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bapak has a few more tricks up his sleeve but it s not for me to reveal them here bernice chauly as kalsom while the casting was astute the performances were slightly uneven reza zainal abidin and sean ghazi were absolutely spot on as darwis and husni elaine pedley was an utter delight as the winsome willow gomez an over enthusiastic interpretative dancer who also stood in as the memory of all the women in bapak s life benjy and eijat were excellent as azri and michelle husni s gay lover and zakaria s transvestite friend and ahmad ramzani ramli wholly credible as kalsom s faithful assistant and worshiper soefira jaafar s affected interpretation of zaiton was not altogether convincing but we may attribute that to her relative inexperience as an actor bernie chan making her acting debut was elegantly entertaining as hortense chia zaiton s confidante and childhood friend bernice chauly looked really smashing as kalsom and so did charon mokhzani as zakaria but their long absence from the boards made them a wee bit self conscious in the early scenes although both evidently possess thespian skills aplenty one hopes their return to the limelight will stir up the adrenaline sufficiently for them to get hooked all over again raja maliq set designer it s an exciting venture indeed to be part of the creation of an original play and the entire cast and crew deserve a mighty round of applause for the wonderful energy they invested in bringing jit murad s fourth and most mature full length play to life mac chan s lighting was precise and efficient and raja maliq s set design which resembled a giant closet rather ingenious though the thin plywood construction seemed somewhat wobbly the well crafted sound by wong pek fui was on the night i caught the performance miscued a couple of times by an inexperienced operator but that was perhaps the only amateurish touch in an otherwise commendable first staging of a complex dramatic work the material is so engagingly textured that it can be interpreted in endless ways and it s almost certain that spilt gravy on rice will see many more incarnations in years to come and in places yet undreamed of director zahim albakri has molded with loving attention and intuitive aplomb jit murad s delectable text into a nourishing soul satisfying theatrical experience rise sir jit and sir zahim and receive your well earned accolades and hugs oh by the way look out for a couple of unnamed characters men in white whose surprise cameo appearance alone is worth risking an evening out in the permanent haze of kl 2003 share this share on x opens in new window x share on facebook opens in new window facebook like loading leave a comment posted in theater and tagged ahmad ramzani ramli bernice chauly charon mokhzani elaine pedley jit murad mac chan rahim razali raja maliq reza zainal abidin sean ghazi soefira jaafar spilt gravy on rice zahim albakri bookmark the permalink yummy airline fare posted on may 23 2014 by antares maitreya ida nerina yasmin yaacob made her debut as a playwright in march 1999 with a flight delayed a light upbeat romantic comedy in the tradition of a whole slew of sparkling witty romcoms from hollywood that feature lovable mildly neurotic couples portrayed by the likes of tom hanks and meg ryan local theatergoers have to settle for zahim albakri and ida nerina but i don t hear any serious complaints but on the tuesday i caught a flight delayed both zahim and ida as jeff and rin a yuppie couple bound for new zealand on vacation took a while to snap into character for some reason neither of them seemed totally comfortable with their lines perhaps zahim s double role as actor and director left him too little time to fully become jeff ahmad brave new malaysian workaholic adman divorced and now going unsteady with a vivacious but emotionally insecure girlfriend at any rate zahim and ida are both pretty enough and experienced enough to win over any audience within 10 minutes of walking onstage actually i almost missed the flight i hadn t reserved a seat and the actors studio theatre was packed to the rafters that in itself is the best review any production can hope for when people feel adequately entertained they ll tell their friends about it still a wee bit of nitpicking won t hurt zahim albakri okay so the plot isn t all that thick but yasmin yaacob s flair for dialogue lends the whole concoction the easy appeal of a strawberry sundae with whipped cream topping never mind that strawberry isn t your typical malaysian flavor but then yasmin isn t your typical malaysian either having spent seven impressionable years in new zealand while reading law her acquired cosmopolitanism is reflected in the play s contemporary concerns affluence is what makes all the difference jeff and rin are melayu baru yuppies from bangsar who can afford to fly off to kiwiland for some fun and fornication without having to dodge dirty minded goon squads from the religious department here s a totally modern unmarried young malay couple whose issues center around career emotional commitment and trust they ve outgrown the medieval concepts of khalwat and zina close proximity and fornication are punishable offences in muslim malaysia under the syariah laws even when a tudung wearing traditional fellow passenger begins to poke her melayu lama nose into rin s affairs she stops short of asking to see her marriage certificate azean irdawaty patrick teoh since the action takes place in a bustling international airport where all types converge there s plenty of scope for brilliant cameo performances from veterans like patrick teoh who plays a burnt out high flying salesman with a mid life crisis and movie doyenne azean irdawaty whose down to earth portrayal of puan fatimah a funky makcik proved to be a real winner with the crowd adriani wahjanto a promising newcomer to local theater did a commendable job as deena jeff s sexy college chum ryan lee bhaskaran at 12 the youngest in the cast breezed through his part as the apple of puan fatimah s eye and nell ng charmed everybody as a wisecrack and toilet paper dispensing airport janitor in fact the whole ensemble was pretty energetic and fairly disciplined a testimony to zahim albakri s sound directorial instincts and mac chan s fast paced lighting the frenetic choreographed movements by lianna leong were effectively and efficiently used to change the tempo and rearrange the elegant set by adeline ooi nell ng ironically the pacing went flabby only in several scenes where zahim was interacting with ida somehow the chemistry between them wasn t entirely working though it s difficult to put one s finger on exactly why certain exchanges didn t quite come alive i ve heard reports that iskandar najmuddin did exceptionally well as jeff in last year s production perhaps that s why zahim had trouble creating his own version of jeff a flight delayed may not be the most original of plays but it certainly has enough box office appeal and wacky sophistication to warrant a movie version or at least several more extended runs already it has been included in the program of the singapore arts festival 2000 in june and i don t believe the selection was made entirely on the basis that the action is set in changi airport 24 february 2000 share this share on x opens in new window x share on facebook opens in new window facebook like loading leave a comment posted in malaysian theatre theater and tagged a flight delayed azean irdawaty ida nerina nell ng patrick teoh yasmin yaacob zahim albakri bookmark the permalink marvelous marathon of mirth posted on october 4 2012 by antares maitreya harith iskandar afdlin shauki fat funny fellows antares splits his sides and meets old friends at actorlympics oh it s good to spend a sunday afternoon guffawing non stop though 150 minutes did seem a bit excessive towards the end with a suave patrick teoh playing emcee or umpire afdlin shauki harith iskandar jit murad jo kukathas nell ng and zahim albakri treated kl audiences to another rousing round of theater sports where everything is improvised nell ng afdlin shauki in action they were absolutely brilliant and you d have to be a dullard to disagree bringing a whole new meaning to thinking on your feet they winged it at high altitude skydiving over bangsar and taking the mickey out of the mouse they performed on raw instinct propelled by pure talent driven by sheer wit they had the audience completely enthralled and eating out of their hands it s tempting to try and recapture some of the highlights in a review but you really had to be there to appreciate the inspired inanity of the performances okay just to give you a taste of the hysterical goings on one event had the cast divided into two teams random props chosen by the backstage crew were handed to each team and they had to improvise short scenes using these props a red plastic stool is offered to one team within 3 seconds they re improvising a scene at a clinic with the doctor saying good i see you ve brought a stool sample that sort of thing virtually impossible to translate into mere words ladies and gentlemen here are a few mutant malaysians equipped with high speed data processing circuits oodles of charisma and most importantly a healthy sense of humor and the ability to laugh at themselves i d entrust the entire country to their moisturized and slippery hands indeed i m proud to have witnessed their ascension to world class comedy status afdlin shauki afdlin shauki first caught the public eye around 1990 when he starred in a self penned production directed by joe hasham it was evident even then that he was some sort of prodigy in the mode of john belushi he had enough promise as a singer to get signed up by roslan aziz along with zainal abidin and amir yussof he honed his comedic skills in a series of instant café theatre revues and was a great success in huzir sulaiman s hit musical hip hopera recently he was seen as one of mongkut s courtiers in the movie anna and the king for a while he toured with his r b group acidiz and recorded on his own label acid rain in between acting and directing engagements afdlin is a bona fide malaysian showbiz success story and has never been known to make a foolish move at least not until the year 2012 when he decided much to my distress to join a racist rightwing political party i remember harith iskandar s early ventures into stand up comedy at all that jazz when he d go on stage and try out his routine between sets by rafique rashid it was obvious the man had the wherewithal to make it big in comedy later he tried his hand at filmmaking and directed ella and hans isaac in a malay feature called hanya kawan as to be expected harith was cast as a neanderthal warrior in anna and the king he s physically big but mentally agile and his comedic body language and timing are spot on the one only jit murad there was a lady in the audience who told me it was her second time at the show and she d brought her family along i came to see jit murad she sighed i just love jit i bet she wasn t the only one who s enamored of jit s inimitable charm and wit i met jit murad back in the mid 1980s when he made his kl stage debut in thor kah hoong s seminal stage sitcom caught in the middle a couple of years later he played my son in maureen ten s whimsical for the time being zahim albakri was making his kl stage debut too as an angel assisting my transition from the physical world soon jit and zahim were regularly seen on tv in a whole slew of malay dramas not surprising as there was always a gaggle of giggly schoolgirls waiting outside the dressing room for jit and zahim at the end of each performance no one had the heart to tell these girls they didn t stand a chance in heaven of dating these pretty lads when the instant café theatre was inaugurated in 1989 jit and zahim were among the founder members along with jo kukathas and andrew leci jit has since made a name for himself as a playwright while zahim branched out into directing with great success jo kukathas ms kukathas s illustrious theater career warrants a 5 000 word article she was an english teacher when i first met her through one of her colleagues the next thing i knew she was appearing in caught in the middle which is how she connected with jit and zahim the enduring success of the instant café theatre is largely due to ms kukathas s superhuman drive and tenacity a few days before actorlympics opened she was hospitalized with bronchitis i suppose that was when zahim was roped in just in case but jo kukathas is such a trooper she simply had to see it through no one would have guessed she wasn t in top physical form throughout the strenuous proceedings that s what i call dedication though some might deem it a form of divine madness nell ng was playing bit parts only a few years ago but her intensity and focus were clearly evident and so were her consummate skills as a comedienne she soon became a regular member of the instant café theatre and confidently held her own among the veterans for a while she worked the graveyard shift at a radio station as a deejay until she was offered a juicy rôle in a singapore tv sitcom series baby star nell ng will be making her directorial debut in a series of skits produced by faridah merican and performed by a group of acting students patrick teoh patrick teoh i ve known for over a quarter century when he was a producer with rediffusion back then i kept urging him to get involved in theater and he d shrug and say don t have the nerve lah these days you can t keep the man off the boards and a good thing too he s an absolute gem on stage as well as on the screen these amazing talents deserve their own tv station film company recording studio theater and unlimited funding or at least no more reactionary bureaucratic impediments we d soon be exporting the best that malaysia has to offer in the way of cultural artifacts this is no laughing matter the beatles were awarded orders of the british empire obes for boosting the british economy during the 1960s the fact that the fab four said thanks but no thanks and promptly returned their medals to the queen is quite beside the point 30 april 2002 share this share on x opens in new window x share on facebook opens in new window facebook like loading 2 comments posted in theater uncategorized and tagged actorlympics afdlin shauki harith iskandar jit murad jo kukathas nell ng patrick teoh zahim albakri bookmark the permalink theater of the articulate posted on september 3 2012 by antares maitreya yasmina reza cerebral chic many people confuse information and meaning which leads to a rather disturbing paradox our society has come to place an enormous value on information even though information itself can tell us nothing about value erik davis in techgnosis myth magic and mysticism in the age of information 1998 yasmina reza is an exotic and gifted actress novelist and playwright of 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