Departures - Newcastle University Malaysian Society

Dear Malaysian Societies in the UK,

The Newcastle University Malaysian Society presents, simply, Departures: The Musical.

A uniquely Malaysian musical set in the 1960s with a FULLY original soundtrack of 10 songs - soaring ballads, playful jazz numbers, and heartwrenching love songs, in Malay, Chinese and English, composed, arranged, recorded, and - most importantly, SUNG! - by our members.

A psychotic mother downs her pills, and dies.

A father with cancer clutches his chest, and expires.

How many more needless lives will this family feud claim?

Featuring Syaffira Nadya as Rindu, Ali Hafiz as Kah Seng, Departures: The Musical promises to be a groundbreaking Malaysian Night. The ill-fated inter-racial couple sing their way through ten harrowing scenes, aided and abetted, amongst others, by a coterie of sleek chicks and their buffoon boyfriends, a good smattering of multiracial mates, and a feuding set of parents.

Departures is not your average Malaysian Night.

Four lead vocalists, ten mesmerising original compositions by Mohd Zafiruddin Abdul Rahman, seven exquisite dances, stolen glances, hurtful looks, and broken vows.

Pencil it into your diaries NOW.

Wednesday, 12 March, The Venue, Northumbria Union
Newcastle upon Tyne

Tickets: A VERY reasonable 4 pounds (musical only!)

Contact Nicholas at nicholas86@gmail.com to reserve your tickets; if accommodation is required, do email me too. Please include your name, university and telephone number.

I know a lot of you will not be on holiday then; but it IS a shame we can't do it any other date; if we did it any later, it would be during our holidays. For those of you whose holidays begin on the 8th March, please, please DO try and make an effort to head over to watch our spectacle - it will be one musical to remember.