MASAM MANIS is a play about private and public spaces, our relationship with technology, and the multi-layered persona that we embody. Inspired by the film&nbsp;Masam-Masam Manis&nbsp;(1965) by P. Ramlee, that captures Kuala Lumpur nuances via cinema. MASAM MANIS is about our contemporary condition today.

Cast: 
Mia Sabrina Mahadir as Hanim 
Sadiq M. Jamil as Mar/Maria 
Lew Shu Ni as June/Tengku

Playwright &amp; Director: Ridhwan Saidi 
Scenography: Ilham Sani 
Music &amp; Sound: Joni Atari 
Marketing &amp; Promotion: Tan Cher Kian &amp; Tasha K. 
Technical crew: Rashid Akhmal, Amirul Rahman &amp; Md. Fariq Khir 
Documentation: Amirul Rahman

Malaysian Ringgit

MASAM MANIS is a play about private and public spaces, our relationship with technology, and the multi-layered persona that we embody. Inspired by the film Masam-Masam Manis (1965) by P. Ramlee, that captures Kuala Lumpur nuances via cinema. MASAM MANIS is about our contemporary condition today.

Teater Normcore: Masam Manis

CloudTheatre On-Demand

Tan Cher Kian aka CK, made the leap from an oil and gas engineering sales specialist to become a theatre practitioner in 2018. He started his dalliances with the stage as actor and writer due to his affinity with his mother tongue (literally) Cantonese, which led him to the evolving Singaporean work of My Grandfather’s Road by Neo Kim Seng from 2017-2019 at Centre 42 & Esplanade. 

CK produced two full-length plays ie IQ.ROCK (Anomalist Production) at DPAC, Stereo Genmai (Ridhwan Saidi) at Kotak@Five Arts Centre in 2018. In 2019, he produced the acclaimed new Malaysian English musical, The Working Dead at KLPAC, collaborated with Moka Mocha Ink as curating partner for Pesta Playlet (festival of playlets) at Kongsi KL and directed Ridhwan Saidi’s Watching Satan At Work as part of Teater Modular Redux. He started Siring Siring Production in 2019 and produced the 2019 BMW Shorties winner, Di Sini Aku (Here I Am) and Rumah Ndak Bertanah (House without Ground) which went on to win several awards in local and international short film festivals. 

CK has been the Producer of The Instant Café Theatre Company since 2020 and also currently working on producing his first feature film on the stateless/undocumented community, Hidup Aku Curi (Life I Stole).   

CK is interested in works that break down barriers yet build bridges and has a soft spot for non-official languages (dialect). 


陈子健 (CK) 是一位在面临中年危机时从石油与天然气工程销售专才跨越到剧场从业人的东马沙巴汉。他以他熟悉的方言广东话以演员及编剧的身份参与了新加坡独立制作人梁金成《阿爺條路》的戏剧表演， 一共在新加坡 2017-2019 年上演了三次。2018 年回马以后， CK 陆续为 Anomalist Production 和 Ridhwan Saidi 两家制作公司分别共同制作了 IQ.ROCK RESTAGE 及 Stereo Genmai 两部马来语剧。2019年CK 为KuLT Production 制作了英语音乐剧 《The Working Dead》； 作为一部全新的作品，九场爆满的纪录得以显示观众的喜爱与口碑的证明。 同年 CK 再次与 Ridhwan Saidi 合作举办了 《短剧节 Pesta Playlet》以及在 《Teater Modular Redux》以《看恶魔操作 Melihat Setan Bekerja》一剧尝试了导演的岗位。

作为一位有志于戏剧创作的编剧与导演，CK对能够打破语言藩篱又能让不同语言接轨的作品尤其感兴趣。他也對非官方語言(方言)情有獨鍾。

目前 CK 是 Instant Cafe Theatre 的制作人及Siring-Siring Production 细聆制作 的创办人。

CK Tan Cher Kian

Klang Valley

Tan Cher Kian

CloudTheatre Space

Seorang lelaki mencipta replika robot bapanya untuk memahami pengasingan bapanya daripada keluarga. 
 
A man creates a robot replica of his father to understand his father&#039;s isolation from the family.

Saccharine

This production condenses the normally three-hour long play into 100 minutes, with a focus on the play&#039;s iconic scenes in original Shakespearean English. Narration is delivered in contemporary English, punctuating the performance in order to provide context, character analyses and clarifications.

Shakespeare Demystified: OTHELLO

Oliver Jeffers' inter-galactic tale comes alive on stage! Ideal for children aged 3-8 years old

The Way Back Home

Oliver Jeffers&#039; inter-galactic tale comes alive on stage! Ideal for children aged 3-8 years old, this highly interactive and child-friendly production is bound to entertain the whole family.

Far away in Shan-Ka-La, I thought I had escaped the city&mdash;yet why has its symphony never ceased? 
我一直以为我逃到了山旮旯咁远，可为何城市的交响曲不曾停息？

Kaka-Lala 旮旮旯旯

In &#039;We&#039;ll Be Fine,&#039; Alex, Steven, and Kai navigate the turbulent waters of adulthood, leaving behind the carefree days of their youth. The story delves deep into their struggles with identity, the fear of failure, and the crushing pressures of societal expectations.

We’ll Be Fine

契诃夫是20世纪世界现代戏剧的奠基人之一，但更为人所知的称号是“世界三大短篇小说家”，除了他的戏剧作品，他的小说是更为人熟知的宝藏。他的文学作品中所呈现的“小人物”，穿越百年，仍然映射着现代社会里的我们。而当120年前的契诃夫遇到10后的Z时代，会在孩子们的手中产生怎样有趣的化学反应？

Teater Normcore: Masam Manis

RM20.00

RM20.00

MASAM MANIS is a play about private and public spaces, our relationship with technology, and the multi-layered persona that we embody. Inspired by the film Masam-Masam Manis (1965) by P. Ramlee, that captures Kuala Lumpur nuances via cinema. MASAM MANIS is about our contemporary condition today.

Cast & Crew

CK Tan Cher Kian

Purchase Ticket

5:25PM (GMT+8)

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