David Glass’s TEMPEST

As we come to the final production of KL Shakespeare Players’ 15th anniversary year, we would like to invite you and your students to DAVID GLASS’ TEMPEST, one of the most distinctive and engaging productions in our repertoire.

First premiered at klpac in 2019, the production was devised with UK physical theatre pioneer David Glass. It began with Shakespeare’s The Tempest, but what emerged from the devising process is not a conventional staging of Shakespeare’s play.

The production keeps the central framework and key characters: Prospero and his daughter Miranda live on an island with Caliban and Ariel, until Antonio, Sebastian and Ferdinand arrive following a shipwreck. From there, however, the story takes its own unexpected direction, with a very different context, new relationships, twists and surprises.

With just seven actors and a simple set, the production uses movement, music, lighting and smoke to create a highly theatrical, cinematic experience.

For this revival, Lim Kien Lee directs, closely following the original staging created with David Glass in 2019.

THE STORY

Set in the last days of humanity, this production follows Prospero, an alchemist and shaman who holds the world’s knowledge in his beloved books.

He shelters his adolescent daughter Miranda on an isolated island, where she believes that her father and the island creatures, Caliban and Ariel, are the only inhabitants of the destroyed Earth.

Until she encounters other human beings.

A great tempest washes Antonio, Sebastian and Ferdinand onto Prospero’s island. As these survivors encounter Prospero, Miranda and the strange inhabitants of the island, long-buried secrets begin to surface.

So begins a story of humankind’s last days.

Advisory: The show will also use smoke and haze effects.       

Recommended for: 12 years old and above

Promotions:

* (Show date & Time: 26-27 Nov @10.30am. Please contact KL Shakespeare Players at info@klshakespeare.com.my / WhatsApp +6012 6530987 for bulk purchase.）   
** Student Bookings –  Please contact KL Shakespeare Players at info@klshakespeare.com.my / WhatsApp +6012 6530987 with the necessary details (name, student’s ID / IC, school name & department, phone and email for verification).               

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Enquiry
Email: info@klshakespeare.com.my
WhatsApp for Enquiries: +60 11-2612 3465 (Shareeza)

About the company
Founded in 2011, KL Shakespeare Players is Malaysia’s only full-time touring theatre company dedicated to Shakespeare, staging over 160 performances annually in 2023 and 2024. Our work now includes storytelling, puppetry, and adapted works by local and international writers, reaching audiences locally and overseas.

Creative & Production Team
Director: LIM KIEN LEE
Following the original staging by DAVID GLASS
Cast : LIM SOON HENG, LEE SWEE KEONG, ZUL ZAMIR, NURUL SOFIA, TEOH JUN VINH, SANDEE CHEW, NICHOLAS AUGUSTIN
Production Manager: LIM KIEN LEE          
Stage Manager: BRANDON FONG
Lighting Designer: TAN ENG HENG