Sunday, September 10, 2006

Showing this week : Gadis Jalan Burmah




PRESENTS A SEASON OF ORiGiNS AND ORiGiNALS


Featuring RPT's production of Gadis Jalan Burmah written by Shahredza Minhat, directed by David Lim and performed by the delicious Soefira Jaafar.

In Gadis Jalan Burmah, Kartini Shuib, an unmarried Malay woman who's about to "celebrate" her 42nd birthday, tells us about her attempts in trying to find her Mr. Right.

(Performance will be in English and Malay)

Venue :Stor Teater DBP, Bangunan Dewan Bahasa & Pustaka
Show dates : 12 Sept (Preview), 13-16, 18-23 Sept @8.30pm, 17 Sept (Sunday) 3pm only
Admission by donation: RM22 (Adults), RM17 (Students ), RM15 (Preview night only)

Info & reservations, contact 016-2022 057

Synopsis

The world keeps telling her that she is running out of time. However, 42-year-old Kartini Shuib thinks otherwise.

So on her birthday, while trying to bake her own birthday cake, she contemplates whether or not to go out with Kassim Rahman, an insurance salesman, as suggested by her mother. But then, memories of a Chinese pilot, a Doktor Haiwan from UPM, an American expat and her Mak Long Piah among others return to haunt her. What does it all mean? Or does it mean nothing, and that the world is actually right – that she is running out of time?

Performed with a delightful mix of colloquial English and BM, this one woman comedy marks the second "English" play written by Shahredza Minhat, the first being the critically acclaimed "Toast!", which the Malay Mail described as "one of those rare gems that seemingly come out of nowhere".


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Semua orang cakap Kartini Shuib dah 'takdak' time! Tapi Kartini Shuib, tak pernah peduli pun.

Sampailah ke harijadinya yang ke - 42, beliau telah didesak oleh ibunya untuk keluar berpacaran dengan Kassim Rahman, seorang jurujual insurans. Fikirannya mula bercelaru, apa lagi, beliau terus dengan gigih cuba membuat kek harijadi 'special' untuk menenangkan jiwanya. Namun, benaknya
yang serabut itu kemudian didatangi memori-memori lama, seorang juruterbang berbangsa Cina, seorang doktor haiwan lulusan UPM, seorang ekspatriat dari Amerika, Mak Long Piah dan geng antara lain, yang kesemuanya kembali menghantui. Siapa hantui siapa sebenarnya? Apa maksud kedatangan mereka? Atau sememangnya semua tidak membawa sebarang maksud.

Atau mungkin betul apa semua orang cakap - memang Kartini Shuib sudah 'takdak' time!

Gadis Jalan Burmah – sebuah monolog yang pastinya mencuit hati. Dipersembahkan dalam Bahasa Inggeris dan Bahasa Melayu.


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