SEPTEMBER 23 & 24 | IZEN KONG

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23 – 24 September 2022

In April 2016, Izen Kong performed in a self-produced recital titled Twenty-One 21 at Theatre Lounge Café, which launched his career as a highly demanded solo artiste. He has since performed with all the notable theatre production companies in Malaysia. Izen’s stage work as a featured artiste includes Dama Asia’s “The Legends” and “Larger Than Life”, as well as Enfiniti Academy’s “Aladdin – A Musical Comedy Reloaded”. His musical theatre appearances include working in acclaimed musicals such as PAN Productions’ “Cabaret” as Herman, and Sifu Productions’ staging of “You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown” as Schroeder. Izen has since performed alongside renowned and established artists such as Ida Mariana, Nikki Palikat, Peter Ong, Peter Davis, Rashid Salleh, Tria Aziz, Dina Nadzir, Mayjune Tan, Della (丁当), Hua Chengyu (华晨宇). Izen’s other notable appearances include being a featured soloist in ‘The Best of Rodgers & Hammerstein’ concert with the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra, ‘Opera In The Park’ by Singapore Lyric Opera, and ‘That’s Entertainment’ by PAN Productions. He has also appeared in television programs such as ‘The Voice’ for Singapore/Malaysia, and ‘Come Sing with Me’ for China. One of his most recent achievements was winning the Best Actor Award in the 2019 Short and Sweet Festival Malaysia for his lead performance in the musical ‘Free The Garden’, which also won his team the Mercedes Benz Creative Excellence Award.

SEPTEMBER 30 & OCTOBER 1 | YVONNE CHONG

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30 September & 1 October 2022

A naturally musical person, Yvonne is a multi-instrumentalist – electone, piano, melodeon, ethnic percussions, ukulele, classical guitar, drums – and has had a few years of formal training in opera singing and electone studies. She was one of the bilingual voice actors in BoBoiBoy, a Malaysian animated series produced by Animonsta Studios, where she doubled up as a Sound Designer, which required her to contribute to sound designs, music arrangements and compositions for the series. Yvonne decided to leave the corporate world as an Audio Producer at Fuse Studios to pursue her true calling: Singer and Voice Actor. With her eclectic mix of musical influences, Yvonne’s forte as a versatile vocalist is pronounced as she delivers songs of multiple genres and languages effortlessly with her unique, sweet and sultry vocals. She is fluent in English, Bahasa Malaysia, Mandarin and Japanese.

OCTOBER 7 & 8 | DANIEL SHER

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7 – 8 October 2022

Daniel Sher is a multi-threat artist and his repertoire includes singing, acting, composing music, producing and conversant in multiple languages. As for music, he is skilled in playing the guitar, keyboards, drums, bass, and even beatboxing.

OCTOBER 14 & 15 | MELISSA

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14 – 15 October 2022

Performing for more than ten years now, Melissa, also known as Sasa, is a versatile singer and an acoustic guitarist.
The UCSI contemporary music graduate has performed in various music festivals, concerts, and corporate functions, and even did recordings for Production and Jingle houses, indie bands. Besides being a front liner or playing the guitar, she is also a professional backup singer, having worked with Aubrey Suwito, Helen Yap, Genevie Kam, Kitz Wong, Siti Nurhaliza, Krisdayanti, and Salamiah Hassan, just to name a few.

OCTOBER 21 & 22 | YON LYNN

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21 – 22 October 2022

YonLynn performs through singing, acting and storytelling. The accomplished vocalist is the lead singer for FAZZ, an exuberant 5-piece band that features original written music. Her performance credits include the World Choir Games, Music Lane Festival Okinawa 2021, Malaysian Jazz Marathon 2020, Tokyo International Music Market 2017, Anugerah Juara Lagu, and All Together Now Malaysia 2021, and recently performed in a successful run of Malaysia’s first multi-disciplinary puppet show titled Ibu伊母.
Lynn is also an avid performer in the musical theatre scene, much inspired by an intent elaboratively expressed through voice, movement, and acting. Come catch her take on pop and show tunes at Blue, SKY51

OCTOBER 28 & 29 | JOSHUA GUI

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28 – 29 October 2022

Joshua Anthony Gui, known for his quirky and nonsensical personality, is popular in Kuala Lumpur’s musical theatre scene. His venture into the performing arts started at a relatively late age, 18, when he started his tertiary education in music at AICM (Australia International Conservatorium of Music) in Sydney, Australia. However, he fast-tracked his career and honed his talent in singing, dancing and acting.

Originally trained as a classical singer, he loves the musical genre of musical theatre, jazz, and contemporary. While in Sydney, he began participating in theatre jazz and contemporary dance open classes organised by the Sydney Dance Company. Other theatre accolades include his 2012 Best Supporting Actor nominated role as Li Hsien in Empress Wu the musical and the male leading actor in Sepet The Musical.