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Piece number 1 for ARENA PENTAS 2017
TITLE: "Perkenalan"
Written and directed by : Aliff Shah Ramli
Performed by : Aliff Shah Ramli, Siti Umairah Md Nor
Reza a delivery boy and the only child in the family gets constant nags by his parents to find a life partner and start a family. Not that he doesn't want to but he wants to enjoy his single life till the fullest. But deep inside he do feel lonely and getting hooked up isn't a bad idea after all. Maybe his parents will stop nagging. Those constant nags, shapes his idea of an ideal woman. Someone who is quiet and peaceful. Unfortunately, most are taken (according to him).
His friend introduced him to a girl and he chat her up on facebook. Here's the tricky part. Will he sound desperate? Is that desperation caused by his liking to the girl or to just get his mother off his back?
The next tricky part, this girl, Alliya Maisara.. hmmm.. she's very pretty. Why is she entertaining this desperado? She can get any guy she wants but why is she entertaining this Reza guy? Well she doesn't entertain as much as Reza hope for. She replies and then disappears and when Reza seems to give up hope, she replies again. Is she carrying a baggage of her own?
So where is this going?
Well, you have to watch and find out.
As for us, it sure brings back memories of chatting up a stranger. The thrills, the cringe, the urrghhh and the waaahss... I'm sure many of us did it once in our life or at least heard about friends who did it. Don't deny! I heard of all these since MIRC days! MIRC, Alamak chat, MSN, Friendster, Facebook, you've heard them all.
So do come over and experience this again. It's free admission. Just a text away from booking your seats.
TITLE: "Perkenalan"
Written and directed by : Aliff Shah Ramli
Performed by : Aliff Shah Ramli, Siti Umairah Md Nor
Reza a delivery boy and the only child in the family gets constant nags by his parents to find a life partner and start a family. Not that he doesn't want to but he wants to enjoy his single life till the fullest. But deep inside he do feel lonely and getting hooked up isn't a bad idea after all. Maybe his parents will stop nagging. Those constant nags, shapes his idea of an ideal woman. Someone who is quiet and peaceful. Unfortunately, most are taken (according to him).
His friend introduced him to a girl and he chat her up on facebook. Here's the tricky part. Will he sound desperate? Is that desperation caused by his liking to the girl or to just get his mother off his back?
The next tricky part, this girl, Alliya Maisara.. hmmm.. she's very pretty. Why is she entertaining this desperado? She can get any guy she wants but why is she entertaining this Reza guy? Well she doesn't entertain as much as Reza hope for. She replies and then disappears and when Reza seems to give up hope, she replies again. Is she carrying a baggage of her own?
So where is this going?
Well, you have to watch and find out.
As for us, it sure brings back memories of chatting up a stranger. The thrills, the cringe, the urrghhh and the waaahss... I'm sure many of us did it once in our life or at least heard about friends who did it. Don't deny! I heard of all these since MIRC days! MIRC, Alamak chat, MSN, Friendster, Facebook, you've heard them all.
So do come over and experience this again. It's free admission. Just a text away from booking your seats.
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3rd January 2017, Republic Polytechnic's Pentas Karyawan had our 100% preview for our upcoming production. A number of loose ends to tighten up and we will get them done by show day. Yes... show day is next week. Have you booked your tickets yet?
To tease your tastebuds, let me share a bit what you can expect.
1) Admission is free! All you have to do is to book a seat for yourself. Oh please do bring your friends along.
2) 5 short plays every night. Yes, in 80 minutes you will be presented with 5 short stories written, directed and performed by the members themselves.
3) With the theme "CAKAP KOSONG", meaning empty talks, we try to disect that phrase both literally and figuratively. How many times have we been caught talking to ourselves or talking alone or talking to someone but its no better than talking alone?
* PERKENALAN by Aliff Shah Ramli : About a young man getting to know a lady via facebook. Yes I did this before on friendster then. Don't tell me you didn't do it before. So yes, this play is very relatable! But the issue here, why isn't the girl replying? And when he is about to give up, she replies again and disappear again. Why? And where is this heading?
* CERITA CALAR DIA by Siti Khalisah Khair : 3 best friends. 1 of them having issues with her life. She finds pleasure in cutting herself. What? Pleasure? How is that pleasurable? Will the cuts turn into scars? Or will it progress into gashes and slits? How are the friends coping with it?
* TUMPANG by Diyanah Ahmad Khalifa : Taxi driver. Non stop ferry service. Non stop talk. How many times have we gone through this? Is the driver being friendly or just annoying. Would you like to give them the benefit of the doubt that being a driver could be lonely? Or alone...
* SELAMAT TINGGAL by Nurfareena Md Nor : A lady on a window ledge. A psychologist is called up to attend a suicidal case. Can she talk this one out?
* KONGSI by Nur Munirah Abdul Monir : An ex convict walks around selling keychains. All approaches and pleas get constantly ignored. Why is she constantly ignored? Who is being chained here?
How? Interesting enough? I think they are and worthy to be supported and maybe progress to full length plays. So do come and have a look. Like I said, it's free. All we need from you is your time and support. After all these words here on this blog page, are there anyone interested to read and call and make a phone booking? Or am I still talking alone?
To tease your tastebuds, let me share a bit what you can expect.
1) Admission is free! All you have to do is to book a seat for yourself. Oh please do bring your friends along.
2) 5 short plays every night. Yes, in 80 minutes you will be presented with 5 short stories written, directed and performed by the members themselves.
3) With the theme "CAKAP KOSONG", meaning empty talks, we try to disect that phrase both literally and figuratively. How many times have we been caught talking to ourselves or talking alone or talking to someone but its no better than talking alone?
* PERKENALAN by Aliff Shah Ramli : About a young man getting to know a lady via facebook. Yes I did this before on friendster then. Don't tell me you didn't do it before. So yes, this play is very relatable! But the issue here, why isn't the girl replying? And when he is about to give up, she replies again and disappear again. Why? And where is this heading?
* CERITA CALAR DIA by Siti Khalisah Khair : 3 best friends. 1 of them having issues with her life. She finds pleasure in cutting herself. What? Pleasure? How is that pleasurable? Will the cuts turn into scars? Or will it progress into gashes and slits? How are the friends coping with it?
* TUMPANG by Diyanah Ahmad Khalifa : Taxi driver. Non stop ferry service. Non stop talk. How many times have we gone through this? Is the driver being friendly or just annoying. Would you like to give them the benefit of the doubt that being a driver could be lonely? Or alone...
* SELAMAT TINGGAL by Nurfareena Md Nor : A lady on a window ledge. A psychologist is called up to attend a suicidal case. Can she talk this one out?
* KONGSI by Nur Munirah Abdul Monir : An ex convict walks around selling keychains. All approaches and pleas get constantly ignored. Why is she constantly ignored? Who is being chained here?
How? Interesting enough? I think they are and worthy to be supported and maybe progress to full length plays. So do come and have a look. Like I said, it's free. All we need from you is your time and support. After all these words here on this blog page, are there anyone interested to read and call and make a phone booking? Or am I still talking alone?
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Hello. Welcome to my new blog. Welcome to the new year. As always, we strive to make the year a better year than the last.
This blog will document my art experiences, activities and events. Pray for me that the year will be a fruitful artistic year. So as to have more blog posts too. :)
And so I shall start with promoting my 1st event of the year. Arena Pentas 2017 edition is less than a fortnight away. Do support these thespians in training as they present 5 plays produced, written, directed and performed by themselves as part of their tertiary arts training. Best of all, it's free and open to public so please do give them your support.
I will update more on this as we go along or else there won't be anything much to write. Do follow this blog to follow the event's progress.
Thank you and have a blessed year ahead.
This blog will document my art experiences, activities and events. Pray for me that the year will be a fruitful artistic year. So as to have more blog posts too. :)
And so I shall start with promoting my 1st event of the year. Arena Pentas 2017 edition is less than a fortnight away. Do support these thespians in training as they present 5 plays produced, written, directed and performed by themselves as part of their tertiary arts training. Best of all, it's free and open to public so please do give them your support.
I will update more on this as we go along or else there won't be anything much to write. Do follow this blog to follow the event's progress.
Thank you and have a blessed year ahead.
