Spring Awakening: don’t miss it.
It’s very rare for me to be enthusiastic about a local theatre production. I think I’ve seen far too many histrionic ones that have left me disillusioned with the quality of theatre in Singapore. I’m a long way away from my starry-eyed days as a theatre studies freshman. But so many of my friends gave Spring Awakening glowing reviews that I decided to take the risk and asked K to watch it with me. He booked really good tickets in the second row from the stage, so we had a close-up view of everything, including the actors’ dentition.
Spring Awakening has the honour of being the only local production in my 15 years of theatre-going to make me cry, and I NEVER cry at movies or plays. Yes, it was that good. I won’t attempt to do a review because Matthew Lyon has done an excellent job of it here and because I don’t want to spoil it for anyone planning to watch it. But I do want to say that I highly recommend it to everyone – young and old – because it covers so many relevant youth issues that it’d be a pity not to make use of it to tell troubled young people that they’re not alone. Alison is a little too immature to watch it now, but I hope they will restage it in a couple of years’ time when she can understand the message and identify better with the characters.
There are four more shows left – two each tomorrow and Sunday – so don’t wait. Book your tickets today.
February 24, 2012
One response to Spring Awakening: don’t miss it.
That’s great! I watched “The Real Thing” written by Tom Stoppard tonight at the DBS Arts Centre. It’s a very witty play and very entertaining! Says a lot that it kept me awake on my usually sad and tired Friday night!