It must have been challenging doing everything by yourselves, I asked. Just these three, doing everything – except shooting the video. With Tiga Rawana, there were no lighting aficionadoes, no large crew of actors, dancers, narrators, musicians. It became a big hit with so much demand, that there was a need for an additional show in the one week of the performance. Masakini Theatre Company had adapted the format by storytelling via shadow or wayang. Written and performed by Shaik, Masakini’s Puteri Saadong was directed by Tage Larsen of Teater Laboratorium in Denmark with original music by Kamrul Husin and Susan Sarah John, lighting by Sivarajah Natarajan and Normah Nordin through performances in Kuala Lumpur, Penang, Jaipur, Pune, Denmark.Īlchemy again in 2019 with Wayang: Mak Yong Stories to acquaint the public with stories from the Mak Yong tradition. Put these three performers together and magic happens.Īs it had been done before in Putri Saadong, a monodrama brilliantly portrayed through the interplay of Shaik’s monologue and the haunting orchestration of traditional musical instruments including the ancient rebab. ‘Tiga Rawana’ takes place at the end of the Ramayana. The Alchemy of Putri Saadong and Wayang: Mak Yong Stories Bringing along her ingenius creative versatility. Musical director, artistic producer, director. Wayang Kulit Kelantan maestro and masterful contemporary composer and musician in his own right.Įnter Susan Sarah John. There were only two others she wanted to work with, who she knew could pull this off and create Tiga Rawana.Įnter Kamrul Hussin. Some months ago, Sabera Shaik – actor, director, producer – of Masakini Theatre Company was struck with the idea of depicting three Rawanas in a contemporized Wayang Kulit performance.
Now there is a fresh new interpretation by three legends in their own field who also shared tips on becoming better at wayang kulit for lovers of shadow puppetry. Ramayana has been interpreted in myriad ways -through temple sculptures, paintings, plays, poems, dance dramas, shadow play, and more.
Rama defeats Rawana in a ferocious battle aided by an army of monkeys. We all know the story of Rama and Sita, the Ramayana epic that depicts how Rama goes in search of his wife who has been abducted by Rawana (or Ravana), the powerful 10-headed King of Lanka.
0 kommentar(er)
