KUALA LUMPUR, May 10 -- Getting fascinated by a performance on screen is a special feeling, but working with those you idolised on a global stage is a surreal experience.

And this is exactly how it felt to Kuching-born actor Abel Law.

"I used to watch these people on YouTube, and now I'm asking Lea Salonga how her day was. It's a life I never thought was real," the 30-year-old told Malay Mail in a recent interview.

Law is not only one of the few Malaysians making a name for himself in the international theatre scene, but he is also part of the ensemble for Sir Cameron Mackintosh's production of Boublil and Schonberg's Les Miserables The Arena Spectacular.

As a global touring extension of the iconic West End musical that has shaped Lon...