Here Lies Love - A Musical - NUS Kent Ridge Hall Production 08/09
Hello!
I'm new here. I'm currently studying at NUS and I'm involved in my hall's production for the second year. Just thought that some of you here might be interested in our production.
We have a website too, at http://kentridge.nus.edu.sg/here_lies_love
Feel free to contact me at wj_yeo@hotmail.com if you're interested =)
Regards,
Wei Jian
___________
NUS Kent Ridge Hall is well known for its vibrancy both in sports and cultural activities. Hall Production is one of the major events on our hall calender. Last year, the hall production, "I left My Heart at Outram Park" was a critically acclaimed resounding success.
This year, the hall is presenting a whole new musical, entitled Here Lies Love. We promise you a feast for your senses: there's music ranging from cabaret to rock, an impressive set, costume design and art direction by professional stylist Vik Lim; and most of all, a big song-and-dance extravaganza by our extremely talented cast and ensemble.
PLOT SYNOPSIS:
Here Lies Love spins off on one of the most familiar stories in
popular culture: the star-crossed lovers of Shakespeare's Romeo and
Juliet. Taking apart the story's conventional portrayal of love, the
musical asks new questions: what does it mean to love someone? What
if love is just a web of lies that we spin to protect ourselves or
the ones we love?
A theatre group is racing against time to put together a lavish
musical adaptation of Romeo and Juliet when the director calls a halt
to rehearsals. He is displeased with the actors' lack of passion and
tells them about a tragic love affair in his own past, one that was
so passionate and consuming that he has made it his life's work to
tell that story.
Shift back to the present. Tempers fray as the musical's premiere
draws nearer. Tension brews between the director and his lead actor,
who has been his favoured protege for more than ten years. The feisty
young lead actress starts to challenge the director's domineering,
obsessive control over the lead actor and his own production. But as
the two leads forge a tentative, genuine relationship beyond the
characters that they play on stage, the mystery behind the director
and lead actor's past begins to unravel.
We find that the director is lying about what really happened in the
past. The sweeping, romantic love story he constructs has its ugly
side of obsession, selfish desires, and a power struggle between
himself and the lead actor's mother.
Past and present collide as the lead actor decides to confront the
director about his lies. But the show must go on ?and for this story
to end happily, everyone must still, ultimately, play fictional
roles. If life lies, can it be art? If love lies, is it still love?
I'm new here. I'm currently studying at NUS and I'm involved in my hall's production for the second year. Just thought that some of you here might be interested in our production.
We have a website too, at http://kentridge.nus.edu.sg/here_lies_love
Feel free to contact me at wj_yeo@hotmail.com if you're interested =)
Regards,
Wei Jian
___________
NUS Kent Ridge Hall is well known for its vibrancy both in sports and cultural activities. Hall Production is one of the major events on our hall calender. Last year, the hall production, "I left My Heart at Outram Park" was a critically acclaimed resounding success.
This year, the hall is presenting a whole new musical, entitled Here Lies Love. We promise you a feast for your senses: there's music ranging from cabaret to rock, an impressive set, costume design and art direction by professional stylist Vik Lim; and most of all, a big song-and-dance extravaganza by our extremely talented cast and ensemble.
PLOT SYNOPSIS:
Here Lies Love spins off on one of the most familiar stories in
popular culture: the star-crossed lovers of Shakespeare's Romeo and
Juliet. Taking apart the story's conventional portrayal of love, the
musical asks new questions: what does it mean to love someone? What
if love is just a web of lies that we spin to protect ourselves or
the ones we love?
A theatre group is racing against time to put together a lavish
musical adaptation of Romeo and Juliet when the director calls a halt
to rehearsals. He is displeased with the actors' lack of passion and
tells them about a tragic love affair in his own past, one that was
so passionate and consuming that he has made it his life's work to
tell that story.
Shift back to the present. Tempers fray as the musical's premiere
draws nearer. Tension brews between the director and his lead actor,
who has been his favoured protege for more than ten years. The feisty
young lead actress starts to challenge the director's domineering,
obsessive control over the lead actor and his own production. But as
the two leads forge a tentative, genuine relationship beyond the
characters that they play on stage, the mystery behind the director
and lead actor's past begins to unravel.
We find that the director is lying about what really happened in the
past. The sweeping, romantic love story he constructs has its ugly
side of obsession, selfish desires, and a power struggle between
himself and the lead actor's mother.
Past and present collide as the lead actor decides to confront the
director about his lies. But the show must go on ?and for this story
to end happily, everyone must still, ultimately, play fictional
roles. If life lies, can it be art? If love lies, is it still love?
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