This
superb piece of theatre for all the family has only two minor
problems as far as I was concerned.
We
just did not know when to applaud and as this show is in the Kids
section of the Fringe Programme, I feel it is depriving a large
potential audience of a well written, beautifully performed sumptuous
spectacle by hiding there.
The
team are Jona Than Lum as
Tigerseye, Chio Su Pling as Ruby, Elanor Tan as Amethyst and Alecia
Chua as Turquoise each performer wearing the colours of the
gemstones they are named after. We also have Feri Susanto and Serene
Tan the two extremely talented musicians on stage throughout the
performance, playing instruments some of which I have never seen
before and producing an amazing variety of superb and sometimes
strange sounds.
We
watch several Asian Folk Tales whose origins come from far-flung
regions of these areas, some of which are well
known and others particular to smaller regions. We are given a
performance that shows them through live music, energetic physical
theatre, mime, dance, with some excellent acting and mimicry.
Starting
out with the tale of two Dragons and the jealous Emperor who
banished them from the earth forever to shine as stars from the sky
when the moon is full and these stars are at their zenith (top of
movement) it is called a Dragon moon under which it is the tradition
to sit in the open and tell each other stories and look for the
jewel in the tail.
I
highly recommend this show to anyone and if their other show, is
half as good it will be well worth seeing.
The
Rainbow Fish C Chambers
Street 10am to 10.55 1st
to 18th August 2007.
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