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My first play came in the form of a complementary ticket obtained by a friend whose girlfriend works as a dresser in said play. Confused? Basically, this friend (who was introduced to me as a halfass attempt at matchmaking by my jessica many years ago) got free tix to the play because his girlfriend works backstage as a dresser and can't watch it with him because she's working. Comprehende?
I like theaters but I can never go watch it because (a) the tickets are too damn expensive, and (b) I don't have anyone who would appreciate *and* afford to shell out money for their ticket to go with me. It's sad for me because I'd read some great reviews of some plays before but could never go because monetary issues aside, if I were to go alone, I wouldn't have anyone to discuss the play with and god knows how much I like to rant about stuffs.
So lucky for me, this friend of mine got tix and we went. The play is Forbidden Chestnuts: Memoirs of a Brokeback Geisha and it parodies a hell lot of stuff--movies, tv shows, commercials, theaterworks... anything that can be parodied. It's also their 10th anniversary this year (well, technically it's last year...). It's real funny and there's only 5 days left before the last show.
I hafta say that Rodney Oliveiro had came a long way since that local teenage drama Spin. As with many local productions in recent years, that show was awful. I gave up 10 minutes into an episode once and I vowed never to watch it ever again, even the reruns. *shudder* It might be because of the few years that passed since the show and the play, it might also be because of the exaggerations that theaters need but he does seem more at ease and less stiff now. Hossan Leong is fabulous as always and pardon my lack of knowledge on stage actors but this was the first time I'd heard of and seen Jonathan Lim and Judy Ngo but they were great as well.
As for the show, it was split into many smaller segments, some I liked more than others. Again, pardon my lack of knowledge on stage plays, there was a few segments taking digs at previously staged plays and I'm like "huh? I don't get it...". But others, like a spoof of a local tv show about crimes. The title of the show is 'True Files' and the "host" walked up and went on about the standard issue brown paper folder and grey box files used by the lawyers. I especially liked the wayang kulit version of Poisedon (Chestnuts did a wayang kulit spoof of Titanics way back when and since it's their 10th anniversary and there's another movie about sinking ships, they decided to make a wayang kulit version of it as well). It's all in the delivery. I loved their thick pseudo-malay accent when they spoofed the movie.
So, if you could spare $10-$50, go take a look. Fun stuff!
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