A HEN-MADE TALE, The Dance

SUITABLE FOR 6 YEARS OLD AND ABOVE

ABOUT the DANCE

In 2022, the illustrated children’s book A Hen-Made Tale hit the shelves. Last year, it was adapted into a musical. Then this year, the National Library bought over 500 copies for distribution to its branches in all states. The requested follow-up is A Hen-Made Tale, the Dance.  

This 60-minute dance filled with hens, roosters, and cats promises to be fun, fun, fun. The cats will be prowling, pouncing, and skulking in an attempt to thwart the hens. The hens will be prancing, pirouetting, leaping, high-kicking, fluttering and scampering in response. Of course, the roosters will strut, parade, and pose as if oblivious.

SYNOPSIS

The giant book on stage opens, a rooster crows and we are transported to an egg-producing farm. As a hen lays, she remarks, “Three hundred and sixty-five days, three hundred and sixty-five eggs,” and gives birth to the idea of a holiday for all from laying eggs. Of course, it’s a wonderful idea. But everyone has to agree, or some will end up fingers-licking good, next to mashed potatoes and coleslaw on a platter. So together, the hens hatch a plan that a certain group of farm animals do not like.

Ticket PriceRM75*RM65 for groups of 40 and above contact +6012 323 0710 (Whatsapp), info@klshakespeare.com.my

CAST & CREATIVE INFO

Producers  KL Shakespeare Players and Asia Ballet Academy & PJPAC, in collaboration with the Kenny Shim Dance Collective and Ask Dance Company

Based on the book by Lim Soon Heng

Original Music  Yong Tan

Choreography Kenny Shim and Imran Syafiq

Lighting Design Lim Ang Swee

Set Design  Bong Tze Yong

Set Cardboard Country Enterprise

Costume by Malin Faisal

Makeup Gunasegeran Selvadurai

Dancers

Amirah Redza

Bryan Chan

Charlotte Phun

ChiYaan

Ferra

Jackson Janda

Jaime

Jarellyn Cheong

Kimberly Yap

Nadhirah Rahmat

Sera Nina

Shan Tie

Wen Chin

Yee Heng Zeh

Zulkarnain Zuber

Danielle

Ethan

Keana

Minhan

Yong Qin