The screams and laughter of children echoed throughout the waiting hall. Parents chatted noisily while making sure their children kept out of trouble from the corner of their eyes. I just watched them in amusement and felt like a little kid again. Nope, I wasn't in a kindergarten or in a children's centre. I was actually in the waiting hall of the "Panggung Bandaraya" waiting for the Black Art Theatre presentation of "Thumbelina"
We went in about 10 minutes before the show started and I happened to sit down next to a semi-retired lady who happens to be a freelance drama and speech teacher for kids. She also gives sessions for those who needs coaching in voice projection and public speaking. We chatted while waiting for the show to start and I even invited her for our Christmas presentation which is also using the same black light effect (see below my cbox for more info), which was the main reason why I'm attending this "Thumbelina". She used to attend a baptist church back in Penang and now she's staying in KL and attending a 7000 plus Roman Catholic church. She believes she is a Christian becos she was born into a Christian family....hmmm...EEians, I have her contact if you need a it *wink*
The show started off with a blue bird flying in the air and dropped something that bloomed into "Thumbelina". The effect was just magical. Watching the flower open up and "Thumbelina" emerging from the flower....it was like watching some computer graphic animation. There was classical music playing throughout the entire show creating the exact atmosphere during the suspenseful scenes and the peaceful ones. I think most were taken from Tchaikovsky's ballet pieces cos I remember them playing one of the movements from "The Nutcraker". The props and characters were very flexible and colourful. They also floated around quickly creating a fantasy-like effect.
It was only an hour presentation becos the kids were already getting restless, though didn't notice any of the kids getting scared in the dark. When the show finished, the switched on all the lights and the all the stagehands came out. Guess how many of them were there???? Only four!!! Looking at all the props that has to be handled, it came as a big surprise that only four of them handled everything. They were dressed all black from neck to toe, even their hands were in black gloves. One of them asked the kids, "Do you wanna see the puppets" All the kids, me included..hehe...cried out with a resounding "YES!!!" I managed to take some photos with my handphone but it didn't turn out very well. Anyone care to donate a digital camera *hint!hint!* Mainly because the kids were crowding around in awe of the puppets and could hardly get a nice pose out from them so all of them were candid shots. Click on to my photoblog to have a look!
We went in about 10 minutes before the show started and I happened to sit down next to a semi-retired lady who happens to be a freelance drama and speech teacher for kids. She also gives sessions for those who needs coaching in voice projection and public speaking. We chatted while waiting for the show to start and I even invited her for our Christmas presentation which is also using the same black light effect (see below my cbox for more info), which was the main reason why I'm attending this "Thumbelina". She used to attend a baptist church back in Penang and now she's staying in KL and attending a 7000 plus Roman Catholic church. She believes she is a Christian becos she was born into a Christian family....hmmm...EEians, I have her contact if you need a it *wink*
The show started off with a blue bird flying in the air and dropped something that bloomed into "Thumbelina". The effect was just magical. Watching the flower open up and "Thumbelina" emerging from the flower....it was like watching some computer graphic animation. There was classical music playing throughout the entire show creating the exact atmosphere during the suspenseful scenes and the peaceful ones. I think most were taken from Tchaikovsky's ballet pieces cos I remember them playing one of the movements from "The Nutcraker". The props and characters were very flexible and colourful. They also floated around quickly creating a fantasy-like effect.
It was only an hour presentation becos the kids were already getting restless, though didn't notice any of the kids getting scared in the dark. When the show finished, the switched on all the lights and the all the stagehands came out. Guess how many of them were there???? Only four!!! Looking at all the props that has to be handled, it came as a big surprise that only four of them handled everything. They were dressed all black from neck to toe, even their hands were in black gloves. One of them asked the kids, "Do you wanna see the puppets" All the kids, me included..hehe...cried out with a resounding "YES!!!" I managed to take some photos with my handphone but it didn't turn out very well. Anyone care to donate a digital camera *hint!hint!* Mainly because the kids were crowding around in awe of the puppets and could hardly get a nice pose out from them so all of them were candid shots. Click on to my photoblog to have a look!
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