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Pick a night and go. From Monday 12 to Sunday 18 October the week runs from a Taiwanese orchestra at Dewan Filharmonik PETRONAS to a Broadway concert opening JCPAC, with stand-up, opera, short plays and a film talk in between.
At a glance
| Event | When (MYT) | Where | Listed ticket price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listening to Taiwan – NTSO 2026 Asia Tour Concert | Mon 12 Oct, 8:00 PM | Dewan Filharmonik PETRONAS, KL | From RM59 |
| Totorro Live in Malaysia 2026 | Tue 13 Oct, 8:00 PM | Live Fact, Petaling Jaya | From RM168 |
| Dr. Jason Leong: In Laughing Memory 2026 | Tue 13 – Sun 18 Oct, 8 sessions | The Platform, Menara KEN TTDI, KL | From RM108 |
| Always Fated Almost Faded | Thu 15 – Sun 18 Oct, 6 sessions | pangkin@ejklsseni, Kuala Lumpur | RM0 – RM200 tiers listed |
| Hung Pei-Yu “Still Moving” Live in Malaysia | Thu 15 Oct, 8:00 PM | D Theatre Malaysia, Petaling Jaya | From RM188 |
| Short + Sweet Malaysia Festival 2026: Theatre | Fri 16 – Sat 17 Oct, 8:00 PM | Pentas 2, klpac, Kuala Lumpur | From RM40 |
| Ninavau (Special Screening) skrin@temu #3 | Sat 17 Oct, 3:00 PM | temu house, Petaling Jaya | RM35 |
| Poovaa sings Whitney Houston! | Fri 16 – Sat 17 Oct, 8:30 PM | BoboKL, Kuala Lumpur | RM125 |
| Turandot | Sat 17 – Sun 18 Oct, 2 sessions | Pentas 1, klpac, Kuala Lumpur | From RM156.13 |
| Brand New Day: A Symphonic Broadway Celebration | Sun 18 Oct, 3:00 PM | The Grand Theatre, JCPAC, Bandar Sunway | From RM68 |
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Hear Taiwan’s national orchestra at the Twin Towers
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The National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra makes its Dewan Filharmonik PETRONAS debut in Listening to Taiwan, led by Tung-Chieh Chuang. Malaysian pianist Vincent Ong, a 2025 Chopin Competition finalist, plays Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 1, and the programme also has Rachmaninoff’s Symphonic Dances.
Date: Mon 12 Oct, 8:00 PM MYT
Venue: Dewan Filharmonik PETRONAS, Kuala Lumpur
Tickets: From RM59
Good to know: formal dress; recommended for ages 6 and above.
Ride a night of wordless math-rock
Totorro are four musicians who tell stories without words through instrumental math-rock, known for the albums Home Alone, Come to Mexico and 2025’s Sofa So Good. It is a free-standing show, so come ready to move.
Date: Tue 13 Oct, 8:00 PM MYT
Venue: Live Fact, Petaling Jaya
Tickets: From RM168 (presale)
Good to know: free-standing show.
Laugh through grief with Dr Jason Leong
Dr Jason Leong wrote In Laughing Memory after losing one of his best friends to cancer, and calls it his most personal hour yet. The KL run has 8 shows across the week.
Date: Tue 13 – Sun 18 Oct, 8 sessions, first at 8:30 PM MYT
Venue: The Platform Performing Arts Theatre, Menara KEN TTDI, Kuala Lumpur
Tickets: From RM108
Good to know: in English.
See a stripped-back play in Wangsa Maju
Sumatresh Production stages Always Fated Almost Faded, a minimalist play with Imran Garcia as Dharman and Steffy as Aelia. Music is by Farish Armani, with creative direction and design by Dharveen Surendran.
Date: Thu 15 – Sun 18 Oct, 6 sessions, first at 8:00 PM MYT
Venue: pangkin@ejklsseni, Wangsa Maju, Kuala Lumpur
Tickets: Tiers listed from RM0 to RM200
Catch a Golden Melody winner’s first Malaysia show
Golden Melody Award winner Hung Pei-Yu (ๆดชไฝฉ็) brings Still Moving for her first concert in Malaysia, with songs from her albums ๆๅฎค and ้.
Date: Thu 15 Oct, 8:00 PM MYT
Venue: D Theatre Malaysia, Hextar World at Empire City, Petaling Jaya
Tickets: From RM188
Good to know: in Mandarin.
Vote for your favourite ten-minute play
Short + Sweet Theatre packs many new works of ten minutes or less into one night, and the audience votes for a favourite. Week 1 runs this Friday and Saturday; more theatre nights follow on 23–25 Oct.
Date: Fri 16 – Sat 17 Oct, 8:00 PM MYT
Venue: Pentas 2, klpac, Sentul Park, Kuala Lumpur
Tickets: From RM40
Watch a local film, then meet its director
Skrin@Temu’s third edition screens Ninavau, followed by a conversation with its director moderated by Alleena Abdullah of Yellow Tree Malaysia. It is an intimate afternoon at Temu House.
Date: Sat 17 Oct, 3:00 PM MYT
Venue: temu house, Petaling Jaya
Tickets: RM35
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Belt out Whitney classics at a jazz club
Two nights of Poovaa sings Whitney Houston at BoboKL, the intimate jazz club and bar on Jalan Bangkung. Evening shows start at 8:30 PM.
Date: Fri 16 – Sat 17 Oct, 8:30 PM MYT
Venue: BoboKL, Jalan Bangkung, Kuala Lumpur
Tickets: RM125
Good to know: BoboKL is up a flight of stairs, with no lift.
Hear “Nessun dorma” live at klpac
Puccini’s final opera Turandot tells of an icy princess, three riddles and a prince who dares her to guess his name by dawn. This staging uses Franco Alfano’s traditional completion; more dates follow on 20, 22, 24 and 25 Oct.
Date: Sat 17 Oct, 8:00 PM and Sun 18 Oct, 4:00 PM MYT
Venue: Pentas 1, klpac, Sentul Park, Kuala Lumpur
Tickets: From RM156.13
Good to know: sung in Italian; suitable for ages 6 and above.
Open a new theatre with Broadway songs
Just over 100 artists launch the Jeffrey Cheah Performing Arts Centre with Brand New Day: 22 singers, 8 dancers and the 73-piece TUTAN Festival Orchestra conducted by Kevin Field, singing songs from musical theatre hits.
Date: Sun 18 Oct, 3:00 PM MYT
Venue: The Grand Theatre, Jeffrey Cheah Performing Arts Centre, Sunway Square, Bandar Sunway
Tickets: From RM68
Good to know: dress code smart casual.
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