Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Entertainment
KL has plenty of entertainment options, but you have to keep your
ear to the ground to discover the best of what's going on. Conservative tastes
and censorship mean that quite a lot of what is on offer is bland and inoffensive,
but occasionally controversial and boundary-pushing performances and events
are staged.
On the Stage
Major international popular music artists often add KL to their Asia tours, but sometimes
have to adapt their stage shows to accommodate devout Muslim sensibilities.
To see and hear traditional Malaysian dances and music, there's the regular shows at
Malaysian Tourism Centre (
Click here
)
during the day, as well as every night at the nearby
restaurant Saloma (
Click here
)
. Central Market's Kasturi Walk is the stage for free music
and dance events at the weekends.
Various restaurants and bars, including Circus, have live music and dance performance.
Al-Amar offers belly dancing (Saturday night and Sunday brunch). Jazz is also popular and
the accomplished Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra is well worth catching in concert at
the Dewan Filharmonik Petronas.
At the Movies
KL's many multiplexes screen major international and local movies. The venues are gener-
ally top class. Tickets, which range from RM15 to RM30, are cheaper the earlier in the day
the screening is and can be booked online.
Cultural centres including
Alliance Française
(
2694 7880;
http://kl.alliancefrancaise.org.my
; 15 Lg Gur-
Ampang Park)
and
Goethe Institut
(
ney;
2164 2011;
www.goethe.de/ins/my/kua/deindex.htm
;
374 Jln Tun
Ampang Park)
screen foreign movies with subtitles; check the
Razak, 6th fl Menara See Hoy Chan;
websites for details.
Spoken Word & Spectator Sports
Monthly spoken word events include Readings@Seksan (
ht-
tp://thebookaholic.blogspot.co.uk/p/readings-events.html
)
and Ceritaku@No Black Tie at
No Black Tie. There's also the less regular Pecha Kucha nights staged by the British Coun-
cil usually at Publika.
