Nanta Theater from Korea coming to Kuala Lumpur Town

Was at the R-16 Southeast Asia Final & Hip-Hop Concert (R16 World B-boy Championship is part of the ‘Korea Be Inspired’ Festival 2010 which aims to promote the Visit Korea Year 2010-2012) recently last month on May 15 in KL and came across a flyer as we were about to leave . I have yet to blog about my recent trip to Korea but seeing as time is short, I wanted to post this first to recommend anyone who hasn’t caught this show to watch as it is really good. Eventhough I’ve watched it in Korea, I want to go watch it here again as the cast is always different although the general storyline is still the same.

So, what is this NANTA cookin show I have been telling to people I have met. Think of “Stomp” but food inspired rather than construction since the setting is based in a kitchen. It is an award-winning Korean non-verbal musical.

From Ticketpro’s site:

NANTA Cookin’ is an energetic non-verbal comic musical performance combining the traditional Korean percussion performance Samulnori, vigorous acrobatic movements and drama. The actors do not speak: they communicate using body movements, facial expressions and a series of sounds made from whizzing knives and other kitchen utensils. NANTA Cookin’ promises to be a feast for the senses.

NANTA Cookin’ made its first performance in Korea in October 1997. It made its international debut in 1999 at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and received an award for best performance. Since then, there has been no looking back for NANTACookin’. Its world tour had taken it to UK, Germany, Austria, Italy, Japan, Taiwan, Singapore, the Netherlands, and many more. In March 2004, NANTA Cookin’ made its way to New York and had a successful one-and-half year run at Broadway, making it the first Asian show to open its own off-Broadway theatre.

Synopsis

In a kitchen, three Chefs (Head Chef, Sexy Chef and Hot Sauce) are preparing to cook for the day when their ill-natured Manager dropped a bombshell: cook for an unplanned wedding banquet which must be ready by 6pm AND teach his young and bumbling Nephew how to cook.

What unfolds in next 90 minutes is an amazing display of story-telling of the three Chefs (with the Nephew getting in the way) racing against time to prepare for the banquet. Things that can go wrong will go wrong and the Chefs (and the Nephew) have to put things right for the Banquet. They slice through the air (using sharp knives), beat chopping boards while rhythmically cutting up vegetables and perform impossible acrobatic manoeuvres.

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So hurry and go book your tickets here now !! There’s even an early bird special if you purchase your tickets online before 15th June 2010.

Dates: 23 July 2010, 8.30pm;    24 July 2010, 3.00pm and 8.30pm

Venue: Plenary Hall, Kuala Lumpur Convention Center

Ticket Hotline: 03 – 7880 7999

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Ticket Prices: *Level 3, Zone D is free seating