After watching this musical at the National Library Theater, there were only 4 main thoughts which aligned themselves on parallel to our lives. Are we pursuing our own dreams in life? Are we pursuing others' dreams for us, in our life? What will happen in the end for us in both scenarios? Would you give up your own dreams to live up to the expectations of other people?
Lao Jiu is a Chinese musical, depicting the life of the ninth child of the Chng family. He is the only son with eight other elder sisters. Everybody’s pinning their hopes and dreams of wealth, fame and success on him, while deep inside, he only wish the colorful life of a puppeteer. With this inner strife between his deepest desires and dreams, and those pressured upon him from his family. The process of working out the conflicts of vision between him and his family, and the ending, were both quite surprising. Overall, it was enjoyable.
Technically speaking, the stage was small, but the actors were very skilled making use of the constraint to fully express themselves through well choreographed dance, beautiful props, costumes and music, and very carefully chosen words in the lyrics. There were many plus points to the musical and so are the negative ones. The lead actor is very cute but singing was not that in tune and certain consonants wasn't catch on clearly. The overall cast must improve their pronunciation. When they sing in Chinese, certain words cannot be brought across clearly and we had to keep looking at the subtitles on the side walls to make sense. Other than these small hiccups, there were not much to complain about in this famous piece of work.
Semplice Simon
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I thot he was quite cute too.. from the newspapers I saw.. I had wanted to go earlier, but the thot of finding someone to go with me to a chinese play.. was just too much of a hassle. Part of the reason I love stage so much, was the way directors use stage, lights, sound and timing, to create a make-believe world in which we immerse fully for the 2-odd-hrs of a show. Of course, some are more successful than others. That's probably why it's an art...
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