Needless to say, it’s been hard to find a moment to update my blog. In fact I started writing this in August and it is now the end of October! Only now do I understand how intense, time-consuming and remarkable it is, to be a parent and a mother. But I wouldn’t have it any other way.
I do plan to blog about this amazingly intense, yet fun, humbling, pride-giving, wonderful and very, VERY painful experience of juggling the two new loves of my life, my newborn son and directing in the theatre, but perhaps when I’ve caught up on some sleep! Perhaps in another couple of months........ ;)
But I must say, we had a great cast, crew and production team and I feel very privileged to have worked with them all. I really felt I gave ALL the energy and love I had to this fabulous musical (which was not so easy while breastfeeding, attending to a newborn, getting used to being a mother and not having had a full night’s sleep for the last 8months! Aaaah!). I don’t think the cast will ever really know how much I loved them, until they themselves have a baby one day in the future! But this was one production, and opportunity to exert my artistry, which I could never have turned down.
In the meantime, below is an amazing review I got from Terence Toh and my director’s notes that were in the programme book of the musical, Dreamgirls.
Director Joanna Bessey did
a fantastic job with the staging,
with all scenes being visually
and musically arresting. Her
production captured perfectly
the glitz of 1960s America,
where soul and disco ruled the
airwaves. Particularly well done
is the opening scene, a talent
show, where despite many things
happening simultaneously, the
action was well coordinated, your
attention always drawn to the
crucial parts of a scene.
Whether through colourful
costumes, inspired lighting,
massive backdrops, pyrotechnics
or props (even a scale model
of a Cadillac at one point!)
every number was memorable.
Dreamgirls was the kind of show
where you sat at the edge of your
seat, awestruck, wondering how
anything could top what you’d just
seen, and then the next musical
number comes and blows you
