You entered into a circus tent and greeted by 3 not-so-friendly staff. Well, we were supposed to see a special exhibit which happened to be transsexual Maggie Lai. This was the setting of Goh Boon Teck's Purple, which was restaged this time at Joyden Hall.
Well it may be too obvious using the circus as a setting, but it may work if the director had put some thoughts into it. Other than the few trapeze acts and "Maggie" doing the pole dance, the circus theme and set were not fully exploited.
Shane Mardjuki did a commendable job as Maggie Lai, though he sometimes lapsed into his other accent. And since he is playing a Chinese character, it would be great if he could get the Chinese/dialect diction right.
The 3 supporting actresses tried hard but at times they had difficulties in certain scenes, in particular the pre-show segment.
What stood out was the script by Goh Boon Teck, where certain scenes were touching. Maybe this production could just be staged as a monologue with intimate setting, where the audience is close to the lone actor.
No comments :
Post a Comment