By Nurul Haziqah “Ezziq” Abdul Halim
Kuala Lumpur,– An adaptation of various Brothers Grimm Fairytales, entitled “A Grimm Fairytale”, were put together, performed and presented by actors from the Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Center (KLPAC) at their studio at Jalan Strachan in the Sentul West area in the heart of Kuala Lumpur on Friday 30th October 2009.
The play consisted of several well known fairy tales including Little Red Riding Hood, Rapunzel, and Hansel and Gretel. The play continued for two nights, one on the 30th October and the second on the 1st of November at the Pentas 2 of the KLPAC studio in their main building.
The play A Grimm Fairytale’s storyline and presentation has an urban and modern feel to it, while combining video imagery and “old school” theater elements to provide a bold, illusion and imagination based drama, filled with the same fairytale elements we all know and remember. With only a screen as its backdrop, this production will tackle the “happily ever after” image by pushing the limitations of their Pentas 2 stage, the cast of actors and the silver screen.
NOT SO GRIMM: One of the actors (wearing red jumper) from the play mingling with the audience
Imagination is the key word of the play, many scenes required the actors to act out or mime to the audience, 70 percent of the script were without physical props and still managed to be entertaining, light-hearted and understandable without losing the audience midway through the play.
DISPLAY BOARD: Well-known Grimm Fairy Tales all explained
Imagination is the key word of the play, many scenes required the actors to act out or mime to the audience, 70 percent of the script were without physical props and still managed to be entertaining, light-hearted and understandable without losing the audience midway through the play.
The entire play has the duration of an hour and 15 minutes, with directions from the director of the play Helena Foo, artistic director Joe Hisham OAM, produced by Dato’ Faridah Merican, while performed brilliantly by the cast, consisting of Lex Balakrishnan, Claudia Low, Nur Zakuan, Gabriella Robinson, Capri Chin, Oliver Johanan and Seshardi Kalimuthu.
The KLPAC or Pentas Seni Kuala Lumpur (PSKL) is backed by the Yayasan Budi Penyayang Malaysia (YBPM) as well as the Actors Studio Malaysia (ASM) and YTL Corporation Berhad. The YBPM’s role in the newly established KLPAC is to continue the training and funding of such productions. YTL Coporation is famously known widely to be a great supporter of the arts, and the Actors Studio Malaysia is at the forefront of the training and resurrections of the performing arts in Malaysia.
The Actors Studio, was established in 1989, and was founded by Joe Hisham and Dato’ Faridah Merican. They made theatre history by being the first to establish Malaysia’s first ever privately owned and operated theatre houses or facilities.
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