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Under the Dragon Moon
This superb piece of theatre for all the family has only two minor problems as far as I was concerned.
We just did not know when to applaud and as this show is in the Kids section of the Fringe Programme, I feel it is depriving a large potential audience of a well written, beautifully performed sumptuous spectacle by hiding there.
The team are Jonathan Lum as Tigerseye, Chio Su Ping as Ruby, Eleanor Tan as Amethyst and Alecia Chua as Turquoise each performer wearing the colours of the gemstones they are named after. We also have Feri Susanto and Serene Tan the two extremely talented musicians on stage throughout the performance, playing instruments some of which I have never seen before and producing an amazing variety of superb and sometimes strange sounds.
We watch several Asian Folk Tales whose origins come from far-flung regions of these areas, some of which are well known and others particular to smaller regions. We are given a performance that shows them through live music, energetic physical theatre, mime, dance, with some excellent acting and mimicry.
Starting out with the tale of two Dragons and the jealous Emperor who banished them from the earth forever to shine as stars from the sky when the moon is full and these stars are at their zenith (top of movement) it is called a Dragon moon under which it is the tradition to sit in the open and tell each other stories and look for the jewel in the tail.
I highly recommend this show to anyone and if their other show, is half as good it will be well worth seeing.
The Rainbow Fish C Chambers Street 10am to 10.55 1st to 18th August 2007.
This superb piece of theatre for all the family has only two minor problems as far as I was concerned.
We just did not know when to applaud and as this show is in the Kids section of the Fringe Programme, I feel it is depriving a large potential audience of a well written, beautifully performed sumptuous spectacle by hiding there.
The team are Jonathan Lum as Tigerseye, Chio Su Ping as Ruby, Eleanor Tan as Amethyst and Alecia Chua as Turquoise each performer wearing the colours of the gemstones they are named after. We also have Feri Susanto and Serene Tan the two extremely talented musicians on stage throughout the performance, playing instruments some of which I have never seen before and producing an amazing variety of superb and sometimes strange sounds.
We watch several Asian Folk Tales whose origins come from far-flung regions of these areas, some of which are well known and others particular to smaller regions. We are given a performance that shows them through live music, energetic physical theatre, mime, dance, with some excellent acting and mimicry.
Starting out with the tale of two Dragons and the jealous Emperor who banished them from the earth forever to shine as stars from the sky when the moon is full and these stars are at their zenith (top of movement) it is called a Dragon moon under which it is the tradition to sit in the open and tell each other stories and look for the jewel in the tail.
I highly recommend this show to anyone and if their other show, is half as good it will be well worth seeing.
The Rainbow Fish C Chambers Street 10am to 10.55 1st to 18th August 2007.