Mulan : An Adaptation
April 16th, 2006
this evening, i went to watch the Mulan play staged by my high school.
i dont think i’ve ever felt this proud of my school in my whole life. EVER.
believe me when i say exactly one month ago, this production was nowhere, despite having been set in motion about one year ago. back when i was still in form5, the hearsay was that this was to be an August 2005 play, buuuuuut due to a lot of non-cooperation among cast members, it was pushed back to September. and then to December. and then to January 2006. then to March 2006. most people thought this play wasnt even going to happen.
but finally, after many many many cancelled tentative dates, Sri Garden staged Mulan : An Adaptation on the 14th and 15th of April 2006.
overall, for something that was put together in the span of one month, it was absolutely superb. i had the time of my life. for amateur actors, some of the cast were just mindblowingly fantastic, and the adapted script kept the continuity of the play fluid without chopping up too many scenes. encik jefri rocked the sound and lights console, the (very expensive) backdrop was so impressive, costumes were beautiful.
i loved this play. i feel so proud of the school right now.
the character who stole all our hearts was of course Surayn, who played Mushu. hahaha i think i made him almost forget his lines when i stood up and whooped in the auditorium during his entrance. he looked so shocked it was funny :D oh and Ming Yi was AWESOME, she played Chi Fu to a T - smug, arrogant and haughty, and had his self-important eye roll down to a pat. Ming Yi, hats off to you. go into theatre in the future!!!
i am just very awed that all this happened in less than a month. i remember sometime a month ago, we bumped into Xin Le at Mid Valley when i knew there was supposed to be practice going on at that time. i asked her what she was doing out shopping when she should be in school, but she was like, “oh practice was cancelled AGAIN”. i was just really taken aback cos they had so little time left. but holy hell, one month later, look at what they’ve done! :) pessimism can be so unfounded sometimes.
click below for more pictures i took during the play!
so proud, so proud :) i mean come on, the last time Sri Garden pulled off something like this was in 1995 when i was in 1st grade!!!
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