Post Mid Summer Night Dream

Mid Summer Night Dream at fort canning park was a great experience. The play was light-hearted and I would say abit absurd. Nonetheless, it is far better than Macbeth in terms of stage settings, costume and acting. It is modern adaptation of Shakespeare. The sound system was bad though cos it was outdoor so the sound travels in all directions. The actress playing Hermia was shrekking all the time instead of delivering her speech. But I really love the unconventional stage. It was a slope so imagine the poor actors running up & down. Indeed very physically demanding acting indeed.

It was definitely a great experience and I am glad I went with the right company. ;) I really enjoy the outdoor experience. If there is another outdoor movie screening, I shall be the first in the queue. Oh! We had everything prepared too. The picnic was fun. We had our sushi, salad, sandwich, cherries, fruit juices, chips, cakes and jellies. It was just sweet chilling out with my date in the park. At the interval, we both lie down on the grass & watched the dark blue sky. Admire the pale moon light and the shinning stars. We chatted. It was real cool for once I dont have to talk about my future plan, my career or my job. It was just a casual chat. I feel so blissful lying next to my date. A sense of serenity. Calm and peaceful. Then I wonder why we dont make effort to meet up more often since we enjoyed each other company so much. & yet when we meet, we just have so much fun everytime. There are just so many beautiful memories. It is always a different experience cos we are both so absorbed in romantic ideas that we always have so unique ideas.

We were also lucky to see the firework from padang for Arts Fest. Well! My date is the one who told me that if I am still single at 40, we will spend the rest of our lives together. Sweet huh? & I can so figure our lives together now. It will be this romantic everyday.

Thanks dear for the great company last night. We really should keep in touch more often. Meet up soon for a drink. I have many places to bring you around.

Post-Macbeth

So I had my first taste of Shakespear's play. I am sad to say it has been a disappointing experience though I enjoyed dressing up for such occasion as I usually buy nice dress and clothing on the context of appearing decent in such events.

The play was heavy. There was not much stage setting to speak of. Props were kept to a minimum. Costumes were far from elaborate. It was armani's style of staging with everything kept to minimalist. Nothing complementary. Worse still, the cast didnt do justice to the play at all with their amateur acting ability. I was abhorred by it. First, Macbeth is really old and balding. Playing such a major role, I felt he could have put in more expression and emotion into the role. The first part before the intermission was acceptable. Not cos the play is staged satisfactory but rather it was at least a well-rehearsed staging.

Right after the break, came all the hiccups. The crew coordination sucks cos the timing to remove and replace the props was a bad miss. Not to mention, the cast forgetting their lines. To top it up, the younger actor's hands were shaking cos he was too nervous. All in all, I feel that it was due to a total lack of professionalism.

They should be glad that 85% of the audiences were students who were mostly bored and probably dont know how to appreciate and are less critical about them. Yes! We were watching with a swamp of school children and this is the last thing I would have expected cos I hate being in the same enclosure with them. Cos I could not tolerate inconsiderate behaviour arising from the children nowadays who behave like they have no parents. So the entire experience was nothing to enjoy about. Being teenagers, they giggled and laughed at every single gesture by the cast which I find it totally not funny. It was really irritating in fact how childish they were. It is also very annoying how they couldnt shut their mouth up. Argh!

The only consolation was that Lady Macbeth did a fantastic job. She was definitely the star of the show tonight. Thank buddha! I am less grouchy than what I should be cos I had my happy food - Le Royale with Bushmen Brew from Canele, before the start of the show.

Hope Mid Summer Night Dream will live up to expectation.

Singapore Arts Festival

Singapore Arts Festival (25 May - 24 June) is here. I am going to post a list of shows I would like to watch. So if anyone game for any of the followings, let me know.

If you are keen to find out, check out the website www.singaporeartsfest.com

Dreams in Flight
La Fura dels Baus (Spain)
25-27 May, 8pm
Padang
Free
*This is festival opening show. So it is going to be real grand & magnificent (usually). Plus it is outdoor. I am going there on 27 May (Sunday). If you are free and would love to join me, please do so cos I am probably too lazy to go if noone accompany me. I wanna go there to take nice photo. It is time I start photoshoot outing.

DollHouse
Mabou Mines (USA)
21-23 June, 8pm
Drama Centre Theatre
$20, $40, $60, $80
150mins (with intermission)
www.maboumines.org
*This is a play.

Jeremy Monteiro (jazz)
19 & 20 June, 7.30pm
Esplanade Concert Hall
$20, $40, $60, $80, $100, $120
110mins (with intermission)
*I usually opt for play. But I think I am in love with jazz and never been to any jazz concert. I think I will like this one. This reminds me of my notte bianca experience in Milan where we attended the Quartet performance. That was really beautiful.

Proteo Project Vertical Dance - NEOS
Company il Posto (Italy)
7-10 June, 730pm & 830pm
Raffles City
Free
*This is gonna be cool cos dancers are suspended midair and they gonn dance vertically.

Free Outdoor Performances
Various Artists (Australia, France, Singapore)
25-27 May, 1-3 June, 8-10 June, 15 & 16 June, 22-24 June, from 6.15pm
various venues around Esplanade
check out www.esplanade.com for more info on various performance at various days
*Depends on your luck. Sometimes, it is real nice. Do go early cos it will be packed.

Time Out
Antagon Theater AKTion (Germany)
22-24 June, 8pm
Open Field between the JTC Summit & Jurong East Central 1(near Jurong East MRT Station)
Free
*This is closing celebration. So should be quite grand too. Just that the venue is not so appealing to me. This one I can skip but I am posting this so that people who live near the area might want to pop by if you want some free entertainment which is pretty solid stuff.

Defining the refined

Felt real accomplished finished running many many errand in one morning.
Maybe I am starting to fall in love with morning.
Day started great despite strange interview encounter. At least someone keeps me smiling for now.

So much to look forward to next week. I am watching MidSummer Night Dream! Woohoo!! Not only that I am also watching Macbeth. Cooool~



Macbeth
23 May - 26 May 2007
Wed - Fri, 7pm
Sat 2pm & 7pm
DBS Arts Centre
$35

I am watching Macbeth on 23 May. Qooo!! Then on 26 May,A MidSummer Night Dream in the park al fresco style under the pale moonlight and shinny sky with a pinic basket with my dear. The only other romantic frenzy one I know beside myself. All work out well....The only sad thing, i missed The Phantom of Opera since I couldnt find someone to go watch with me. I have missed it twice. Once in London, now in Sg. Not fated.

Art Exhibition

The Chalcography of the Lourve Museum
04 May - 22 July 2007
Singapore Art Museum
10.00 am - 7.00 pm Daily
Free Admission on weekdays 12.00noon to 2.00pm and Fridays 6.00pm to 9.00pm

Exchange in europe was definitely a life-changing chapter for me. I have learnt to appreciate arts and play much better. Make me more refined and less unglam. Giving me a chance to appreciate the finer things in life which also make me regret not taking my literature seriously in crescent days. Now I gotta eat my own words when I told my Literature teacher that I will never regret dropping her subject cos I will never understand nor go near such artsy stuff. Thats probably why my dad always teaches me not to speak my mind completely and to leave some rooms for turn-back.

Well Well Well!! I think this is one exhibition worth seeing. It showcases 138 prints of some of the master piece of Lourve Museum in Paris. Of course that means the famous Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa is definitely one of the attraction. Check it out!

P.S. hey love, Lets check this out together after your work on some Friday. We shall then proceed on to our romantic dinner at the restaurant at Dempsey Road where you wanna bring me to. Or we can check out this cool restaurant at Labrador Park overlooking the seaview. Date me when you are back from your Aussie trip. Missing you already ;)

Mid Summer Night Dream

I am pretty envious of Lynn that she went to watch Mid Summer Night dream under the velvet sky and shinning stars at Fort Canning Hill. It sounds so cool. I know it is nice and a great experience. Something romantic crazy like me will enjoy. It is even nicer than expected from the way Lynn described the play. Somemore, it is outdoor play watching experience with your own pinic basket and a mat on the green grass. How cool is that sound?! A pity I dont have that many friends who are cultured enough to enjoy such finer side of things in life. More of friends who will go for a meal or supper with me anytime but not such culturally refine friends I have. Maybe I should start hunting for more refined friends than hanging out with such uncouth friends like B2 who talked to me in strange Hokkien with all the vulgaraties all the time...

I want to watch Mid Summer Night Dream. If anyone interested, please ask me out. The ticket only costs about $35 bucks.
Hey dear, if you see this & you wanna go, let me know. You are the only romantic person I know & I am sure you will love this experience.