Cinderel-Lah! reflection- Arthur Lee

Hi guys, here is my reflection on the theatre experience. It is gonna be split into 3 key parts, how it caught my attention, pros of the play, cons of the play.

-How it caught my attention
What caught my attention was its funny sense of humor that only Singaporeans or people who live very long here, will understand. It uses a lot of strong Singaporean aspects, like its strong Singlish influence, and its jokes like how you expect a car when the original story had a pumpkin carriage, but it was the MRT.

-Pros
They have a very talented crew of actors, and a good band. The actors are believable as crazy as the situation may be, and the band was spot on, the music was clear, crisp and well coordinated.
The twisted tale was twisted in such a way that all of us can relate to it because it really is Singaporean.
The Singlish and the strong accents of the various races were very funny, and it was really interactive with the audience.

-Cons
It was targeted to more of a childish audience, except for some of the scenes and dialogue.
That is all I can think of, it was really good.

Drama Theatre Experience - Autographs (By Eunice)

Cinderel-Lah!

This is an exciting message to Drama Club members. We are going to watch a play in the school holidays! Here is the information about the play:

CINDEREL-LAH!

25 November - 11 December 2010
ESPLANADE THEATRE, SINGAPORE

Directed by IVAN HENGBook & Lyrics by SELENA TANMusic by ELAINE CHAN

STARRING
Emma Yong, Sebastian Tan, Chua Enlai, Darius Tan, Neo Swee Lin, Lim Kay Siu, Karen Lim, Siti Khalijah Zainal, Dwayne Lau, Andrew Ng, Tan Shou Chen, Alecia Kim Chua,
Josephine Tan, Najip Ali & Gurmit Singh

"Cinderel-lah's greatest achievement was that there was something in it for both adults and children." - SPH The Straits Times LIFE!

"It brought out the true essence of a pantomime.  I daresay everyone enjoyed every minute of it." - The Flying Inkpot

ABOUT THE SHOW
Poor Cindy lives in a crowded HDB flat with her Evil Casino-Obsessed Step-Mother and two Ugly Step-Sisters, Precious and Treasure.  All she dreams about is going to The Grand Fish Ball where Prince Char Mee will choose a bride.  Fairy God Makcik appears, and Cindy is transformed from “no taste” to “fashion ace” and off to The Ball she goes!  But will the Prince be recognise her?  Will the shoe fit?  And will true love find a way?

With an imaginative local spin on the world's favourite fairy-tale, CINDEREL-LAH!, W!LD RICE’s very first musical pantomime is BACK, revamped and upsized especially for the Esp-LAH-nade!!

Come with your kids, your parents, their parents, your friends, your workmates and your loved ones and have a party!  CINDEREL-LAH! is hilarious fun for ALL!

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PRODUCTION HISTORY:
03 – 28 December 2003, Jubilee Hall, Singapore

ABOUT THE W!LD RICE PANTOMIMEOnce a year, the best of Singapore’s theatre artistes come together to celebrate the festive season by taking everyone’s favourite fairy tales and giving them an imaginative local twist – just to bring laughter and the magic of theatre to audiences from five to eighty-five.

The W!LD RICE Pantomime brings together all the elements of a great family entertainment – slapstick comedy, satire, political incorrectness, snazzy songs, toe-tapping dance routines, cross-dressing, fabulous costumes and spectacular sets, audience participation and a Good versus Evil story that is strong on romance and adventure.

Through First Stage, W!LD RICE also develops the talents of children from the ages of 5 to 16, many of whom take their first steps on the Singapore stage.

Beauty & The Beast (2009), Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs (2008), Jack & The Bean-Sprout! (2006), Oi! Sleeping Beauty!! (2005), Aladdin (2004) and Cinderel-LAH! (2003) have tickled and touched an audience of over 70,000.  Today, the W!LD RICE Pantomime has become the MUST-SEE musical of the holiday season, and the best possible way to round up the busy year!

What we need to know is the dates that you would be available for us to watch the play as a CCA group. The dates are from 25 November to 11 December. Please comment  to tell us your preferred dates.

Drama Club's Journey

Hello all,

How are you this wet Wednesday afternoon? I was looking at the photos posted and it brought back such fun memories. It's been such a joyride. So how has the journey been for you so far? I've enjoyed watching you come out of your shells and I must say Drama Club members are definitely more vocal and outspoken. The National Library performance at Jurong was our first public performance and it was a blast! The librarian was so impressed and I was so proud of each and every one of you for rising up to the occasion. Then we had the Ramayana dramatization for Racial Harmony day.......I loved seeing you transform into epic characters. Not to mention the make-up.......it was awesome. I love the little blue boy! (*wink wink) Well I hope you have had as much as I had. Can't wait to read your posts.

Mrs Nair

Racial Harmony Day Performance: Ramayana - Photos

We are hoping to get a video of the entire performance on this blog.

Performance at VAT, Jurong Regional Library - Photos

If you want to, you can comment on the pictures. This is optional.

Performance Photos

With regards to the 2 performances we had, the photos are going up on the blog tomorrow. Please check for updates.

Toodles! And don't park here.

Pasakorn,
Your Drama Club Secretary