Since there are not much to say about my theatrical activities, I'll share with you about one of the theaters I've seen. Yes, you've figured out what it is from the title, haven't you?
It's the Lion King Musical :)
We all know the movie, we've watched it when we were younger, right?
But let me tell you, the musical was superb.
The movie, even the modern remake one, is nothing compared to the musical.
I forgot who they are.. I think it's Uncle Scar and Mufasa.
I saw the musical in August last year (I know it's been almost a year since I watched it, just never really get to tell about it until now ._. ) in Singapore.
I think I still have the ticket piece, I'll look for it and update this post when I find it :D
It was in the Sands Theatre in Marina Bay Sands, and I watched the theatre together with my little sister. Even though it has been a year, I still remember most of the scenes and luckily, I managed to write some notes in my phone during the show :p
The first thing that really WOW-ed me was the live music. I know it's common for theaters, but seriously, the music was amazing. Maybe the good quality theatre should be taken into consideration for the beautiful sound produced as well? Since the very first part of the theatre, the African chant, which was also my favorite part, I've got goosebumps already.
Rafiki, singing the chant
The actors and actresses really portray the characters well, even their voices sounds very similar. Lightings were made use significantly. They created the illusion of water using a piece of cloth and the lightings. Somehow the 'water' looked real. Shadows were also applied to create the sense of depth and movement in the stage. Even though the stage is quite big, you cannot really put some scenes into real acts, like the scene when Simba was chased by a herd of bulls. They made use of shadow in this case.
Since it was a musical, dance also played a big part. I love the way they danced to show different moods in the scenes. My favorite was the dance that showed the grief from Mufasa's death. Their costumes supported them really well too. Even though they played animal characters, does not mean that they had to use the costume which cover up their whole body. The other thing that I like was that in certain scenes the actors enter the stage from the audiences' rows of seats. It was surprisingly nice, you got to see them real close and paid attention to their costumes and make ups :D
see their costumes? The dancers' body are still visible, these kind of costumes are rare :o
After all of the beautiful things I mentioned, still, there were some things that did not appeal to me. Not that I'm such a theatre expert that I get to critique their big play, these are just my opinions :)
You know in dance, teamwork and synchronized moves are crucial. Well, I know those dancers are human, they make mistakes and imperfect, despite these, it was a professional theatrical show. People paid quite a big amount (not gonna mention the price specifically :p) to see them, and they ought to give their best. I still saw some errors in their movements, even one of the dancers' costume part fell, but she managed to still continue her part. They've done best, but nothing's wrong with more improvements, isn't it? ;)
The other thing that really bothered me was the Timon puppeteer's costume. Timon puppet was brownish-orangey in color, while the puppeteer was wearing GREEN. yep, green. I don't know why and I still don't get it until know, but I found it disturbing. He should be wearing brown or something more similar to the puppet's color, don't you think so?
the puppeteer and Timon on the right
Nevertheless, it was the best thing I've ever seen and I did not regret any single thing about it.
It was magnificent and I was totally amazed throughout the whole play. I learned a lot about theatre as well. The way they use lightings and the amazing costumes.
I'd love to see other theatrical plays in MBS if I get the chance again someday in the future :)
P.S. the photos I posted are not mine, taking photos were not allowed in theatre :( I took these photos from various sources.
Lots of Love,
Stacy.
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