Company Profile - Theatre associates

Company Profile
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Theatre Management Associates Sdn. Bhd. is a joint venture between Kuala Lumpur-based
Zalfian Fuzi and London-based Philippe Rixhon Associates. It comprises a world-class team
of practitioners, arts entrepreneurs, and creative people with vast experience in designing,
building and operating arts spaces.
We have education, experience and network in all visual and performing arts, music, theatre
and dance in any live or recorded combination. We are art entrepreneurs.
Theatre Management Associates Sdn. Bhd. is a private limited company registered in
Malaysia under the number 948821-M.
Offices
Level 15.01
1 First Avenue
2A Dataran Bandar Utama
47800 Petaling Jaya
Telephone
Telefax
+603 7651 7900
+603 7651 7701
Vision and mission for the arts
The arts secure memorable experiences for audiences, sustainable platforms for artists and
significant returns for investors.
TMA serves the arts – music, fine arts, dance and theatre – in any live or recorded
combination. Serving the arts in the 21st century means that we also serve the media (film,
video, television, radio, internet, mobile telephony, advertising and publishing) that channel
the arts to audiences.
TMA is established to serve the arts in the ASEAN countries, is launching its activities in and
from Kuala Lumpur, and provides services related to –
• Education and training
• Touring and co-productions
• Design and operations of vibrant arts centres
Education and training
We are deeply committed to our continued role in assisting educational establishments and
their students explore and develop new and exciting opportunities throughout the arts world.
Our commitment to arts education is stronger than ever. We have spent decades lecturing
on courses at, amongst others, Boston University, Cambridge University, University of
Amsterdam and Utrecht University on this subject and the legal and financial aspects of it.
We regularly host interactive workshops and Master Classes exploring all aspects of the
stage and artistic business. Topics range from the logistics of producing plays, script
development to securing capital interest and the roles of producer and arts manager and
how they work together. We have advised a great many young people as to how to enter the
profession as producers; this is an art which cannot be acquired from a book.
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Touring and co-productions
We establish, develop and monitor international touring circuits and distribution channels.
We plan and facilitate strategic partnerships. The end result is the assurance of adequate
levels of time, place, and possession utilities in all items of value to audiences. Therefore,
the focus of our services is on channel performance. A festival is important, but it is only a
passing fancy if the hype cannot be exploited by a network of solid cross-cultural
relationships.
For example, Stephen Browning was engaged as consultant to the BBC Symphony
Orchestra, to advise the orchestra on the opportunities for sponsorship and revenue
generation for their overseas touring programme. He also assessed the sponsorship
opportunities for the BBC Symphony Orchestra’s Proms tour to the Far East in 2002.
Design and operations of vibrant arts centres
Our work around the globe ranges from advising cities, universities, commercial companies
and regional authorities what they should build or acquire in the way of cultural or
entertainment facilities, to preparing a complete and cost programme of activities to establish
a new building and to running vibrant arts centres. We define vibrant arts centres as agorae
where to all artistic roads lead, combinations of excellent physical and cutting-edge virtual
spaces. Vibrant arts centres are built inside > out, never sleep, present high-quality art and
deliver sufficient profit to invest in creation.
Not only do we work with architects and designers on the actual building and the technical
facilities required, but specialise on the following –
• the creation and production of the live arts experience
• the policies and operations of performing arts companies
• the programme and exploitation of music and theatrical venues
• the mixed funding of the arts, shared between the government and the private sector,
be it commercial or non–profit–distributing
• the training of artists and arts managers.
Our history of producing and co-producing in the past decades, added to our experience of
managing both theatrical companies and theatrical venues, provides us with the experience
necessary to give incisive consulting advice on entertainment facilities and buildings.
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Directors
Tan Sri Fuzi – Chairman
After more than 35 years in diplomacy, Tan Sri Fuzi is chairman and director of public-listed
and private companies, as well as trustee of agencies and foundations, while continuing his
work as Secretary-General of the World Islamic Economic Forum.
Accountability: client relationship, relations with the State and the City
Zalfian Fuzi – Artistic Director
Young director Zalfian Fuzi is at the forefront of Malaysian contemporary theatre, having
developed, produced and directed award-winning productions to public and critical acclaim.
He creates and programs art spaces for the convergence of multiple art forms.
Accountability: Malaysian arts and audiences, client contact, education
Philippe Rixhon – Managing Director
Leader in the convergence of arts, business and technology, Philippe Rixhon runs arts
enterprises such as Aarya with the professional rigour of a manager, the development
expertise of an engineer and the creative imagination of a stage director.
Accountability: programme management, business co-operations, virtual space, live music
Associates
Anthony Blackstock – Associate
Anthony is the UK’s leading expert in finance for cultural organisations, with unparalleled skill
at devising financial strategies for companies working at every level. He is a Chartered
Accountant, and has been Chief Finance Officer of the Arts Council, the National Theatre
and the British Museum. He is currently Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee of The
Roundhouse.
Accountability: finance
Stephen Browning – Associate
Stephen Browning worked in senior management (Oxford Playhouse, Greenwich Theatre,
Hong Kong Arts Centre) before opening the Barbican Centre for the RSC where he was
Director of Marketing. A leading theatre consultant, he specialises in creating sustainable
arts buildings. He is a Governor of the Contemporary Dance Trust at The Place in London
and a board member of English Touring Theatre.
Accountability: marketing, communication, audience development, corporate sponsorship
Claudia Castro – Associate
Promoter of international, cultural cooperation in the Ibero-American creative sector, Claudia
Castro’s area of expertise lays in the strategic planning and management of performing arts
organisations and museums. A flautist, she has also been an artists’ agent.
Accountability: artistic co-operations, UNESCO, music and visual arts
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Farooq Chaudhry – Associate
An ex-dancer in several European countries, Farooq Chaudhry is the producer of Akram
Khan Company since 2000 and regularly lectures on arts management and cultural
entrepreneurship around the world, chairs the board of Dance UK and advises the Clore
Leadership Programme.
Accountability: dance, production, education
Chiam Tau Meng – Associate
Associate of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of New Zealand and Chartered
Accountant of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants, the business consultant Chiam Tau
Meng serves as executive or non-executive director of family and publicly traded companies.
Accountability: accounting, financial comptroller, business model
Francesco Chiaravalloti – Associate
Publishing in arts management journals and working with leading opera houses, Francesco
Chiaravalloti is an authoritative voice in the field of performance evaluation in the arts. A
pianist and management consultant, he is trusted by artists and boards alike.
Accountability: quality assurance, key performance indicators, film
Michael Launchbury - Associate
Michael’s skills include research and organisational change and development. He is expert
in how organisations can best use their buildings and commission building design. With
experience across the arts, heritage and museums, he is a former Chief Executive of
Shakespeare’s Globe, Director of South Hill Park and Director of Public Services and
Estates at the Museum of London.
Accountability: architecture and planning, organisation and human resources
Stephen Phillips – Associate
Arts polymath, ran the Old Vic Theatre, arts TV at Channel Four, BBC and Meridian, worked
with the Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal Ballet, V&A Museum, all UK broadcasters,
and chaired 10 arts organisations – like Arts Council Touring and British Architectural Trust.
Lectures worldwide on culture and broadcasting.
Accountability: architecture and planning, TV, broadcast, art productions, touring
David Pratley – Associate
David is an expert business strategist with an unerring ability to get to the core of a problem.
He also leads our team on all aspects of governance and board development. Before
moving into consultancy, David was Executive Director of the Arts Council and Greater
London Arts Association, as well as managing director of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic
Society and Trinity College of Music. He is chair of Poole Lighthouse and the Wiltshire Music
Centre.
Accountability: governance and management, music education
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Datin Sri Sabera Shaik – Associate
Sabera Shaik, a well-known Malaysian theatre figure, is considered one of the most versatile
actresses in the country, having performed in diverse roles and in a wide range of works in
Malaysia, Singapore, Chennai, Bangalore, Delhi and Bali.
Accountability: performing arts, in particular theatre
Keith Williams – Associate
Founder and Design Director of Keith Williams Architects, Keith is the UK’s leading designer
of performing arts buildings. Working internationally, Keith has won over 30 major design
and construction awards for his projects and his work has been published worldwide.
Accountability: architecture and planning
Advisors
Datuk Mohamed Azahari – Advisor
Chief Executive Officer of Asian Finance Bank, the third foreign Islamic Bank in Malaysia.
Dato’ Siti Nurhaliza – Advisor
Multiple-platinum selling singer, songwriter, record producer, television presenter and
businesswoman. Siti Nurhaliza Productions is active in entertainment through Siti Nurhaliza
Collections, Siti Nurhaliza Marketing, Siti Sound and SN Mobile Digital. Siti also sells her line
of cosmetic products.
Datuk Seri Muhammed Shafee – Advisor
Advocate and Solicitor, Commissioner for the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia,
Member of the Commonwealth Lawyers Association, Board member of the University of
Malaya.
Sir Nick Kenyon CBE – Advisor
Managing Director of the Barbican Centre, Europe's largest multi-arts centre, Sir Nick
Kenyon is a leading English music administrator, editor and writer on music. He was
Controller BBC Proms, Live Events and Television Classical Music from 2000 to 2007.
Professor Leon Rubin – Advisor
Chair of the Conference of Drama School, Director of East 15 Acting School, Professor Leon
Rubin directed plays in Canada, Chile, Greece, Hong Kong, Ireland, Japan, Thailand, UK
and USA, taught drama in more than 15 countries and wrote two books about theatre.
Other Experts – To Be Announced
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Bios
Tan Sri Dato' Ahmad Fuzi Haji Abdul Razak
Chairman
Tan Sri Dato' Ahmad Fuzi Haji Abdul Razak was previously the Secretary-General of the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Malaysia. He joined the Malaysian Diplomatic and Administrative
Service in 1972, and served in various capacities at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, mainly in
the Political Division, and at the Malaysian Missions abroad in Moscow, The Hague,
Canberra, Washington and Dhaka.
Tan Sri Ahmad Fuzi has previously also served as Director General, Institute of Diplomacy
and Foreign Relations Malaysia, Ambassador-at-Large, Malaysia's Representative to the
ASEAN High Level Task Force (HLTF) on the Drafting of the ASEAN Charter and Malaysia's
Representative to the High Level Panel (HLP) on the Drafting of the Terms of Reference of
the ASEAN Human Rights Body.
Tan Sri Ahmad Fuzi is currently –
• Secretary-General, World Islamic Economic Forum Foundation (WIEF)
• Chairman, Seremban Engineering Berhad
• Chairman, AmanahRaya-REIT Managers Sdn Bhd
• Chairman, Worldvest Energy Sdn Bhd
• Chairman, Theatre Management Associates Sdn Bhd
• Chairman, Leisure Guide Publishing Sdn Bhd
• Chairman, Optima Capital Sdn Bhd
• Non-Executive Chairman Sofgen (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd
• Non-Executive Chairman, Xadacorp Sdn Bhd
• Group Chairman, Ace Holdings Sdn Bhd
• Deputy Chairman, Asia-Development & Investment Bank Limited (Labuan)
• Independent Non-Executive Director, Maybank Islamic Berhad
• Independent Non-Executive Director, Puncak Niaga Holdings Berhad
• Non-Executive Director, Management Development Institute of Singapore, and
• Member Board of Trustees, F3 Strategies Berhad
and –
• Distinguished Fellow, Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS);
• Distinguished Fellow, Institute of Diplomacy and Foreign Relations;
• Deputy Chairman, Malaysian Member Committee of the Council for Security
Cooperation in the Asia Pacific (CSCAP Malaysia);
• Member, Board of Trustees, MERCY, Malaysia;
• Member, Institute of Advanced Islamic Studies (IAIS);
• Member, Advisory Board, Asia Pacific Entrepreneurship Award (APEA), and
• Advisor, High School Bukit Mertajam Alumni Malaysia.
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Tan Sri holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree (Honours) from the University of Malaya (1972) and
a Certificate in Diplomacy (Foreign Service Course) from the University of Oxford (1974).
In recognition of his service to the nation, he was awarded the AMN (1979), the JSM (1999),
the DSPN (1999), the DMPN (2002) and the PSM (2003)
Zalfian Fuzi
Artistic Director
Zalfian Fuzi is the Associate Director of the Instant Café Theatre Company (ICT). He has
worked in theatre for the past 13 years as an actor, director, dramaturge, and teacher.
Zalfian holds a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature and Drama from Philadelphia. In 2004,
he was awarded a Chevening Scholarship by the British Government to pursue further
studies and graduated with a Masters of Arts in Theatre Directing from London and Moscow.
As a teacher, he lectures acting and directing courses to Sunway University’s Department of
Media & Performance and frequently conducts actor training course at schools, corporations,
and academies such as the Enfiniti’s Enact Academy.
As Associate Director of The Instant Cafe Theatre Company, he assists in planning the
company’s strategy and implements the overall artistic vision. He creates content for new
comedy, revues, plays and corporate shows.
As a facilitator, dramaturge, and director he runs ICT’s FIRSTWoRKS program to develop
new writing for the Malaysian stage. He uses his skills in dramaturgy and scriptwriting to
conduct workshops for writers and mentors the playwrights as they develop their scripts.
Notable successes include the award-winning scripts Air Con and Hero for which he defined
the dramaturgy.
Zalfian's most recent achievement is the setting up of Kuala Lumpur's newest arts space, the
“Cafe House of Art and Ideas” – CHAI – a space for artists and audience to meet, discuss,
exchange and create, a space for experimentation and inter-disciplinary encounters.
Zalfian’s productions have received 14 nominations for the Cameronian Arts Awards. Zalfian
received 2 nominations for Best Director.
key experiences
• director and actor in plays and musicals
• creator and developer of new work through dramaturgy
• teacher of theatre and media to university students
• initiator of Instant Café’s House of Art and Ideas – a new arts space in Petaling Jaya
speciality
• developing and implementing artistic vision
• mobilise and coordinate artists locally and internationally to produce shows
• original content creation
• conceiving, programming and administration of arts spaces
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Philippe Rixhon
Managing Director
Philippe is a leader in the convergence of arts, business and technology.
Before focusing on performing arts production and literary creation, he spent twenty years
managing successful and innovative projects for major companies in ten countries. He
founded Philippe Rixhon Associates in 1983, led prestigious teams, and developed
groundbreaking systems. With the help of Hewlett-Packard and a grant from the German
Ministry of Research and Technology, Philippe designed and realised the first complete
computer-integrated-manufacturing system for mass production, including a rule-based
configurator. Later, for Areva and with a grant from the European Commission, he set the
fundaments of predictive maintenance and assembled the consortium which delivered it. He
has been vice-president at Zühlke Engineering, the leading Swiss think-tank, and partner at
Accenture, the global provider of management and technology services.
Philippe was involved with Brussels’ Théâtre d’Art at the age of fourteen; theatre has been
his passion ever since. He studied acting at the Russian Academy of Theatre Arts, set
design at the Centre d‘Études Théâtrales, and theatre directing at Middlesex University. He
leads collective creations – playwriting and co-productions – at L’atelier Spectaculaire.
Recently, Philippe launched Aarya, the new powerhouse for music. The initiative has a
straightforward social vision: in 30 years, within the span of a generation, hundreds of
millions of people will have trained their voices and will be singing together. The corporate
structure includes a foundation, a production company and a technology company.
Philippe graduated in philosophy and engineering at the University of Louvain, and in
management at Boston University. The University of Bedfordshire recently named him
Honorary Doctor of Arts in recognition of outstanding contribution to performing arts
production, arts technology and literary creation. Fluent in English, French and German, he
publishes and lectures internationally.
key experiences
• playwright and performing arts producer
• initiator and leader of multinational technical and artistic projects, founding chairman
of Aarya – a worldwide live music endeavour
• sponsorship projects with Akram Khan Company, Mercury Musical Developments
and the Royal Opera House
speciality
• building and managing partnerships and consortiums, incl. collaborations between
non-profit-distributing and commercial companies
• convergence of arts, media, business and technology
• commercial sponsorships for the performing arts
• virtual space
• live music
more: www.rixhon.net
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Anthony Blackstock
Associate
key experiences
• Chartered Accountant
• Chief Finance Officer of the Arts Council, the National Theatre and the British
Museum
• Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee of The Roundhouse
speciality
• leading expert in finance for cultural organisations
• devising financial strategies for companies working at every level
more: www.quartetculture.co.uk
Stephen Browning
Associate
key experiences
• opened the Hong Kong Arts Centre and set up the Hong Kong International Film
Festival
• opened the Barbican Centre, transferred and promoted the Royal Shakespeare
Company, launched Les Misérables et Les Liaisons Dangereuses
• advises on the development and exploitation of cultural buildings such as the
National Film Centre in London and the 2,200-seat concert hall in Portsmouth
speciality
• strategic planning for cultural organisations and new cultural buildings, governance
and management
• funding and income generation
• branding, research, marketing and communications, and audience development
more: www.stephenbrowning.com
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Claudia Castro
Associate
key experiences
• created Central Square Theatre (a building and a company in Massachusetts) from
strategic planning to establishment, shared services with The Nora Theatre (a
company)
• created The Aarya Foundation from strategic planning to establishment (a singing
initiative in England)
• promoted the arts throughout 22 countries with the Intergovernmental Organisation of
Ibero-American States
speciality
• reach-out and audience development
• arts education in sync with the artistic policy of the cultural venue
more: www.rixhon.net
Farooq Chaudhry
Associate
key experiences
• dancer in several European countries
• producer of Akram Khan Company since 2000
• lectures on arts management and cultural entrepreneurship around the world, chairs
the board of Dance UK and advises the Clore Leadership Programme
speciality
• dance
• production
• touring
• education
more: www.akramkhancompany.net
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Chiam Tau Meng
Associate
key experiences
• serves as Independent Non-Executive Directors of Menang Corporation (M) Bhd
• holds a Bachelor of Commerce in Accountancy from University of Otago, Dunedin
• Associate Chartered Accountant of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of New
Zealand and Chartered Accountant of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants
• has worked with Tolley Industries Ltd (New Zealand), Malaysian Containers Berhad,
Bee Hin Holdings Sdn Bhd and CTM Consulting, also sits on the Board of Comintel
Corporation Berhad, Success Transformer Corporation Berhad, KYM Holdings
Berhad and Seremban Engineering Berhad
speciality
• accounting, financial controlling
• business model
more: www.familycapital.org/principals.html
Francesco Chiaravalloti
Associate
key experiences
• pianist, film critic, artist manager and professor of arts marketing
• created the Threefold Balanced-Scorecard, a framework for the implementation of
processes aimed at creating the highest possible artistic value for the different
stakeholders of a new cultural centre
speciality
• systems for collecting and communicating information about results to be presented
to internal and external stakeholders of a cultural centre
• continuous improvement of new cultural organisations by engaging their stakeholders
in a content-based dialogue about the development of the new artistic venture while
reducing any kind of formal audit activity to the minimum
more: www.rixhon.net
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Michael Launchbury
Associate
key experiences
• experience across the arts, heritage and museums
• former Chief Executive of Shakespeare’s Globe
• Director of South Hill Park and Director of Public Services and Estates at the
Museum of London
speciality
• research and organisational change and development
• expert in how organisations can best use their buildings and commission building
design
more: www.quartetculture.co.uk
Stephen Phillips
Associate
key experiences
• chairs the British Architectural Trust
• various journalistic and managerial, artistic functions at BBC, Channel Four and ITV
• various managerial and board functions at The Old Vic, The Tricycle Theatre, English
National Ballet, Chichester Festival, Sainsbury’s Arts Panel and Royal Institute of
British Architects
• chair of the Touring Department at Arts Council of England, international arts lecturer
and reporter
speciality
• venue management
• dance, theatre and television management
• broadcast of performing arts
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David Pratley
Associate
key experiences
• Executive Director of the Arts Council and Greater London Arts Association
• Managing Director of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Society and Trinity College of
Music
• Chair of Poole Lighthouse and the Wiltshire Music Centre
speciality
• expert business strategist with an unerring ability to get to the core of a problem
• all aspects of governance and board development
more: www.quartetculture.co.uk
Datin Sri Sabera Shaik
Associate
key experiences
• a well-known Malaysian theatre figure, considered one of the most versatile
actresses in the country, having performed in diverse roles and in a wide range of
works in Malaysia, Singapore, Chennai, Bangalore, Delhi and Bali
• her own theatre company, Masakini Theatre, began by producing some of her own
written works which have had a powerful impact on theatre in Malaysia
• producer of several shows of the Sutra Dance Theatre Company (Artistic Director:
Ramli Ibrahim)
• major productions sponsored by HSBC and the Ministry of Culture, Arts and Heritage
• got a rare overview of international theatre activities for creative work, acting, design,
lighting, costumes and staging through frequent visits to Europe, America, India and
Australia
speciality
• writing plays and directing major productions
• acting in ensembles and one-woman plays
• producing shows
more: www.masakinitheatre.com.my
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Keith Williams
Associate
key experiences
• design director of Keith Williams Architects, established in 2001
• won over 25 major design and construction awards in the last decade, including the
prestigious BD Public Building Architect of the Year Award which he received in both
2006 and 2008
• a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and a member of the Royal Institute of
Architects, he has judged RIBA and Civic Trust awards and has acted as jury chair
for numerous architectural competitions
• studied at both Kingston and Greenwich Schools of Architecture, worked for both
Sheppard Robson and then Terry Farrell before co-founding Pawson Williams
Architects 1987-2000
speciality
• public and arts architecture
more: www.keithwilliamsarchitects.com
Datuk Mohamed Azahari Kamil
Advisor
key experiences
• Chief Executive Officer of Asian Finance Bank Berhad
• started his career as a Fund Manager within the PNB Group of Companies, served
as Credit and Marketing Officer of Malaysian French Bank, Project Officer of
Malaysian Industrial Development Finance Berhad, Senior Manager of Investment
and Corporate Planning of Bapema Corporation Sdn Bhd., Assistant General
Manager of Business Development of Island and Peninsular Berhad and Corporate
Institutional Dealer of PB Securities Sdn Bhd.
• has been an Independent and Non-Executive Director of Sapura Technology Bhd,
served as Independent and Non-Executive Director of Ayer Hitam Tin Dredging
Malaysia Bhd, Executive Director of Kimara Equities Sdn Bhd, Independent & NonExecutive Director of PA Resources Bhd and Director of AmanahRaya-JMF Asset
Management Sdn Bhd
• graduated from the Institut Teknologi Mara in Shah Alam with a Diploma in Banking,
subsequently obtained his BBA in Finance from the Western Michigan University,
and obtained his MBA in Finance from the Central Michigan University
more: www.asianfinancebank.com
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Dato’ Siti Nurhaliza
Advisor
key experiences
• multiple-platinum selling artiste, singer, songwriter, record producer and television
presenter
• garnered more than 200 local and international awards since her winning of Bintang
HMI 1995 when she was only 16, incl. 34 Anugerah Industri Muzik awards, 23
Anugerah Bintang Popular awards, 21 Anugerah Planet Muzik awards, 18 Anugerah
Juara Lagu awards and four MTV Asia Awards. In 2008, she was named as one of
Asia's Idol by Asia News Network
• businesswoman; Siti Nurhaliza Productions is generally active in entertainment
through four subsidiaries Siti Nurhaliza Collections, Siti Nurhaliza Marketing, Siti
Sound and SN Mobile Digital. Siti aslo sells her own cosmetics and tea
• philanthropist
more: www.sitizone.com
Dato’ Sri Muhammad Shafee
Advisor
key experiences
• LLB (Hons) degree from the University Malaya, LLM at London School of Economics
• visiting Law Lecturer and Tutor at University Malaya from 1978 to 1980
• attached to Attorney’s General Chambers (1977) and during the seven years of
service was a Deputy Public Prosecutor for Selangor and the Federal Territory of
Kuala Lumpur and Federal Counsel Malaysia, also the Departmental Solicitor/
Federal Counsel in the Public Trustee and an Official Administrator Malaysia, and
served on an Ad-Hoc basis as a Federal Counsel to the Ministry of Home Affairs
• from 1985-1987 served on the Editorial Board and was a Representative
Correspondence for Malaysia and Singapore for the European Intellectual Property
Review (Oxford), from 1986-1989 was on the Editorial Board of the Current Law
Journal (CLJ), called to the Malaysian Bar in April 1985 and started own practice
under the name of Messrs. Shafee & Co.
• awarded a DIMP (Darjah Indera Makhota Pahang) by HRH the Sultan of Pahang
carrying the title of Dato’, appointed by His Majesty The Yang Di Pertuan Agong in
2004 as a Commissioner for the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia, this
appointment was subsequently extended for another term.
• member of the Criminal Law and Finance Committee of the Bar Council
• main thrust of work is in the area of Human Rights, Criminal Defence Rights and also
investigation into the independence of Judiciary
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Sir Nick Kenyon CBE
Advisor
key experiences
• managing director of The Barbican, Europe's largest multi-arts and conference venue
presenting a diverse range of art, music, theatre, dance, film and creative learning
events, also home to the London Symphony Orchestra
• was responsible for the BBC Proms 1996-2007; in 1992 he was appointed Controller,
BBC Radio 3; in 2000 his title changed to Controller BBC Proms, Live Events and
Television Classical Music
• from 1979 to 1982 he was a music critic for The New Yorker, then he became music
critic for The Times, finally Chief Music Critic of The Observer; he was also Music
Editor of The Listener and Editor of the journal Early Music
• attended St Bede's College, Manchester, played bassoon with Stockport Youth
Orchestra, and studied history at Balliol College, Oxford
more: www.barbican.org.uk
Professor Leon Rubin
Advisor
key experiences
• a member of the Directors Guild of Great Britain and a Fellow of the Royal Society of
Arts, he was awarded an Honorary Professorship of GITIS Russian Theatre
Academy for his distinguished work in the Russian Theatre. A former Associate at
the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, after beginning his career as Assistant Director at the
Royal Shakespeare Company, he has been Artistic Director of three major UK
theatre companies including the Bristol Old Vic
• directed numerous productions throughout the world, including Canada, Thailand,
Japan, Greece, Ireland, Chile, Hong Kong, the West End and New York, among
others a series of Shakespeare productions for the Stratford Festival Theatre,
Canada, and Bungaku-za, a major Japanese theatre company, a Chinese version of
Peter Pan in Hong Kong, a new Canadian play in London, a long-running show in
Phuket, Thailand, which has been performed in a 3,000 seat theatre for the past
eight years
• trained and lectured in the countries where he directed and in Russia, Spain, Korea,
France, Holland and the Philippines
• wrote The Nicholas Nickleby Story and Performance in Bali
more: www.east15.ac.uk
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Some references
Assembly Hall Theatre – Tunbridge Wells
We were commissioned by Tunbridge Wells Borough
Council to undertake an options appraisal of the
governance and management of the Assembly Hall
Theatre. We undertook a thorough review of the
financial position, management, staffing, marketing
and day to day operation of this 1,000 seat receiving
house. We also examined opportunities for building
revenue and box office income, and assessed
whether the theatre could sustain a reduction in
grant-in-aid from the Borough Council. We made a
series of recommendations for improving the way
that the theatre operates, which are now being
implemented by the Council.
Marlowe Theatre – Canterbury
The competition winning project for the new Marlowe
Theatre in Canterbury was delivered to time and
budget, opening to the public on 7 October 2011.
The new building has been constructed on the site of
the former Marlowe Theatre which was housed in a
now demolished 1930s cinema. It contains a 1,200
seat main theatre, a 150 studio theatre, cafes and
bars, rehearsal and backstage facilities. The main
elements are united by an enwrapping colonnaded
glazed foyer which opens onto the River Stour, and
mediates between the existing street scale and the
larger elements of the composition, such as the main
auditorium and the stainless steel mesh clad
flytower.
Wexford Opera House
Wexford Opera Festival is as important to Ireland as
the Glyndebourne Festival is to England.
Consequently the building of the new Festival Opera
House was Ireland’s most important arts project for
many years. The new opera house has been built in
the heart of the medieval maritime town. It contains
the 780 seat main auditorium, inspired by the form of
a cello and completely lined in North American black
walnut, full flytower and backstage and a
transformable second space of 175 seats, together
with rehearsal, production facilities, bars, cafés and
foyer spaces.
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Unicorn Theatre – London
The multi-award winning Unicorn Theatre for children
and young people, located on Tooley Street near
London Bridge and the River Thames, is the first new
central London theatre to be built since the National
in 1976. It houses a 320 seat theatre, a studio
theatre, education, teaching and rehearsal spaces,
public foyer and café, and his the most far reaching
child focused educative and theatrical institution in
the United Kingdom. Keith William’s designs derive
from a careful assimilation of the programme, a
vigilant attitude toward the new building’s context,
and the opportunity to treat the project’s formal
composition sculpturally.
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