Review of watching a play

I was invited to watch a musical play entitled "Mystical Journey To Putuo Shan" at Dewan Heng Gok Hai, SJK@Sentul yesterday. The play was organized by La Comerata Di Opera Society of Kuala Lumpur and Selangor.

The play was telling about a man named Chi Ming who does not believe the existence of God and he hates his own mother. Ci Pou's mother is a kind old lady who is very faithful in God. She always pray that Chi Ming will change his temper and be successful in his life. Chi Ming is then forced to face various difficulties and testimonies that finally leads him in believing that God makes all these things happended to him. He realised that a man cannot challenge God. In the end,he changes his bad temper and treat his mother with kindness and gratitude.

It is a religious subject that brings out this play. However, the performing way does not make me feel heavy and full of religious themes. In fact, it reminds me of the Greek theatre that we are studying--"Antigone" at which Creon also disbelief in God. However, Creon's endings is being punished by God with death.

That was the first time for me to experience a really "live" stage performance as there were a musical band performing the background music live below the stage. The atmosphere was simply soothing and sizzling at the same time. I was so excited towards those musical instruments. The chorus singing soft ryhmetic songs just like a gentle freeze. All the characters sang and acted fantastically. There were also parts that the dancers performed various dances like Indian Dance, Persian Dance and Belly Dance. The costumes of the dances were colourful and worked so well with the lighting. I was amazed by the whole performance.

All in all, the play was successful and intersting. It attracted press and celebrity such as Lillian Thoo. I was lucky to have the chance to watch it totally free as it is originally cost about RM100 as part of the fare is for the charity purpose. Hehe......