dimanche, août 21, 2005 a.A. treated me to SRT's production of Harold Pinter's Betrayal this afternoon. Directed by Wang Meiyin (another backward-play? I watched Saturday Night too, you know...), the show was rather blah. I liked the minimalistic decor and the innovative lighting design (done by Darren, whom I met while doing Chestnuts, I think), which allowed us all to focus more on the dialogue within the play - which you should do: it's Pinter - but somehow, it felt almost too plain - my eyes kept wandering. To make things worse, I really couldn't feel any chemistry between the three main actors - Shabana Azmi (Emma), Peter Friedman (Jerry), and Simon Jones (Robert). They're good actors in their own right, but somehow their performance felt hollow. Perhaps it was the fact that it was a matinee performance (renowned for their "lack of energy"), but the theatre was FULL, and we were bouncing their energy - when they bothered to throw it, at least. But as a testament to Pinter's magic, despite the flaws of the performance I still liked the play itself - just not this particular rendition of it by SRT.Apart from meeting a.A. (whom I haven't seen in about a year, despite the occasional SMSes) and having excellent conversation (we both left each other with headaches - which we joked was due to the intellectual stimulation, ha-ha), I met a friend from the ISC competition (who went again to Switzerland this year, lucky bastard), and a student from my old workplace, then in Taka, met a secondary school classmate whom I hadn't seen since we graduated from Sec 4! Bought three good buys today - shoes at 40% off, a graphic novel (yes, another one) at 20% off, and a pair of great-looking sunglasses at a throwaway price. So, all in all, a good day. [Meetings & Betrayals] |
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