yesterday was my first experience watching live theatre at istana budaya. before this, i just watched theatres that were featured in movies or films, hehe.. actually, i want to thank my dear friend ateng for buying the tickets for me and A. it all started out when i saw ateng posted on his wall at facebook that he wants to see the theatre 'semerah padi.' so, i decided to tag along since i have always wanted to see any theatre live at istana budaya. i went there early, right after A finished her work on 5.30pm fearing the possibility of traffic jam and getting lost. i'm quite good at getting lost especially in KL.
earlier this year, a few of my friends decided to surprise me by taking me to watch Tun Mahathir The Musical on my birthday. it turned out, that they were the one that were surprised since during my birthday, i went to my friend's wedding in johor. miss my luck on watching theatre until now. the theatre was taken from an original late p. ramlee film of the same title. It is about a small village, Semerah Padi governed by a pious penghulu called dato' merah alongside his right handman, taruna and left handman aduka. Semerah Padi was ruled with strong Islamic beliefs and laws. dara, daughter of dato' merah has a feeling for aduka and the feeling was mutual.
unfortunately, dara was later engaged to taruna. later on, the country was attacked by pirates and king requests enforcement from semerah padi. dato' merah send taruna with several 'pendekar.' aduka was left to look after the village. not long after taruna's departure, semerah padi was attacked by borek and his gangs. borek want to avenge the death of his brother, jejaka. jejaka was ordered to be killed by dato' merah, according to the islamic law for commiting adultery. borek kidnapped dara and aduka came to the rescue. something happened to dara and aduka, regarding 'purity and sin.' that's all i could tell. for further information, just google 'semerah padi' or watch the theatre for yourselves! it is until 31st december 2011, ticket prices range from RM30 - RM200. you can get it online at ticket2u.biz.
i found the theatre interesting and captivating. the casts did a good job while the props did a great job! hehe, A and i keep joking about the coconut trees that fall from the sky. the theatre was meant to be serious, but i couldn't keep my serious mood because there were always something that will make me want to laugh. either the actors' line and action. the falling coconut trees, wardrobe malfunction etc.. there is this one guy that keep repeating borek's line with antic demeanour. then they were this devils group that can perform acrobatic, not to mention they are cute as well, hehe..the main actors were not as cute as them.. oh, i forgot to mention the main casts:
- Datuk Baharuddin Omar - Dato' Merah
- Abby Nadzri - Dara
- Khir Rahman - Aduka
- Fauzi Nawawi - Taruna
- Opie Zami - Borek
- Azizah Mahzan - Mak Dara
attending this theatre made me want to see more and more theatre! and i A even suggested that we went to see classical music net time, probably at petronas philharmonic. i started to like classical music ever since watching japanese drama series, nodame cantabile. for you that haven't seen this drama, i highly recommended it. it's funny and enlighting, plus the music is great. before watching nodame, the only classical musician i known is mozart and beethoven. after watching nodame, my knowledge on classical musical raised several notches! now i know bach, schumann, tchaikovsky, brahm, chopin etc.. insyaAllah, next time i am able to watch it.
ps: there's another thing beside the theatre that's making me happy and non stop smiling until now!!! thank you ya Allah for this wonderful feeling... really looking forward to tomorrow!
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