company Limited� with Project Management by Global Cultural Alliance Ltd.

FOUNDER & FESTIVAL DIRECTOR Shawn Lourdusamy

PROJECT DIRECTOR Phan Ming Yen

PROJECT MANAGER Janice Zhang

PROJECT EXECUTIVE Seah Jo Lyn

GRAPHIC DESIGNERS Lim Cheau Yee Michelle Ling

WEB DESIGNER Lee Ter Yi

DMR Productions is a subsidiary of DMR Advertising & Promotions, a leading and well established advertising & marketing company headquartered in Singapore.

DMR’s track record includes introducing the unusual to Singapore’s audiences. In 2003 DMR introduced “live” Improvisational Comedy in Singapore as part of the Guinness Comedy Showcase. Improv troupes from Australia, Canada, New Zealand and USA soon followed. In addition to group comedy, DMR is renowned for its stable of “one-man” full length feature stand-up comedy shows, with international names like KAREN LOFTUS (USA), PINK (NEW ZEALAND), REX NAVARETTE (USA), DAN NAINAN (USA), PAUL OGATA (USA) performing critically acclaimed full length feature shows.

The RICE Company Limited (RICE) is a non-profit organization that harvests the potential of the arts and culture for the development of human lives and connecting communities locally and around the world.

DMR are also the owners of CausewayExchange (CEX), an innovative arts platform to foster greater collaboration between Singapore and Malaysia. CEX is moving into its 7th year in 2016.

RICE was incorporated on 26th of March 2014 and is a registered charity with an IPC (Institutions of a Public Character) status.

RICE is on the cusp of an exciting new age of innovation and artistic collaboration.

Our interest in the arts and culture extends beyond Singapore with a global outreach into communities of all cultures and geography.

RICE gives back to the community and manages two funds – The Business Times Budding Artist Fund (BTBAF) and SING50 Fund to benefit the young who will build up Singapore’s legacy in arts and music for future generations to come.

Global Cultural Alliance Limited (GCA) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of The RICE Company Ltd. GCA envisions an integrated community worldwide for a sustainable future of cultural and creative sectors by creating platforms, identifying opportunities and developing domestic and international linkages for the growth of Singapore’s cultural and creative sectors GCA is a non-for-profit creative enterprise based in Singapore to develop opportunities in the fields of cultural diplomacy and creative entrepreneurship, and be a pioneer in creating innovative models of collaboration between business and culture, and between the private and public sectors. GCA will be the leading company in Asia to devise, promote and manage arts and culture-related initiatives, exchanges and enterprises in and between countries in the region and between the region and the rest of the world.

H.E. Dato’ Ilango Karuppannan High Commissioner of Malaysia to Singapore

I am proud to learn of the progression of CausewayEXchange since 2010. To date, CausewayEXchange has presented close to 250 artists across all arts genres and attracted an audience of 30,000 from all walks of life in both countries. This year, CausewayEXchange has a thirteen-day programme which includes varieties of the arts from music, theatre, painting, design, literature to live show, to name a few.

I understand from Mr. Shawn Lourdusamy that this year’s CausewayEXchange is broader and improved. it will not only stage exciting performances and masterpieces but also provide opportunities for practitioners and spectators to participate in educational workshops conducted by experts. In addition to their inclusion of their arts and healing programme.

I invite everyone to come together and take part in this wonderful journey offered by CausewayEXchange. I am confident that with your support, CausewayEXchange will be able to provide more avenues to encourage the exchange of platforms between the arts and creative communities in Malaysia and Singapore; and further rising bilateral relations of both countries.

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First and foremost I wish to congratulate Mr Shawn Lourdusamy for once again launching the CausewayEXchange. It is a superb avenue for Malaysians and Singaporeans to promote people to people contacts particularly through the arts and creative activities.

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DMR Productions is a subsidiary of DMR Advertising & Promotions, a leading and well established advertising & marketing company headquartered in Singapore.

DMR’s track record includes introducing the unusual to Singapore’s audiences. In 2003 DMR introduced “live” Improvisational Comedy in Singapore as part of the Guinness Comedy Showcase. Improv troupes from Australia, Canada, New Zealand and USA soon followed. In addition to group comedy, DMR is renowned for its stable of “one-man” full length feature stand-up comedy shows, with international names like KAREN LOFTUS (USA), PINK (NEW ZEALAND), REX NAVARETTE (USA), DAN NAINAN (USA), PAUL OGATA (USA) performing critically acclaimed full length feature shows.

The RICE Company Limited (RICE) is a non-profit organization that harvests the potential of the arts and culture for the development of human lives and connecting communities locally and around the world.

DMR are also the owners of CausewayExchange (CEX), an innovative arts platform to foster greater collaboration between Singapore and Malaysia. CEX is moving into its 7th year in 2016.

RICE was incorporated on 26th of March 2014 and is a registered charity with an IPC (Institutions of a Public Character) status.

RICE is on the cusp of an exciting new age of innovation and artistic collaboration.

Our interest in the arts and culture extends beyond Singapore with a global outreach into communities of all cultures and geography.

RICE gives back to the community and manages two funds – The Business Times Budding Artist Fund (BTBAF) and SING50 Fund to benefit the young who will build up Singapore’s legacy in arts and music for future generations to come.

Global Cultural Alliance Limited (GCA) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of The RICE Company Ltd. GCA envisions an integrated community worldwide for a sustainable future of cultural and creative sectors by creating platforms, identifying opportunities and developing domestic and international linkages for the growth of Singapore’s cultural and creative sectors GCA is a non-for-profit creative enterprise based in Singapore to develop opportunities in the fields of cultural diplomacy and creative entrepreneurship, and be a pioneer in creating innovative models of collaboration between business and culture, and between the private and public sectors. GCA will be the leading company in Asia to devise, promote and manage arts and culture-related initiatives, exchanges and enterprises in and between countries in the region and between the region and the rest of the world.

H.E. Dato’ Ilango Karuppannan High Commissioner of Malaysia to Singapore

I am proud to learn of the progression of CausewayEXchange since 2010. To date, CausewayEXchange has presented close to 250 artists across all arts genres and attracted an audience of 30,000 from all walks of life in both countries. This year, CausewayEXchange has a thirteen-day programme which includes varieties of the arts from music, theatre, painting, design, literature to live show, to name a few.

I understand from Mr. Shawn Lourdusamy that this year’s CausewayEXchange is broader and improved. it will not only stage exciting performances and masterpieces but also provide opportunities for practitioners and spectators to participate in educational workshops conducted by experts. In addition to their inclusion of their arts and healing programme.

I invite everyone to come together and take part in this wonderful journey offered by CausewayEXchange. I am confident that with your support, CausewayEXchange will be able to provide more avenues to encourage the exchange of platforms between the arts and creative communities in Malaysia and Singapore; and further rising bilateral relations of both countries.

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CEX 2016 1

First and foremost I wish to congratulate Mr Shawn Lourdusamy for once again launching the CausewayEXchange. It is a superb avenue for Malaysians and Singaporeans to promote people to people contacts particularly through the arts and creative activities.

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How can arts and culture play a role in making the world around us a better place beyond just staging performances in places where people would usually go to?

This collaboration with Causeway EXchange 2016 is one that is meaningful for The RICE Company Ltd. As an arts enterprise which mission is to harvest the potential of the arts for a greater good for the community, this year’s Causeway EXchange with its special focus on art and healing is certainly one that resonates with us.

Tan Tee Tong Director The RICE Company Limited

We hope that by taking arts out of the its usual comfort zone of typical performance venues, this year’s programmes which has works that require audiences to experience an exhibition in a dark or which takes places in an environment of healing will or theatre experts working with children and youths will expand for us new possibilities for the place and role of arts and culture in our daily life.

This year, we have expanded the festival to include a component on the theme of “arts and healing”. Here, we look at the role the arts and culture play in healing in all senses of the word and we are glad to work with the medical communities in both Singapore and Malaysia for this first effort. Moving ahead, this component of “arts and healing” will be a main feature of the festival.

Shawn Lourdusamy Founder / Festival Director CausewayEXchange

It is all the more significant when all of the above takes place within the context of an exchange between two countries, ie Malaysia and Singapore. We welcome and thank our Malaysian friends for being with us here in Singapore and sharing with us their experiences.

2016 marks the 7th installment of CausewayEXchange and as the saying goes, there is always a “seven year itch.”

We wish all a great and enjoyable 12 days of causeway exchanges ahead!

This year, we felt it was time to give the festival a new twist. After the first six years, I am beginning to feel it is important to keep the festival relevant and, to give it a bigger purpose -- to take arts beyond performing spaces, the usual venues and the usual audiences.

Last year, the festival celebrated SG50 with a flourish: we featured 90 Singapore artistes at the George Town Festival in Penang for a month and then at the JB Arts Festival in Johor Bahru for another month.

So, this year, we are glad to have The RICE Company Ltd (TRCL) as CEX’s co-organiser. Being an arts and culture enterprise which has an emphasis on youth and the arts and on arts education, TRCL proves an ideal partner in how we can bring arts and culture beyond the usual.

We hope that our programme line up this year has become more meaningful and more exciting. We have a 2016 Boh Cameron Award winning production called ‘HOME’; Sarawak’s newest world music sensation ‘At Adau’ performing a FREE concert at the Botanical Gardens; an art exhibition in total darkness held at Suntec over 7 days; a commissioned work by ‘Main Wayang’ who will be working with kids from both the Little Arts Academy and the Malaysian High Commission over 3 days of workshops which will result in a stage performance; we have talks on the importance of arts therapy and healing as well as a concert

by Medical Doctors in support of our new initiative.

I wish to express my sincere thanks to H.E. Dato Ilango, High Commissioner of Malaysia in Singapore, for his support and for gracing the opening ceremony. My heartfelt gratitude to Dato Vinod Sekhar for coming in as the Presenting Sponsor to boost CEX, and Singapore International Foundation for believing in our Arts and Healing programme by helping us fund it, and also Sengkang Health as well as Suntec Convention Centre for believing in it and being new partners to CEX. I also wish to thank CEX’s sponsors and partners, friends and colleagues who have stood behind the festival since the inaugural event in 2010 and the artistes and the audience who have played a major role in the growth of CausewayEXchange.

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The question is this: how do we bring arts and culture to those who otherwise may not have a chance to experience it?

So, for 2016, we have a 13 day festival bringing to you 60 Malaysian artistes to entertain and satiate your senses.

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How can arts and culture play a role in making the world around us a better place beyond just staging performances in places where people would usually go to?

This collaboration with Causeway EXchange 2016 is one that is meaningful for The RICE Company Ltd. As an arts enterprise which mission is to harvest the potential of the arts for a greater good for the community, this year’s Causeway EXchange with its special focus on art and healing is certainly one that resonates with us.

Tan Tee Tong Director The RICE Company Limited

We hope that by taking arts out of the its usual comfort zone of typical performance venues, this year’s programmes which has works that require audiences to experience an exhibition in a dark or which takes places in an environment of healing will or theatre experts working with children and youths will expand for us new possibilities for the place and role of arts and culture in our daily life.

This year, we have expanded the festival to include a component on the theme of “arts and healing”. Here, we look at the role the arts and culture play in healing in all senses of the word and we are glad to work with the medical communities in both Singapore and Malaysia for this first effort. Moving ahead, this component of “arts and healing” will be a main feature of the festival.

Shawn Lourdusamy Founder / Festival Director CausewayEXchange

It is all the more significant when all of the above takes place within the context of an exchange between two countries, ie Malaysia and Singapore. We welcome and thank our Malaysian friends for being with us here in Singapore and sharing with us their experiences.

2016 marks the 7th installment of CausewayEXchange and as the saying goes, there is always a “seven year itch.”

We wish all a great and enjoyable 12 days of causeway exchanges ahead!

This year, we felt it was time to give the festival a new twist. After the first six years, I am beginning to feel it is important to keep the festival relevant and, to give it a bigger purpose -- to take arts beyond performing spaces, the usual venues and the usual audiences.

Last year, the festival celebrated SG50 with a flourish: we featured 90 Singapore artistes at the George Town Festival in Penang for a month and then at the JB Arts Festival in Johor Bahru for another month.

So, this year, we are glad to have The RICE Company Ltd (TRCL) as CEX’s co-organiser. Being an arts and culture enterprise which has an emphasis on youth and the arts and on arts education, TRCL proves an ideal partner in how we can bring arts and culture beyond the usual.

We hope that our programme line up this year has become more meaningful and more exciting. We have a 2016 Boh Cameron Award winning production called ‘HOME’; Sarawak’s newest world music sensation ‘At Adau’ performing a FREE concert at the Botanical Gardens; an art exhibition in total darkness held at Suntec over 7 days; a commissioned work by ‘Main Wayang’ who will be working with kids from both the Little Arts Academy and the Malaysian High Commission over 3 days of workshops which will result in a stage performance; we have talks on the importance of arts therapy and healing as well as a concert

by Medical Doctors in support of our new initiative.

I wish to express my sincere thanks to H.E. Dato Ilango, High Commissioner of Malaysia in Singapore, for his support and for gracing the opening ceremony. My heartfelt gratitude to Dato Vinod Sekhar for coming in as the Presenting Sponsor to boost CEX, and Singapore International Foundation for believing in our Arts and Healing programme by helping us fund it, and also Sengkang Health as well as Suntec Convention Centre for believing in it and being new partners to CEX. I also wish to thank CEX’s sponsors and partners, friends and colleagues who have stood behind the festival since the inaugural event in 2010 and the artistes and the audience who have played a major role in the growth of CausewayEXchange.

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The question is this: how do we bring arts and culture to those who otherwise may not have a chance to experience it?

So, for 2016, we have a 13 day festival bringing to you 60 Malaysian artistes to entertain and satiate your senses.

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2 - 4 September 2016 Auditorium, 10 Square @ Orchard Central 7.30pm Performed in : English & Malay

Purchase your tickets at: causewayexchange.peatix.com

Home tells the story of Syafiq, a final year law student, his university’s best debater as well as a Dean’s List Honour student. In his final semester, he finds himself grappling with a dilemma: should he move overseas to study, and later work abroad? Or should he stay in Malaysia?

Written and directed by Khairi Anwar — an emerging name in Malaysian theatre who wrote “Teater Bangsa” that eventually won Audience Choice at 2016 Boh Cameron Awards — and Nell Hanan, “Home” tells the story of a Malaysian’s inner conflict between choosing to remain in the country or to seek greener pastures elsewhere.

2 - 3 September 2016 Lawn @ Malay Heritage Centre 9pm Performed in : Malay

Purchase your tickets at: causewayexchange.peatix.com Rating: Advisory 16 (Mature Content)

* Audience are encouraged to bring mats.

Inspired by Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, Projek Ronggeng’s Zulaikha is a story about love, corruption and adultery. Set in a village in Peninsular Malaya during the medieval period, the story tells of a teenager Siti Zulaikha who plays upon the minds of the villagers into believing that she can see witches.

Drawing upon the villagers’ anxieties and paranoid, Zulaikha uses her influence to destroy the lives of those whom she dislikes, striking fear within the villagers.

Her ultimate target is Megat Serapi, a married man whom she previously had an affair with.

This is a story about adultery, love and the exploration of the human psyche and behaviour.

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“Be it ever so humble, there’s no place like home.”

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2 - 4 September 2016 Auditorium, 10 Square @ Orchard Central 7.30pm Performed in : English & Malay

Purchase your tickets at: causewayexchange.peatix.com

Home tells the story of Syafiq, a final year law student, his university’s best debater as well as a Dean’s List Honour student. In his final semester, he finds himself grappling with a dilemma: should he move overseas to study, and later work abroad? Or should he stay in Malaysia?

Written and directed by Khairi Anwar — an emerging name in Malaysian theatre who wrote “Teater Bangsa” that eventually won Audience Choice at 2016 Boh Cameron Awards — and Nell Hanan, “Home” tells the story of a Malaysian’s inner conflict between choosing to remain in the country or to seek greener pastures elsewhere.

2 - 3 September 2016 Lawn @ Malay Heritage Centre 9pm Performed in : Malay

Purchase your tickets at: causewayexchange.peatix.com Rating: Advisory 16 (Mature Content)

* Audience are encouraged to bring mats.

Inspired by Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, Projek Ronggeng’s Zulaikha is a story about love, corruption and adultery. Set in a village in Peninsular Malaya during the medieval period, the story tells of a teenager Siti Zulaikha who plays upon the minds of the villagers into believing that she can see witches.

Drawing upon the villagers’ anxieties and paranoid, Zulaikha uses her influence to destroy the lives of those whom she dislikes, striking fear within the villagers.

Her ultimate target is Megat Serapi, a married man whom she previously had an affair with.

This is a story about adultery, love and the exploration of the human psyche and behaviour.

CEX 2016

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“Be it ever so humble, there’s no place like home.”

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9 September 2016 The Pavilion @ Far East Square 8pm Performed in : English with 1 drink Purchase your tickets at: causewayexchange.peatix.com Rating: Advisory 16 (Mature Content)

If you had only 3 minutes to change the world, what would you say?

Come and experience an evening of high octane spoken word. Watch the pick of 2016’s Singaporean and Malaysian poets go head to head across solo and group categories. This year’s teams will compete for the right to lift the Singapore-Malaysia Poetry Slam Cup and a year’s worth of bragging rights.

6 September 2016 The Pavilion @ Far East Square 8pm Performed in : English with 1 drink Purchase your tickets at: causewayexchange.peatix.com Rating: Advisory 16 (Mature Content)

Machas rock the mic!

They may not be from Sentul, Brickfields or Klang, and they may not be old men.

However, these guys have one thing in common with the stereotypical old men you see in movies: they all come with massive amounts of angst and flaring tempers.

This show proudly presents the best of the Machas in the comedy industry who will tickle you silly with their anger and sarcasm.

Be prepared to have your eyes filled with tears of laughter, and your cheeks and belly with mirth as these men take the stage.

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CEX 2016

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9 September 2016 The Pavilion @ Far East Square 8pm Performed in : English with 1 drink Purchase your tickets at: causewayexchange.peatix.com Rating: Advisory 16 (Mature Content)

If you had only 3 minutes to change the world, what would you say?

Come and experience an evening of high octane spoken word. Watch the pick of 2016’s Singaporean and Malaysian poets go head to head across solo and group categories. This year’s teams will compete for the right to lift the Singapore-Malaysia Poetry Slam Cup and a year’s worth of bragging rights.

6 September 2016 The Pavilion @ Far East Square 8pm Performed in : English with 1 drink Purchase your tickets at: causewayexchange.peatix.com Rating: Advisory 16 (Mature Content)

Machas rock the mic!

They may not be from Sentul, Brickfields or Klang, and they may not be old men.

However, these guys have one thing in common with the stereotypical old men you see in movies: they all come with massive amounts of angst and flaring tempers.

This show proudly presents the best of the Machas in the comedy industry who will tickle you silly with their anger and sarcasm.

Be prepared to have your eyes filled with tears of laughter, and your cheeks and belly with mirth as these men take the stage.

CEX 2016

CEX 2016

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2 - 8 September 2016 The Crescent, Suntec Singapore Level 2 (Opposite Cool de Sac) Conducted in : English

The Place To Meet

Best Corporvate MICE Venue

sales@suntecsingapore.com

Exhibition Venue of the Year

+65 6337 2888

Asia’s Leading Meetings & Conference Centre

suntecsingapore.com

12 - 2pm 6 - 8pm

GROUP BOOKING 11am - 12pm 2 - 6pm *Hourly slot *40 pax max

Public: Walk in Group Bookings: http://bit.lyCEX16ABSGroup

Guided by professionally trained visually impaired facilitators, visitors will wear specially designed goggles to simulate different types of visual impairment, allowing them to discover and explore art on a deeper and far more intense level than ever before throughout their 30 minute foray into the dark. This exhibition features works by renowned Singapore artist Chng Seok Tin who is visually impaired *Proceeds of this show are channeled towards CausewayExchange’s Arts & Healing programmes.

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Best Convention & Exhibition Centre

PUBLIC :

An experiential arts exhibition showcased in extreme, complete darkness. Comprising three galleries with different sets of experiences, Arts Unseen by Dialogue In The Dark Malaysia and DIDmy innovations gives visitors the unique opportunity of experiencing art, possibly for the first time in their lives, using all of their senses, except for sight.

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2 - 8 September 2016 The Crescent, Suntec Singapore Level 2 (Opposite Cool de Sac) Conducted in : English

The Place To Meet

Best Corporvate MICE Venue

sales@suntecsingapore.com

Exhibition Venue of the Year

+65 6337 2888

Asia’s Leading Meetings & Conference Centre

suntecsingapore.com

12 - 2pm 6 - 8pm

GROUP BOOKING 11am - 12pm 2 - 6pm *Hourly slot *40 pax max

Public: Walk in Group Bookings: http://bit.lyCEX16ABSGroup

Guided by professionally trained visually impaired facilitators, visitors will wear specially designed goggles to simulate different types of visual impairment, allowing them to discover and explore art on a deeper and far more intense level than ever before throughout their 30 minute foray into the dark. This exhibition features works by renowned Singapore artist Chng Seok Tin who is visually impaired *Proceeds of this show are channeled towards CausewayExchange’s Arts & Healing programmes.

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Best Convention & Exhibition Centre

PUBLIC :

An experiential arts exhibition showcased in extreme, complete darkness. Comprising three galleries with different sets of experiences, Arts Unseen by Dialogue In The Dark Malaysia and DIDmy innovations gives visitors the unique opportunity of experiencing art, possibly for the first time in their lives, using all of their senses, except for sight.

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For enquiries, contact PHONE : EMAIL :

HOME 2 - 4 September 2016 Auditorium, 10 Square @ Orchard Central 7.30pm

6 September 2016 The Pavilion @ Far East Square 8pm

2 - 3 September 2016 Lawn @ Malay Heritage Centre 9pm

ANGRY INDIANS 9 September 2016 The Pavilion @ Far East Square 8pm

5 - 9 September 2016 The Pavilion @ Far East Square 12 - 7pm

Arts Beyond Sight by Dialogue in the Dark 2 - 8 September 2016 The Crescent, Suntec Singapore Level 2 (Opposite Cool de Sac) 11.00am - 7.00pm

Healing Through Arts 13 September 2016 Auditorium, Alexandra Hospital 2pm – 4pm

CEX Concert In The Park 10 September 2016 Shaw Foundation Symphony Stage, Singapore Botanic Gardens 6.00pm - 7.30pm

Tales Of the Sword Fish

by Main Wayang 11 September 2016 Auditorium, 10 Square @ Orchard Central 7.30pm

Doctors With A Cause 13 September 2016 Auditorium, Alexandra Hospital 7pm

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POETRY SLAM

ZULAIKHA

MALAYSIAN PAVILION

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For enquiries, contact PHONE : EMAIL :

HOME 2 - 4 September 2016 Auditorium, 10 Square @ Orchard Central 7.30pm

6 September 2016 The Pavilion @ Far East Square 8pm

2 - 3 September 2016 Lawn @ Malay Heritage Centre 9pm

ANGRY INDIANS 9 September 2016 The Pavilion @ Far East Square 8pm

5 - 9 September 2016 The Pavilion @ Far East Square 12 - 7pm

Arts Beyond Sight by Dialogue in the Dark 2 - 8 September 2016 The Crescent, Suntec Singapore Level 2 (Opposite Cool de Sac) 11.00am - 7.00pm

Healing Through Arts 13 September 2016 Auditorium, Alexandra Hospital 2pm – 4pm

CEX Concert In The Park 10 September 2016 Shaw Foundation Symphony Stage, Singapore Botanic Gardens 6.00pm - 7.30pm

Tales Of the Sword Fish

by Main Wayang 11 September 2016 Auditorium, 10 Square @ Orchard Central 7.30pm

Doctors With A Cause 13 September 2016 Auditorium, Alexandra Hospital 7pm

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POETRY SLAM

ZULAIKHA

MALAYSIAN PAVILION

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13 September 2016 Auditorium, Alexandra Hospital 7pm Performed in : English

Purchase your tickets at: causewayexchange.peatix.com

Featuring doctors with not-so-hidden talents from Singapore and Malaysia, this show reflects an important dialogue of arts for healing through comedy and music.

Featuring Malaysia’s fastest rising comic, Dr Jason Leong (MY), who will entertain audiences with clean, sharp and observational humour, an ensemble of musically-inclined Singaporean and Malaysian doctors comprising Dr Au Kah Kay (SG), Dr Chang Tou Liang (SG) and Dr Thevi Thanigasalam (MY), as well as a guest appearance from one of Malaysia’s most exciting world music band from Sarawak, At Adau. * Proceeds of this show are channeled towards CausewayExchange’s Arts & Healing programmes.

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* This event is supported by Singapore International Foundation, the key programme partner of CEX’s Arts & Healing programme.

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13 September 2016 Auditorium, Alexandra Hospital 7pm Performed in : English

Purchase your tickets at: causewayexchange.peatix.com

Featuring doctors with not-so-hidden talents from Singapore and Malaysia, this show reflects an important dialogue of arts for healing through comedy and music.

Featuring Malaysia’s fastest rising comic, Dr Jason Leong (MY), who will entertain audiences with clean, sharp and observational humour, an ensemble of musically-inclined Singaporean and Malaysian doctors comprising Dr Au Kah Kay (SG), Dr Chang Tou Liang (SG) and Dr Thevi Thanigasalam (MY), as well as a guest appearance from one of Malaysia’s most exciting world music band from Sarawak, At Adau. * Proceeds of this show are channeled towards CausewayExchange’s Arts & Healing programmes.

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* This event is supported by Singapore International Foundation, the key programme partner of CEX’s Arts & Healing programme.

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Ms Gurpreet Kaur Kalsi (MY) is a licensed practicing music therapist with 17 years experience in the areas of mental health, palliative care, rehabilitation and disability. Preet is passionate about promoting and advocating for the professional use of the arts in health, therapy and wellbeing.

An accomplished musician, Preet obtained her Postgraduate Diploma in Music Therapy from Roehampton University in London and her Masters in Music Therapy from the University of the West of England in Bristol, UK.

Ms Vanitha Chandrasegaram (MY) is a pioneer Dramatherapist in Malaysia and has been practicing for the past 12 years. In her practice of Dramatherapy (Drama Psychotherapy) she uses creative tools such as storytelling/story making, play, art work, acting, voice, dance, movements and puppetry to facilitate the process of healing, developing and rediscovering the Self. Her international work experience includes working in the UK’s National Health Service. Her energy is positive and contagious, which usually inspires ‘aha’ (sudden realization) moments. The experiential, creative and fun methods she uses in her work enables participants to tap into their creativity, be enthusiastic and inspire them to take the action needed to positively transform their lives.

13 September 2016 Auditorium, Alexandra Hospital 2pm – 4pm

2pm – 2.45pm :

Music therapy with At Adau

3pm – 4pm :

How powerful a medicine are the creative arts?

Featuring: Ms Gurpreet Kaur Kalsi – Music therapist (MY) Ms Vanitha Chandrasegaram - Dramatherapist (MY) Ms Dian Handayani – SGH Art Therapist, Eating Disorder Unit (SG) Ms Lama Majaj – Red Pencil Singapore (SG)

http://causewayexchange.peatix.com

The afternoon starts off with an interactive music segment by Sarawak-based world music band At Adau. This would be followed by a panel discussion titled “How powerful a medicine are the creative arts?” which will feature Ms Gurpreet Kaur Kalsi, a licensed practicing music therapist from Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Ms Lim Kar Gee a practicing therapist from Kuala Lumpur, Ms Dian Handayani, art therapist from Singapore General Hospital’s Eating Disorder Unit and Ms Lama Majaj of Red Pencil Singapore forms the panel. * This event is supported by Singapore International Foundation, the key programme partner of CEX’s Arts & Healing programme.

Ms. Lama Majaj (SG) is an art therapist, artist, arts in healthcare manager and educator. She studied in the UK, the US and Australia and holds undergraduate qualifications in Fine Arts and Graphic Design and post graduate qualifications in education and Art Therapy. Lama has held positions in art and teaching internationally, including Assistant Art Director at the King Hussein Foundation Research Centre and UNESCO Family Education Project in Jordan and Manager Arts in Healthcare, in the Integrated Cancer Services Stream at one of the most comprehensive state of the Arts cancer centres in Melbourne, The Olivia Newton-John Cancer Wellness & Research Centre (ONJCWRC).

Ms. Dian Handayani (SG) is an art therapist with the Eating Disorder Treatment Programme at Singapore General Hospital. In 2010, Dian obtained an MA in Art Therapy from Lasalle College of The Arts, Singapore where she was awarded a Graduate Teaching Assistant Scholarship. She is a member of Australian and New Zealand Arts Therapy Association.

Her main focus is on eating disorders and the application of the psychodynamic approach in art therapy. For her masters thesis, Dian studied the effectiveness of art therapy intervention in resolving self-esteem issues of students.

Prior to training as an art therapist, Dian worked in product development with renowned furniture and interior designers in the UK, having previously graduated from South Bank University, London with a BSc (Hons) in Industrial Design.

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REGISTER AT :

How powerful a medicine are the creative arts?

Join us for a therapeutic and thought-provoking afternoon as we delve into the discussion of arts, therapy and healing through a series of concerts and talks.

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Ms Gurpreet Kaur Kalsi (MY) is a licensed practicing music therapist with 17 years experience in the areas of mental health, palliative care, rehabilitation and disability. Preet is passionate about promoting and advocating for the professional use of the arts in health, therapy and wellbeing.

An accomplished musician, Preet obtained her Postgraduate Diploma in Music Therapy from Roehampton University in London and her Masters in Music Therapy from the University of the West of England in Bristol, UK.

Ms Vanitha Chandrasegaram (MY) is a pioneer Dramatherapist in Malaysia and has been practicing for the past 12 years. In her practice of Dramatherapy (Drama Psychotherapy) she uses creative tools such as storytelling/story making, play, art work, acting, voice, dance, movements and puppetry to facilitate the process of healing, developing and rediscovering the Self. Her international work experience includes working in the UK’s National Health Service. Her energy is positive and contagious, which usually inspires ‘aha’ (sudden realization) moments. The experiential, creative and fun methods she uses in her work enables participants to tap into their creativity, be enthusiastic and inspire them to take the action needed to positively transform their lives.

13 September 2016 Auditorium, Alexandra Hospital 2pm – 4pm

2pm – 2.45pm :

Music therapy with At Adau

3pm – 4pm :

How powerful a medicine are the creative arts?

Featuring: Ms Gurpreet Kaur Kalsi – Music therapist (MY) Ms Vanitha Chandrasegaram - Dramatherapist (MY) Ms Dian Handayani – SGH Art Therapist, Eating Disorder Unit (SG) Ms Lama Majaj – Red Pencil Singapore (SG)

http://causewayexchange.peatix.com

The afternoon starts off with an interactive music segment by Sarawak-based world music band At Adau. This would be followed by a panel discussion titled “How powerful a medicine are the creative arts?” which will feature Ms Gurpreet Kaur Kalsi, a licensed practicing music therapist from Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Ms Lim Kar Gee a practicing therapist from Kuala Lumpur, Ms Dian Handayani, art therapist from Singapore General Hospital’s Eating Disorder Unit and Ms Lama Majaj of Red Pencil Singapore forms the panel. * This event is supported by Singapore International Foundation, the key programme partner of CEX’s Arts & Healing programme.

Ms. Lama Majaj (SG) is an art therapist, artist, arts in healthcare manager and educator. She studied in the UK, the US and Australia and holds undergraduate qualifications in Fine Arts and Graphic Design and post graduate qualifications in education and Art Therapy. Lama has held positions in art and teaching internationally, including Assistant Art Director at the King Hussein Foundation Research Centre and UNESCO Family Education Project in Jordan and Manager Arts in Healthcare, in the Integrated Cancer Services Stream at one of the most comprehensive state of the Arts cancer centres in Melbourne, The Olivia Newton-John Cancer Wellness & Research Centre (ONJCWRC).

Ms. Dian Handayani (SG) is an art therapist with the Eating Disorder Treatment Programme at Singapore General Hospital. In 2010, Dian obtained an MA in Art Therapy from Lasalle College of The Arts, Singapore where she was awarded a Graduate Teaching Assistant Scholarship. She is a member of Australian and New Zealand Arts Therapy Association.

Her main focus is on eating disorders and the application of the psychodynamic approach in art therapy. For her masters thesis, Dian studied the effectiveness of art therapy intervention in resolving self-esteem issues of students.

Prior to training as an art therapist, Dian worked in product development with renowned furniture and interior designers in the UK, having previously graduated from South Bank University, London with a BSc (Hons) in Industrial Design.

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REGISTER AT :

How powerful a medicine are the creative arts?

Join us for a therapeutic and thought-provoking afternoon as we delve into the discussion of arts, therapy and healing through a series of concerts and talks.

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11 September 2016 Auditorium, 10 Square @ Orchard Central 7.30pm Performed in : English

Purchase your tickets at: causewayexchange.peatix.com

Tales of the Swordfish by Main Wayang is a refreshing and exciting multidisciplinary production that brings together the playfulness of the traditional wayang kulit (shadow puppetry) with digital media. Mentored by and working hand-inhand with Kuala Lumpur-based theatre group Main Wayang, beneficiaries of Singapore’s The Business Times Budding Artists Fund as well as young talents from The Malaysian High Commission take on a lead role to provide an alternative retelling of the popular Singapore folktale of the swordfish that is sure to enthrall audiences young and old.

Main Wayang as a concept was conceived as an ongoing project to explore new ways of storytelling using media. The play employs a breadth of digital and analogue techniques, including multiscreen projections, video graphics, live camera, live drawing and experimental sound effects, alongside traditional performance elements of live acting, masks, puppets and shadowplay.

This performance is the culmination of a three-day workshop, which comprises three components.

Performance and Acting is facilitated by Fared Ayam, a writer, director, artistic director and performer, who imparts acting techniques and performative elements of theatre. Sound and Music is facilitated by musician Sudarshan Chandra Kumar, where participants learn to modify and hack toy instruments to expand their functions as well as techniques in musicality and music composition. Multimedia and Wayang is facilitated by multimedia artist Fairuz Sulaiman and involves mask- and puppet-making, visual jockey software and experimentation in a performance.With a touch of imagination, the young artists will present an inventive reinterpretation of the well-loved Singapore tale, resulting in a fluid, carefree and interactive performance.

This event is supported by Singapore International Foundation, the key programme partner of CEX’s Arts & Healing programme.

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11 September 2016 Auditorium, 10 Square @ Orchard Central 7.30pm Performed in : English

Purchase your tickets at: causewayexchange.peatix.com

Tales of the Swordfish by Main Wayang is a refreshing and exciting multidisciplinary production that brings together the playfulness of the traditional wayang kulit (shadow puppetry) with digital media. Mentored by and working hand-inhand with Kuala Lumpur-based theatre group Main Wayang, beneficiaries of Singapore’s The Business Times Budding Artists Fund as well as young talents from The Malaysian High Commission take on a lead role to provide an alternative retelling of the popular Singapore folktale of the swordfish that is sure to enthrall audiences young and old.

Main Wayang as a concept was conceived as an ongoing project to explore new ways of storytelling using media. The play employs a breadth of digital and analogue techniques, including multiscreen projections, video graphics, live camera, live drawing and experimental sound effects, alongside traditional performance elements of live acting, masks, puppets and shadowplay.

This performance is the culmination of a three-day workshop, which comprises three components.

Performance and Acting is facilitated by Fared Ayam, a writer, director, artistic director and performer, who imparts acting techniques and performative elements of theatre. Sound and Music is facilitated by musician Sudarshan Chandra Kumar, where participants learn to modify and hack toy instruments to expand their functions as well as techniques in musicality and music composition. Multimedia and Wayang is facilitated by multimedia artist Fairuz Sulaiman and involves mask- and puppet-making, visual jockey software and experimentation in a performance.With a touch of imagination, the young artists will present an inventive reinterpretation of the well-loved Singapore tale, resulting in a fluid, carefree and interactive performance.

This event is supported by Singapore International Foundation, the key programme partner of CEX’s Arts & Healing programme.

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5 - 9 September 2016 The Pavilion @ Far East Square 12 - 7pm

Get a taste of a Malaysia that you didn’t know at the heart of Singapore’s CBD with the Malaysian Pavilion!

Curated by Kuala Lumpur-based Freeform, organisers of Urbanscapes and Singaporebased Agrobazaar@Malaysia.

10 September 2016 Shaw Foundation Symphony Stage, Singapore Botanic Gardens 6pm – 7.30pm

The Malaysian Pavilion is a market of experiences filled with gorgeous handcrafted products by young, trending Malaysian makers, installations, pop-ups and food!

* Audience are encouraged to bring mats.

Pack your picnic baskets, spread your mats and rejuvenate your weary souls with the first CEX Concert In The Park at the Singapore Botanic Gardens! Featuring fusion world music from Sarawak-based band At Adau and Singapore-based music group Flame of the Forest.

Originating from Sarawak, Malaysia, At Adau is one of the country’s most exciting world music groups to hit the stage. They have captivated audiences at festivals with their hypnotic and spellbinding rhythms and haunting melodies that blend traditional indigenous sounds with contemporary beats.

Known for their unique blend of Western and Asian sounds, Singapore-based fusion world music group Flame of the Forest’s original compositions at once refreshes and uplifts the spirits.

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5 - 9 September 2016 The Pavilion @ Far East Square 12 - 7pm

Get a taste of a Malaysia that you didn’t know at the heart of Singapore’s CBD with the Malaysian Pavilion!

Curated by Kuala Lumpur-based Freeform, organisers of Urbanscapes and Singaporebased Agrobazaar@Malaysia.

10 September 2016 Shaw Foundation Symphony Stage, Singapore Botanic Gardens 6pm – 7.30pm

The Malaysian Pavilion is a market of experiences filled with gorgeous handcrafted products by young, trending Malaysian makers, installations, pop-ups and food!

* Audience are encouraged to bring mats.

Pack your picnic baskets, spread your mats and rejuvenate your weary souls with the first CEX Concert In The Park at the Singapore Botanic Gardens! Featuring fusion world music from Sarawak-based band At Adau and Singapore-based music group Flame of the Forest.

Originating from Sarawak, Malaysia, At Adau is one of the country’s most exciting world music groups to hit the stage. They have captivated audiences at festivals with their hypnotic and spellbinding rhythms and haunting melodies that blend traditional indigenous sounds with contemporary beats.

Known for their unique blend of Western and Asian sounds, Singapore-based fusion world music group Flame of the Forest’s original compositions at once refreshes and uplifts the spirits.

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It’s a rare chance to mingle with our neighbors through art. We are so close to Malaysia culturally, it’s almost like bringing art to another home. More of such exchanges need to take place, and CEX fills in this gap.”

- Edwin Koo

“CEX has been a truly enriching and fulfilling experience for me. As an artist, CEX has enabled me to open up new avenues of collaborations and opportunities to develop my practice and connect with a wider and unexplored audience base for my work.”

- Sherman Ong

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“Thank you to all our friends in Johor Bahru and Singapore who joined us at our gathering held in conjunction with the JB Arts Festival and CausewayEXchange last year! 2015 is a special year for us, as we celebrate Singapore’s 50th National Day and the 50th Anniversary of Singapore-Malaysia relations.

We hope all of you enjoyed the performance by NADI Singapura, and we had a wonderful experience of good food, art, friendship, and fun with the whole family of CausewayEXchange One word to describe, AMAZING.” - Mohd Yaziz

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It’s a rare chance to mingle with our neighbors through art. We are so close to Malaysia culturally, it’s almost like bringing art to another home. More of such exchanges need to take place, and CEX fills in this gap.”

- Edwin Koo

“CEX has been a truly enriching and fulfilling experience for me. As an artist, CEX has enabled me to open up new avenues of collaborations and opportunities to develop my practice and connect with a wider and unexplored audience base for my work.”

- Sherman Ong

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“Thank you to all our friends in Johor Bahru and Singapore who joined us at our gathering held in conjunction with the JB Arts Festival and CausewayEXchange last year! 2015 is a special year for us, as we celebrate Singapore’s 50th National Day and the 50th Anniversary of Singapore-Malaysia relations.

We hope all of you enjoyed the performance by NADI Singapura, and we had a wonderful experience of good food, art, friendship, and fun with the whole family of CausewayEXchange One word to describe, AMAZING.” - Mohd Yaziz

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Presented by

Co-Organised by

Project Management by

Supported by

ARTS AND HEALING PROGRAM Main Partner

Venue Providers

Sponsors

Technical Partner

Supporting Partners

Official Coach Partner

PR Partner

Online Media Partner

Photography & Production support by

Programme Partners

And all the friendly staff at :

H.E.Dato’ Ilango Karuppannan Dato’ Vinod Sekhar Mujahidin Zulkiffli Nur Azman Abdul Rahim Valerie Cheah Abraham Vergis CH Kong Jamal Mohamad Cecilia Pang

10 Square @ Orchard Central Botanical Gardens Malay Heritage Centre Sengkang Health Suntec Singapore The Pavilion @ Far East Square

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The following individuals who have supported the festival:

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Presented by

Co-Organised by

Project Management by

Supported by

ARTS AND HEALING PROGRAM Main Partner

Venue Providers

Sponsors

Technical Partner

Supporting Partners

Official Coach Partner

PR Partner

Online Media Partner

Photography & Production support by

Programme Partners

And all the friendly staff at :

H.E.Dato’ Ilango Karuppannan Dato’ Vinod Sekhar Mujahidin Zulkiffli Nur Azman Abdul Rahim Valerie Cheah Abraham Vergis CH Kong Jamal Mohamad Cecilia Pang

10 Square @ Orchard Central Botanical Gardens Malay Heritage Centre Sengkang Health Suntec Singapore The Pavilion @ Far East Square

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The following individuals who have supported the festival:

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