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#Showbiz: ICT play 'Nadirah' to be screened online

KUALA LUMPUR: Instant Café Theatre (ICT) will be screening its award-winning play Nadirah online on Saturday to raise funds and entertain theatre fans during the CMCO (Conditional Movement Control Order).

The special one-day screening will be a version of Nadirah that was performed in Japan at Festival Tokyo in 2016.

Written by Alfian Sa'at and directed by ICT co-founder Jo Kukathas, the play explores love, marriage and faith, as well as the tolerance and mutual understanding needed to coexist in a multicultural society.

Tickets to watch the funny, insightful and moving family drama are on a pay-as-you-like basis at RM8 RM13, RM23, RM33, RM53 and RM100.  

A statement from ICT read: "Instant Café and Parastoo Theatre had to postpone our show And The Came Spring as we were unable to continue rehearsing due to the movement restrictions. A lot of arts groups, individual artistes and theatres had to cancel their shows leading to anxiety, loss of income and emotional and financial distress."

"ICT is committed to making theatre financially accessible to everyone. Therefore, we have tiered our tickets to allow you to pay what you like with the more expensive ticket as a way for those who can to contribute to the cost of our ongoing projects and productions.

"Please pay what you can. We know these are difficult times for everyone. No matter what you pay you get a front row ticket," it added.

Five per cent of proceeds will be donated to ICT partner Parastoo Theatre and their community theatre project on domestic violence during lockdown. The recent CMCO directly affected that project.

The rest will go towards ICT's ongoing work and towards funding its next play And Then Came Spring.

The two-hour screening of Nadirah, which stars Sharifah Amani, Iedil Dzuhrie Alaudin, Farah Rani, Patrick Teoh and Neo Swee Lin, will be followed by a live discussion where viewers will get to ask questions.

Watch Nadirah on Oct 24 at 8pm via www.cloudtheatres.com/shows/nadirah.

The play is performed in English and Malay with English, Malay and Japanese subtitles available.

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