This post is long overdue, so might as well get started. On March 7th, a bunch of friends and I went to the Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre (KLPAC) to watch a play. When we arrived there, I was impressed by the building’s design which is modern and artistic. The play that we have chosen was The Secret Love Life of Ophelia. The play is actually depicting the secret love life of Hamlet and Ophelia that was not shown in Shakespeare’s Hamlet.
As I entered ‘pentas 2’, I was surprised that the stage is small and on it was just two couch and two tables. What amazed me was that the play starts on time regardless the audience has not fully arrived, which is so different than cinemas where they play advertisements to give time for the viewers to enter the cinema.
As I watch the play, I think the story was a bit of a bore since its Shakespearean English and not modern English. So, it took time for me to process what the actors were saying. What I like about it is that the setting is modern but not the language which I think was nice. Besides that, I was very impressed that the actor’s acting especially the part where he was making coffee without any props in other word making imaginary coffee. So he must have practice a lot for that part.
The play came to an end when the actors bowed and the audience applauded for their performances. Overall, theatre is not as boring as I thought at first, so that change my perspective on theatre. It was actually quite an interesting experience and I don’t mind watching another play again.
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I was impressed with the actors’ acting too. I agree with you that the part when Hamlet was making coffee without any props was the most impressive. The illusions that the actors’ created for the audience was simply fantastic. The imaginary PDAs, laptops, radio, telephones, and not forgetting the cat, they made imaginations feel so real on stage! The play was interesting, and not a bore at all for me.
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