IMU MCW'09 THEATRES

UPDATES: DINNER

2009-10-06T01:12:00.000-07:00

To all,

Sila sediakan wang kecil untuk proses pengumpulan duit petang ini. Sila serahkan semua wang anda pada Mira. Malam ni kita ada 55 orang, yang tak dapat datang adalah Ainur, Kauthar, Muzamil sahaja. Kamal still KIV, tapi 55 tu saya dah include kamal. Saya dah kira-kira balik, mungkin setiap sorang kena sediakan RM7 je. So, sediakan wang kecil ya!

Kita ada 14 kereta. Previous list + Haizam's + Khom's + Kak Miza's.

Kete Khom boleh muat ramai orang (Am kata).

hehe... makan kambeeenggggg!!!

DINNER TOMORROW!

2009-10-05T07:08:00.000-07:00

Venue: Chop & Steak
Transport: carpool (we have 12 cars by now, previous list + haizam's)
Time: gather in front of IMU at 7.45pm
Price: RM 25 per person
Money supported by ticket sales: approx. RM16 per person
Cost for each person: approx. RM 10

RM25

1) chicken chop
2) blackpepper steak
3) lamb chop
4) chicken wings
6) mushroom soup
7) dessert (fruits)
8) orange juice
9) fried rice
10) sandwich -free
11) mineral water - free

Hmmmm can't wait! Yeay makan kambing!!! =)

MENU MAKAN CHOP & STEAK

2009-10-05T06:01:00.000-07:00

Salam to all theatre cast n crews,

Ini menu untuk chop & steak. Disebabkan susah kalau kita order sorang-sorang, saya cadangkan kita buat buffet. Masalahnya situ takde buffet. Jadi, saya mintak diorang buatkan buffet khas utk kita. Diorang nak exact jumlah people yang boleh hadir, dan kita sendiri yang tentukan harga. Kalau murah, sikitla makanannya, kalau mahal, lebihla makanannya. Dia kata kalau RM30 dia boleh bagi mushroom soup sbg starter, chicken chop, lamb chop, fish n chips, air kordiam atau jus (mintak2 ler juice!) dan ada refill klau habis . Saya mintak dessert skali. Amacam, ok tak? Skrg ni maybe dalam rm 10-rm15, duit jualan tiket boleh tampung untuk setiap orang, jadi kita kena tambah abnout half lagi la.

Ok x? Ke nak murah lagi? nak murah kena kurangkan 1 main dish la.

Sila respond di chatbox!

Lagi 1, kepada props n stage, props mana2 yg belum return kepada tuan empunya, sila bawa esok, bagi sebelum pegi. (Contohnya, batang mop rumah kitorang... hehe) Rasanya ni la last kita nak jumpa sesama kita ramai2.

Wokeyh, harap esok semua boleh pegi! stakat ni yg tak boleh cuma ainur n kamal je.

Sekarang ni, kita tgh tunggu confirmation sama ada futsal league jadi atau x esok. harapnya tak la, sebab tak tau nak buat bila lagi ni. nanti dah abis mood teater plak.

Saya dapat list of people who can drive on that day seperti di bawah. kalau korang ada masalah, sila hubungi saya. minyak share2. Lagi 1, tunggu depan IMU pukul 7.45, yg xde kete masuk je mana2 kete yg ada space. Kita gerak ramai2.

1) Husna stage
2) Fatin nurfarhana
3) Hamizah lighting
4) Muzamil
5) Zack
6) fikri
7) izaidi (am kate gune kete umah)
8) syazwan
10) amar
11) karim

Cukup la utk 55 org.

Pakai cantek2! =)

POST-PERFORMANCE DINNER

2009-10-02T21:31:00.000-07:00

Salam to all GDK cast and crews.

To those who didn't come for the meeting after GDK performance yesterday, this is what we have until now:

Dinner

Venue: MURNI

Date: 6 Oct 2009

Time: 8pm

Transport: Carpool

Revenue from ticket sales for each person: approx. RM7

Total cost per person: RM20

Ada cadangan lain:

Venue: Chop & Steak, Serdang (did I spell it correctly?)

What I want all of you to do is...

1) Give more suggestions on the venue, if you have. If you don't, vote for which venue.

2) Is the date appropriate? We chose that date because Pharmacy students will be having semester break starting from 7 Oct.

3) Is the cost appropriate? You just have to bring extra RM13.

So, give your opinions. I want EVERYONE, EACH CAST & CREW to comment whether she/he agrees or not with the decision above by Monday, 12.00 pm.

GOOD JOB TO ALL, I'M HAPPY WITH OUR PERFORMANCE!

GDK FULL REHEARSAL

2009-09-30T21:24:00.000-07:00

Ok guys... this is it.

Our ultimate performance, GADIS DI KUBURAN THE MUSICAL.

Tonight, the MCW committee will be having the rehearsal for the closing ceremony. Azree told me they will be starting at 8pm in LT2, and finish 1 hour later if everybody comes on time. But considering the Malaysians' time, I think they'll finish at 9.30pm.

Our performance tomorrow is scheduled to be at 9.15pm. Therefore, I advise all crews to come at 9.00pm TODAY (1 Oct) so that at least, we can watch the process of the closing ceremony and know when to get in, when we should be ready outside.

For actors, I advise all of you to come at 8.00 pm, as we are going to warm up, refresh our minds, focus, and rehearse among ourselves before the real rehearsal begins. Please gather outside LT1, as we are using LT1 if there's no event there.

Tonight, please make sure we don't make any mistakes, we don't forget any part of our dialogues. If we do, then just create anything and say it. Please try to be spontaneous. If your partner says something that is not supposed to be in the dialogues, please respond accordingly. It's a modern theatre, you can say anything but make sure they won't divert the meaning and the core of the story.

To everyone, please pray that everything will go well, and pray hard that GDK will be as successful as BLL.

We are expecting a large audience for GDK.

To all BLL crews: good job, well done! but after GDK performance, please stay back because we are gonna have a meeting to discuss about our.... post-performance party!!!!

Do come and support GDK!

BLL TRIGGER

2009-09-27T03:25:00.000-07:00

WELCOME TO MCW THEATRES 2009!

BUKAN LEGASI LALANG

THE LEGEND

THE LEGENDARY WARRIOR: HANG TUAH

Hang Tuah is a legendary warrior/hero who lived during the reign of Sultan Mansur Shah of the Sultanate of Malacca in the 15th century. He was the greatest of all the laksamana, or sultan's admirals, and was known to be a ferocious fighter. Hang Tuah is held in the highest regard, even in present-day Malaysian Malay culture, and is arguably the most well-known and illustrious warrior figure in Malaysian history and literature. Hang Tuah became the Sultan's constant aide, accompanying the King on official visits to foreign countries. On one such visit to Majapahit, Taming Sari, a famous Majapahit warrior, challenged Hang Tuah to a duel. After a brutal fight, Hang Tuah emerged as winner and the ruler of Majapahit bestowed upon him Taming Sari’s kris or weapon. The Taming Sari kris was named after its original owner, and was purported to be magical, empowering its owner with invincibility. It is said to be the source of Hang Tuah’s alleged supernatural abilities. Hang Tuah is famous for quoting the words "Takkan Melayu Hilang di Dunia" which literally means "Malays will never vanish from the face of the earth" or "Never shall the Malay race vanish from the face of the earth". The quote is a famous rallying cry for Malay nationalism. He remains an extremely popular Malay legend, embodying the values of Malay culture at the time, when allegiance and loyalty were paramount above all else. The Hang Tuah and Hang Jebat story, whether completely true or not, represents a paradox in the Malay psyche about loyalty and justice. The question is, had he ever felt regret killing Hang Jebat?

THE MAGICAL KRIS: TAMING SARI

The Keris Taming Sari is a very famous kris in Malay culture. It is the Malay equivalent of King Arthur's "Excalibur" and was supposedly owned by the legendary Malay warrior Hang Tuah. It is said to possess magical powers. The keris was a prize from the Javanese kingdom of Majapahit to Hang Tuah after he won a fight with a warrior named Taming Sari. The keris derives its name from the original owner. According to legend, Hang Tuah, in the end, gave this Keris to Tun Mamat to be returned to Sultan Mahmud Shah when he failed to bring back the Princess from Gunung Ledang. The Sultan had sent him there to bring the mythical Princess back to Malacca to be his queen. Hang Tuah then disappeared and was never seen or heard of again. Another version of the legend has it that Hang Tuah had thrown the keris into the river, saying that he would return when the keris re-appeared. This has led some to believe that the real Taming Sari has disappeared, like the legend of the sword Excalibur. It is unique in that it is made of twenty-one different types of metal - supposedly metal leftover from the forging of the bolts of the holy Ka'aba. It was said that Taming Sari could do Hang Tuah's fighting for him - if Hang Tuah was menaced or in any danger, the keris would leap out of its sheath, fly through the air and attack the assailant. The kris still exists today and is part of the royal regalia of Sultan Azlan Shah, the Sultan of Perak, Malaysia. Before the Taming Sari became part of the Perak Royalty's regalia, it is believed to have been a hereditary article of the family of the Laksamana (Navy Admiral) who for generations, through succession, ruled as the territorial chief of Hilir Perak. It is believed that the last territorial chief who had the famed keris in his possession was Laksamana Mohd Amin Alang Duakap. In 1876, he was arrested alongside many other rich aristocrats of his time for the alleged involvement in the murder of the first British Resident, James W.W. Birch. After that, the British administration in Perak seized the properties of the territorial chiefs involved and these included the Taming Sari. However, the Sultan Yussuf, who succeeded the banished Sultan Abdullah, persuaded the British not to take the keris away to Englandand managed to gain possession of the keris. However, historians believe that the real Taming Sari is still missing similar to the legend of Excalibur, and the question is, where is actually the real keris Taming Sari?

THE CLEVER CHILD: HANG KADIM

Hang Kadim was a Malay boy of great wisdom who saved Temasek, now called Singapore, from attack by shoals of swordfish, attacks which cost many indigenous Malays their lives. It is mentioned in the traditional accounts that the attack was a curse because the reigning Sri Maharaja had ordered the death of a pious man called Tun Jana Khatib. The name Khatib Camp off Sembawang Road,Singapore is derived from this name. It is said that Khatib Camp is where the execution of Tun Jana Khatib took place. To fend off the attacks, Hang Kadim advised the ruler of Temasek, the Sri Maharaja to build a wall of banana stems along the shores of Temasek. The effort was successful as the swordfishes' snouts were trapped by the barricade of banana stems. According to legend, the place Tanjong Pagar in modern day Singapore takes its name from the barricade. In the Malay language, tanjong pagar or tanjung pagar means "cape of stakes". The boy's contribution earned him great respect as well as envy in the royal court. This made several individuals in the royal court fear the possibility that Hang Kadim might threaten their influence. In the end, they convinced the local ruler to execute the boy, and he was thrown into the sea. He was only seven years old at the time of death. The question is: did the boy really die because of the execution?

THE BEAUTY: TUN TEJA MENGGALA

Her real name was Tun Teja Ratna Benggala. She was the daughter of the Bendahara (a Malay rank similar to a Prime Minister) of Pahang (formerly known as Inderapura) and was said to be very beautiful. She was engaged to the Sultan of Pahang, when Sultan Mahmud Syah of Malacca was attracted to her beauty and sent Hang Tuah to Pahang to persuade her to become the Sultan's companion. Tun Teja Menggala fell under the impression that Hang Tuah had come to persuade her to marry him, not the Sultan, and agreed to elope with him to Melaka. It was only during the voyage home that Hang Tuah revealed his deception to her.

MALAYSIANS THOUGHT THIS IS HOW THE STORY GOES:

In 15^th century Malacca history, Hang Jebat was the closest companion of the legendary Malay hero Hang Tuah. He is well known for his vengeful rebellion against the Malacca Sultan whom he served. After Hang Tuah was sentenced to death by the Sultan, due to to rumours being circulated that Hang Tuah was having an illicit affair with one of the Sultan's stewardess dayang, Hang Jebat was conferred by the Sultan of Malacca with the Taming Sari, a sacred kris formerly used by Hang Tuah. Believing that Hang Tuah was unjustly murdered by the Sultan he served, Hang Jebat turned against the Sultan to avenge his friend's death. No one knew, however, except the Bendahara who went against the Sultans orders and hid Hang Tuah in a remote region of Malacca that he was still alive. With the kris in his possession, Hang Jebat became invincible and there was not one person in the entire Malacca Empire who was capable of killing him. Hang Jebat's revenge had forced the Sultan of Malacca to abandon his palace. Jebat seduced the women of the palace and spent his days eating, drinking and sporting with them. All the warriors sent by the Sultan to challenge him were killed. After learning from the Bendahara that Hang Tuah was still alive, The Sultan had him recall Hang Tuah and gave Hang Tuah full amnesty. The Sultan then ordered Hang Tuah to kill Hang Jebat. Being unquestioningly loyal to the Sultan, Hang Tuah obeyed the Sultans biddings and went on to challenge Hang Jebat. After fighting in a battle that lasted for seven days, Hang Tuah eventually managed to reclaim the Taming Sari by tricking Hang Jebat. Although stabbed by Tuah, Hang Jebat bandaged his wounds and ran amok in the city square for three days, killing thousands of people before retreating to Tuah's house and dying in his friend's arms. After the fight, The Sultan ordered his men to tear down, burn and throw the ashes of the house into the sea. Two months later, when Hang Jebat’s wife, Dang Baru, gave birth to Jebat's son, the sultan ordered Hang Tuah to throw the baby into the sea. Hang Jebat's famous quote was "Raja adil raja disembah, raja zalim raja disanggah" which literally means "A fair king is a king to obey, a cruel king is a king to fight against".

WE’RE GONNA REVEAL THAT THE STORY IS ACTUALLY LIKE THIS:

Hang Kadim, the famous boy who saved Temasik from the swordfish attack, was actually the son of the murdered legendary warrior, Hang Jebat. After Hang Jebat’s death, because of regrets, Hang Tuah persuaded Tun Teja Menggala, Sultan Mahmud Syah’s wife, to send Hang Kadim to Temasik instead of throwing the baby into the sea as ordered by the Sultan. When the individuals in the Temasik royal court convinced the local ruler to execute the boy for fear that Hang Kadim might threaten their influence, Hang Tuah came to Temasik to save him. He told Hang Kadim to run away, far from Temasik, and gave the boy a kris, which was actually Taming Sari. Because of regrets, Hang Tuah also did something to recover himself from the never-ending guilt of killing Hang Jebat: he assigned each of his descendent to protect one descendant of Hang Jebat, whenever, wherever they are.

If Hang Kadim was not executed and was saved by Hang Tuah, isn’t there a huge possibility that Hang Jebat’s descendants were still living on earth, 100 years after his death or probably still are, until now?

If that is the case, where is Taming Sari?

Watch Bukan Legasi Lalang until the end, and you’ll find the answers.

Enjoy the show!

CHARACTERS

100 years after Hang Jebat’s death:

The Warrior in Black – the great grandchild of Hang Tuah, Hasan’s protector

Alang – works for Tun Ariff. She is actually the Warrior in Black at night.

Hasan – the great grandchild of Hang Jebat, owns Taming Sari

Tun Ariff – palace official writer, hates both Hang Tuah’s and Hang Jebat’s descendants

Tun Teja – Tun Ariff’s daughter, who fell in love with Hasan

Tun Mustafa – Tun Ariff’s close friend, longed for Taming Sari

Tun Hakim – Tun Mustafa’s son, who adores Tun Teja

Mak Inang – Tun Ariff’s maid

SETELAH SEMINGGU BERHARI RAYA

2009-09-25T11:55:00.001-07:00

MONOLOG ZARA

Attention: LIGHTING

Lepas habis babak 3, kita tambah 1 monolog zara sebelum monolog Rizal. Kiranya masuk Babak 4 la.

ZARA: Mereka kata saya gila, tapi saya tahu saya masih waras lagi. Saya tak faham kenapa Mama tak benarkan saya berjumpa dengan kekasih saya setiap malam. Ya, mereka memang tak faham. Mereka tak tahu, walau apapun yang telah terjadi, saya sangat sayangkan kekasih saya. (diam) Rizal. Lelaki yang baru saya kenali itu, dah menghina mata saya. Dia tak tahu yang mata saya ni sebenarnya... (tunduk) sebenarnya... (memandang audiens semula) member makna yang sangat besar dalam hidup saya.

So, lighting masuk lampu 3, 8 and 9 macam biasa untuk monolog.

MONDAY
BLL FULL REHEARSAL
Time: 8pm (please have your dinner early on that day)
Venue: LT2
Attendance: All cast of of BLL, all crews
Please bring all props and costumes. Props designers, tolong usahakan for that real keris.

PUBLICITY & TICKETING DESIGNERS

1) Try to set up a ticketing booth by Monday, then buat satu timetable so that we can take turns untuk jaga (buka booth ini sampai semua tiket sold out!)
2) Arrange the trailer video presentations - what time, which class, who's involved, starting from Tuesday, buat satu timetable jugak so that we can take turns.
3) Have the adverts posted in other batch blogs, so contact representatives from each batch if possible. (M108 = done!)

THANK YOU EVERYBODY!

THEATRE TRAILER AND POSTERS

2009-09-17T22:11:00.000-07:00

BRAVO TO ALL PUBLICITY AND TICKET DESIGNERS (MIRA, EMA, BEESYA, AIFAA) AND VIDEO DESIGNERS SABREE, NATRAH). YOU ALL DID A GREAT JOB! SEMUA ORANG, SILA CAKAP TERIMA KASIH KAT DIORANG SEBAB DAH MENGGLAMERKAN TEATER KITA!!
Untuk video trailer, tengok kat sini:

GADIS DI KUBURAN THE MUSICAL:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHwNMA-v11U&feature=player_embedded

BUKAN LEGASI LALANG:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQGtqpe-eyw&feature=player_embedded

BUKAN LEGASI LALANG: Selasa, 29 Sept 2009
GADIS DI KUBURAN THE MUSICAL: Jumaat, 2 Oct 2009
Tempat: LT2, IMU
Masa: 8.30pm
Tiket masuk: RM2 per set (buy 3 sets, free 1 set)

(Seating is based on first-come first-served basis)

Doakan kejayaan teater kita!

UCAPAN RAYA

2009-09-17T21:28:00.000-07:00

Salam.

Di kesempatan ini, saya ingin mengucapkan SELAMAT HARI RAYA AIDILFITRI kepada semua cast and crews teater kita. Maaf zahir dan batin saya pohonkan daripada anda semua andainya ada terkasar bahasa dan tersilap kata sewaktu kita sama-sama bekerja menjayakan teater ini. Saya harap, sewaktu cuti ini, kita dapat berehat seketika namun dalam masa yang sama, janganlah lupa menghafal skrip dan vocalize your dialogues everyday supaya ianya sebati dan tidak lekang dari ingatan anda sampai hari performance. Yang akan menyanyi, sila jaga suara. Jangan minum ais banyak sangat. Semua orang, sila jaga kesihatan anda baik-baik.

Naik cuti nanti, sila lah promote teatter kita besar-besaran sebab ada banyak juga lagi balance tiket yang ada, about half lagi.

OUR ULTIMATE MAJOR REHEARSAL FOR BLL WILL BE HELD ON MONDAY, 28 SEPT 2009, IN LT2, AT 8.00pm. Please come on time, because we need to settle a lot of things, especially for props, stage, and sound.

ATTENDANCE IS COMPULSORY.

Saya harap kepada semua pelakon BLL, pada hari isnin nanti dah tak ada masalah-masalah berikut:
1) lupa skrip
2) tersasul/tersilap
3) ubah skrip hingga hilang makna
4) TAK BAKU

Kepada pelakon-pelakon GDK, tolong hayati watak anda dan sebatikan dialog-dialog yang ada dengan jiwa anda.

Selamat hari raya!

SKRIP BARU GDK: TAMBAHAN SEBELUM BABAK 1

2009-09-17T21:25:00.000-07:00

BABAK 1

Latar: kubur, malam

Pelakon: Zara dan Rizal

Zara sedang berjalan di bawah pentas. Rizal duduk di hujung pentas, menghisap sebatang rokok.

RIZAL: Hai, buat apa jalan seorang diri tengah malam begini?

Zara diam.

RIZAL: Bahaya jalan seorang begini. Biarlah saya saja temankan.

ZARA: Silalah, kalau kau sudi.

RIZAL: Kau nak ke mana?

ZARA: Aku perlu bertemu dengan kekasih aku.

Rizal menghela nafas.

RIZAL: Oh, dah ada kekasih.

ZARA: Kau nak ikut atau tidak?

RIZAL: Tengah malam begini kau ingin berjumpa dengan kekasih? Kau ini manusia ke… hantu?

Zara menjeling tajam ke arah Rizal.

RIZAL: Baiklah, baiklah. Aku temankan kau. (sambil memandang sekeliling)

Lights off. Props: kubur disediakan. Lampu malap dinyalakan. Bunyi cengkerik kedengaran.

RIZAL: Hoi, kau bawa aku ke mana ni? Ni tempat apa ni?

Zara diam.

RIZAL: Kubur? Kau bawa aku ke kubur? (terkejut)

ZARA: Diamlah. Kekasih aku dah tunggu tu.

RIZAL: Kau gila? Kekasih mana yang tunggu kau kat kubur ni? (memandang sekeliling) Mak….

Lights off.

RIZAL: Gadis itu memebawa saya ke kubur. Itu pertama kali saya menemuinya, dan petang tadi, saya sangat terkejut apabila saya dapat menemuinya lagi. Kali ini, di pantai. Gadis yang sama yang membawa saya ke kuburan maalm itu, saya temui sekali lagi di Pantai lindungan Bulan ini.

(memandang ke belakang)

ATTENTION: Hakim, sila letakkan sound yang bersesuaian.

MALAM NI FULL GDK!

2009-09-15T00:34:00.001-07:00

TUESDAY 15 SEPTEMBER 2009, KITA ADA PRAKTIS GDK FULL WITH BAND & MUSICIANS! BUKAN VOCAL TRAINING YA.

MIRA PUBLCIITY PESAN: BAWA TIKET YANG TIDAK TERJUAL DAN WANG JUALAN TIKET PADA HARI RABU BAGI BLL CAST DAN KHAMIS BAGI GDK CAST AND BILA2 BAGI CREWS.

RUJUK CHATBOX UTK NUMBER PHONE MIRA. BAGI KAT SAYA, FERDI ATAU CREW PUBLICITY YANG LAIN (BEESYA, AIFAA, EMA) PUN BOLEH.

HEHEHEHE.

SEMOGA MALAM INI KITA DAPAT BUAT GDK DENGAN BAIK!

UPDATES AS OF 14 SEPTEMBER 2009

2009-09-13T12:31:00.000-07:00

UPDATES AS OF 14 SEPTEMBER 2009

Praktis GDK on Monday starts at 8.50pm in LT2.
Attendance: all except band, costume, publicity

Kemungkinan besar, SELASA MALAM kita ada 2 choice:

1) GDK

2) Vocal training for both GDK and BLL including practise for scenes involved

Saya prefer vocal training, sebab showmanship kita lemah. Saya nak tetapkan positioning, facial expression dan movement. Jadi saya mintak, semua singers, just be ready untuk Selasa malam tu. Saya rasa saya nak buat vocal training instead of GDK. Then, kita boleh mantapkan scenes yang ada involvement penyanyi-penyanyi tersebut. Fatin, Faye, Hakim, Sabree, Natrah, lighting designers, stage, props wajib datang setiap malam except kalau kitorang confirm buat vocal training, stage and props tak perlu datang.

Ada announcement daripada Ticketing & Publicity designers:

Sila pulangkan wang hasil jualan tiket dan semua tiket yang tidak terjual sebelum hari Rabu ini. Contact number mereka sila check dalam email. Jual buy 3 fRee 1 hanya untuk SEORANG individu sahaja. Kalau orang lain-lain, jual RM2 setiap satu jugak, jadi pulangkan RM8 ya, jangan cilok RM2. Ingat, before rabu. Kalau tak jumpa budak-budak publicity, boleh bagi pada saya atau Ferdi.

Attention Izaidi, Kamal & Fatin: Untuk GDK, lagu:

1) Lagu di Puncak Tertinggi: Scene 3 (Rizal and Zara)

2) Piano Di Puncak Tertinggi: Scene 1, sajak Warkah dari Benua Yang Jauh (Rizal & Zara)

3) Piano Keranamu Kekasih: sajak Kekasih, ending babak 6 (Hariz & Zara)

4) Lagu Di Puncak Tertinggi but with Puncak Reprise lyrics: Scene 7 in the beginning (Hariz & Zara)

5) Lagu Keranamu Kekasih lirik sedih and with sad expression: ending scene 7 (Hariz & Zara)

6) Lagu Keranamu Kekasih, a few rangkap only: after Hariz’s accident, ending of scene 7

Kita akan guna 2 buah sajak, iaitu sajak Kekasih, karya Usman Awang, dan sajak Warkah Dari Benua Yang Jauh, karya Baha Zain.

KEKASIH

Scene 6, sebelum buat keputusan untuk kahwin lari

Hariz: Akan kupintal buih-buih

Menjadi tali mengikatmu

Zara: Akan kuanyam gelombang-gelombang

Menjadi hamparan ranjang tidurmu

Hariz: Akan kutenun awan-gemawan

Menjadi selendang menudungi rambutmu

Zara: Akan kujahit bayu gunung

Menjadi baju pakaian malammu

Hariz: Akan kupetik bintang timur

Menjadi kerongsang menyinari hatimu

Zara: Akan kujolok bulan gerhana

Menjadi lampu menyuluhi rindu

Hariz: Akan kurebahkan matari

Menjadi laut malammu

Zara: Menghirup sakar madumu

Hariz & Zara: Kekasih, hitunglah mimpi

Yang membunuh realiti

Dengan syurga ilusi.

WARKAH DARI BENUA YANG JAUH

Scene 1, selepas isu rokok

Zara: Kau baca buku apa? (rizal baca buku)

Rizal: Koleksi esei dan puisi Baha Zain.

Zara: Kau juga minat sastera?

Rizal: Juga? Apa maksud kau? Siapa lagi minat sastera?

Zara: Eh, tidak. Ada orang yang sangat aku kenali dulu, meminati sastera.

Rizal: Kau sendiri suka atau tidak pada sastera?

Zara: Bolehlah juga, itupun kerana dia juga suka sastera. (diam) Oh, seingat aku, dia pernah bacakan sebuah puisi Baha Zain kepadaku.

Rizal: Iya? Puisi yang mana?

Zara: Warkah Dari Benua Yang Jauh.

Rizal: Oh, yang itu.

Zara bangun menghadap audiens.

Zara: Hari ini terkoyak sehelai kertas di calendar

Yang muda, sehari lebih tua

Yang tua, setapak lebih dekat ke pusara

Aku tidak bimbang menghadapi kematian

Atau bakat yang berkurangan

Daun-daun pun lekang di dahan

Kupu-kupu pun sementara di cahaya pelita

Aku tidak akan berduka

Kita para kekasih akan mati

Tapi cinta tidak reput di bumi

Cinta bukan milik kulit, daging dan tulang

Ia kepunyaan ingatan dan kesetiaan.

Rizal: Sayang

Sekiranya malam ini kau bermimpi burung bangau

Itu adalah semangatku yang menduga samudera

Sayang

Jika malam ini menjelma seekor arnab

Membesarkan mata dan memanjangkan telinganya

Itu adalah aku yang belajar memerhati dan mendengar tingkah dunia.

Zara: Aku kagum kau juga hafal puisi itu.

Rizal: Jangan menilai orang dengan daging dan tulang sahaja.

Mereka berdua ketawa.

Rizal: Jadi siapa yang bacakan puisi itu untuk kau?

Zara: Tak perlulah kau tahu. Itu cerita lama.

Rizal: Zara..

Zara: Hmm?

Rizal: Mata kau cantik.

Then, sambung bla bla.

Pesanan:

FERDI

1) Book drum set & amp

2) Book LT2 minggu lepas raya start dari pukul 5.15, in case kita nak berlatih awal

PROPS

Tanya syazwan, bila boleh dapat keris dan confirmkan.

HAKIM

1) Siapkan semua sound effects untuk GDK.

2) Datang setiap malam selepas ini kecuali jika kami ada vocal training.

BAND

Datang praktis GDK pada Khamis malam ni ya, jam 9 malam.

FATIN & FAYE

Jangan blur, dan jangan depend on actors’ dialogues sahaja. Tunggu sampai actors habis cakap, kalau rasa dah faham scene tu dan memang sepatutnya masuk lagu, then play. Baca dan fahamkan betul-betul scene mana yang ada lagu. Standby dari scene sebelum tu lagi.

FAYE

Our shows are on 29^th of Sept and 2^nd of Oct, if you are still in doubt about that. Can you practise on Monday and get yourself used to the rhythm (or whatever it is called), and come to synchronize with fatin and the singers on Tuesday, and I hope you can play with Fatin during our full rehearsal on Wednesday onwards. And please make yourself clear when to play, which scene, after which situation. If you have any doubts or queries, please don’t hesitate to approach me. Thanks!

PUBLICITY

1) Naikkan posters & wallpaper

2) Check jadual waktu other batches

3) Promote dari lecture ke lecture selepas dapat trailer dpd Sabree & Natrah

4) Send posters and video trailers pada batch blog untuk setiap batch supaya dapat diletakkan pada blog mereka.

5) Letak tiket kat MCW food sales booth.

VIDEO & SLIDESHOW

1) Siapkan video trailer GDK

2) Pass video trailer GDK to publicity by Tuesday

3) Slides of list of cast & crews

HASAN

Kau boleh aku nak cari 1 masa yang ko free untuk train ko punya intonasi. Nanti kita discuss.

AMAL

Hafal skrip betul-betul, jangan ubah.

SAFFA

Cuba garaukan suara masa jadi pendekar & Alang.

AINI & AZLEEN

Untuk scene yang ada dialog Teja “Kenapa tidak seperti puteri gunung ledang yang menetapkan syarat-syaratnya”, kita akan mainkan lagu ‘7 syarat’ dari PGL The Musical. Waktu scene ini, Aini tolong bangun dengan muka yang serius, menghadap audiens sehinggalah lagu habis dan Mak Inang menyebut “Anakku Teja, inilah dunia.”

PENGAWAL (KHOM & THE GANG)

Fahamkan skrip, organize apa korang perlu buat dan ingat baik-baik.

Pesanan untuk semua pelakon yang mungkin saya lupa nak sebut masa training:

1) Buka mulut luas-luas (macam menyanyi walaupun saya pun menyanyi tak buka mulut tapi saya tengah praktis ni). Bila buka mulut, baru kita boleh sebut perkataan sebiji-sebiji. Setakat ni yang buat macam tu cuma Aini. Azham saya boleh nampak effort dia. Bagus.

2) Tolong cakap BAKU untuk BLL, praktis kat rumah dan tolong JANGAN TERSASUL.

3) Jangan ubah skrip, nanti hilang maknanya. Lagipun skrip BLL ayat-ayatnya cukup indah, cukup cantik. Gunakan ayat-ayat tersebut. Jangan hafal, tetapi hayati, imagine, sematkan dalam diri. Barulah ia datang sendiri kepada anda sewaktu berlakon.

4) Jangan blocking, don’t show your back to the audience, jangan block kawan.

5) Gunakan ruang stage yang luas.

6) Eye contact penting tapi pandang audience jika dialog anda berbentuk penerangan yang penting dan panjang.

THANK YOU SEMUA! ALHAMDULILLAH, I’M HAPPY AFTER TONIGHT’S SESSION, BUT I’M WORRIED BECAUSE WE JUST HAVE ONE MORE TIME TO PRACTISE BEFORE RAYA, PLUS WITH A DECREASED NUMBER OF PEOPLE. HOPEFULLY THOSE WHO ARE GOING BACK EARLY CAN PRACTISE THEMSELVES AT HOME, AND COME BACK WITH FULL CONFIDENCE.

MAJULAH TEATER MCW’09!

ROMBAKAN SCENES DARI SKRIP BLL

2009-09-11T11:46:00.000-07:00

Babak baru: Merujuk kepada skrip asal

Babak 1 & 2: Sama seperti skrip asal

Babak 3: Babak 5 skrip asal

Babak 4: Babak 6 skrip asal (halaman 7-8)

Babak 5: Babak 13 skrip asal (halaman 19)

Babak 6: Babak 4 skrip asal (halaman 4-5) Cuma tukarkan dialog dari babak 4 dan 14 skrip asal :

TUN TEJA: Kisah yang menarik, orang muda. Hamba tidak pernah tahu... bla bla... TAPI BENARKAH HANG KADIM, PUTERA HANG JEBAT ITU DISERAHKAN OLEH HANG TUAH UNTUK DIPELIHARA OLEH TUN TEJA MENGGALA? (Babak 14 skrip asal, halaman 20 + dialog baru)

HASAN: ENTAH. ITU HANYA SEBUAH CERITA. (dialog baru)

TUN TEJA: Betul. Tapi itu hanya sebuah cerita... blab la (babak 4 skrip asal, halaman 5, dialog ke-3 dan sambung sehingga habis dialog babak 4 skrip asal)

Babak 7-9: Sama sepert9 babak 7-9 skrip asal (halaman 8-14)

Babak 10: Babak 3 skrip asal (halaman 3-4) + monolog baru Hang Kadim setelah tamat babak:

“Nama hamba Kadim. Ya, hamba lah yang menyelamatkan Temasik dari serangan todak. Batang pisang yang hamba cadangkan, dan sultan bersetuju dengan cadangan hamba. Kata orang, hamba lah wira di kala Temasik dilanggar todak. Namun, kenapa raja ingin membunuh hamba? Penceroboh-penceroboh itu. Mereka itu hulubalang-hulubalang istana. Apa semuanya ini? (membuka bungkusan, mengangkat keris tinggi) Keris? Keris apakah ini? Kata orang tadi, ini peninggalan ayah hamba. Benarkah keris ini milik ayah hamba? Tapi siapa ayah hamba? Hamba hidup sebatang kara, tanpa ibu tanpa ayah. Hamba tak kenal ayah hamba. Hamba hanya tahu, nama ayah hamba Jebat. Selain dari itu, hamba tidak tahu apa-apa tentang ayah hamba. Orang tadi itu... katanya dia kenal ayah hamba. Katanya hamba saling tak tumpah seperti ayah hamba. Katanya, kalau ayah hamba masih hidup, tentu dia bangga dengan hamba. Apa agaknya keistimewaan keris ini? (membelek keris itu) Taming Sari? (wajah tertanya-tanya bercampur terkejut)

Babak 11: Babak 14 skrip asal (halaman 20) tapi mulanya tukar dengan permulaan babak 4 skrip asal.

TUN TEJA: Hamba tahu apa yang tuan hamba ceritakan tadi.

HASAN: Kisah apa?

TUN TEJA: Kisah bagaimana Hang Kadim melarikan diri... bla bla

Sehinggalah dialog Tun Teja: Tapi bagaimana dengan kebenaran diulang semula seperti di babak 6 versi baru di atas, berakhir dengan “...walaupun ianya membosankan.” (dari babak 4 skrip asal, halaman 5)

HASAN: Kenapa tuan hamba kembali lagi? Perjumpaaan kita yang lepas.... bla bla.. (sampai tamat babak 14 skrip asal: Tun teja = “benar, kanda”)

Babak 12: Babak 10 skrip asal

Babak 13: Babak 11 skrip asal

Babak 14: Babak 12 skrip asal

Babak 15-19: Babak 15-19 skrip asal

Babak 20: Babak 20 skrip asal Cuma tambahan monolog Tun Ariff di permulaan babak (sebelum bunyi kompang)

TUN ARIFF: Malu. Malu! Di mana ingin saya letakkan wajah ini? Kami golongan pembesar istana tewas pada seorang pemuda yang tidak punya apa-apa melainkan sejarah keturunannya. Dia dan pelindungnya hilang entah ke mana. Biarlah dia pergi, asalkan dia tidak menjejakkan kaki ke bumi Melaka tempat tumpah darah moyangnya! Biarkan cicit Hang Tuah itu juga pergi, kami tidak mahu keturunan laksamana kesayangan sultan seratus tahun dahulu itu ada di sini lagi. Kononnya setia tidak berbelah bahagi kepada sultan. (mencebikkan bibir) Teja. Anakku Teja tidak boleh hamba kahwinkan dengan Tun Hakim. Tun Hakim tewas di tangan pemuda jalanan itu! Dia telah menconteng arang ke muka hamba seluruh keluarga. Demi harta, demi kuasa. Demi harta, demi kuasa

Yeay!!! Lighting and sound tolong alert dengan perubahan ini. Pertambahan monolog bermakna pertambahan spotlight.

LIGHTING, SETIAP KALI ADA LAGU, TOLONG ADJUST LIGHTS KEPADA WARNA-WARNI ATAU ROMANTIK. UNTUK HANG TUAH’S CINTA ATAU SETIA, LETAK RED LIGHT.

Izaidi, masa babak 7, pastikan turun tangga pentas dulu. Aini muncul dari bawah pentas ya. Situasi masa tu Hasan baru nak balik dari berhikayat atas jemputan Tun Ariff.

UPDATES AS OF 12 SEPTEMBER 2009

2009-09-11T08:20:00.001-07:00

SABTU: Vocal training & lighting

AHAD malam: BLL

ISNIN malam: GDK

SELASA & RABU malam: BLL

KHAMIS: GDK

All evening sessions will start at 8.30 p.m.

All props and sound effects should be ready by Sunday and onwards.

Sound, video, props, stage, pianists, violinist must come every day from Sunday onwards. Costume please come on Wednesday and Thursday.

Band must come on Monday and Thursday for full rehearsal.

For Saturday:

9.00 am – Joe: vocal

10.00 am – Siti Khadijah vocal

11.00 am – Kamal & Muna vocal

12.00 pm – Azham vocal

12.30 pm – Aini & Izaidi vocal

Ongoing from 9.00am – 12.30pm: lighting check (Muna), stage and props (Ferdi)

1.30 pm – Izaidi & Muna vocal

2.30 pm – Sound check

3.30 pm – Personal training for actors (one-to-one)

4.00 pm -

4.30 pm – Asar prayer break

5.00 pm -

5.30 pm - bersurai

There are 4 empty slots here. Kalau ada sesiapa nak berlatih seorang demi seorang, saya sangat-sangat galakkan kamu untuk datang. SMS saya ASAP eh.

UPDATES AS OF 11 SEPT 2009

2009-09-10T18:53:00.001-07:00

Ok. Rombakan scenes untuk BLL tu saya sedang susun lagi, so please bear with me.

Updates besar-besaran:

1) Jumaat malam selepas terawih: BLL! Bukan GDK! Kita habiskan sampai babak 20!!! BOLEH TAK KITA SOLAT TERAWIKH SAMA-SAMA ESOK? KALAU BOLEH, TOLONG TULIS REPLY COMMENT DI SINI DENGAN NAMA WATAK ANDA/ POSITION ANDA, DAN ‘YES’. KALAU TAK BOLEH, ‘NO’. Kita nak cuba start awal ni.

2) Sabtu pagi: Vocal training bermula dari jam 9 pagi. (Attention: all casts, Ainur, Fatin, Faye, lighting designers, props) Costume tak payah datang, stage datang bawa barang semuanya ya.

3) Sabtu malam: GDK! Apa la nak jadi dengan GDK ni? (Attention: all GDK cast, pianist, violinist, sound, video)

4) Ahad malam: BLL (all BLL cast, props, stage, lighting, sound, pianists, violinist)

5) Isnin malam: GDK (ALL GDK CAST & CREWS + MUSICIANS)

6) Selasa malam: BLL (ALL BLL CAST & CREWS + MUSICIANS)

7) Rabu malam: BLL (ALL BLL CAST & CREWS + MUSICIANS)

8) Khamis malam: GDK (ALL GDK CAST & CREWS + MUSICIANS)

LEPAS NI SAYA NAK VIOLINIST, PIANIST, SOUND, LIGHTING AND VIDEO DATANG DAN MAINKAN PERANAN ANDA UNTUK SETIAP SCENE, SETIAP MALAM.

Saya nak minta maaf kalau ada terkasar kata, tersilap bicara (which, I’m sure there were) tapi malam tadi saya pening kepala dan stress jugak sebab tengok banyak benda belum setel, tak cukup masa, dan memandangkan ada orang tak boleh datang minggu depan, walaupun watak anda kecil sahaja. Minta maaf sebab selalunya sebelum start latihan, ada je benda tentang publicity, sound atau music yang saya perlu check, discuss dan setelkan. Terima kasih kerana menunggu, maaf kerana lewat mula dan maaf kerana progress kita slow, tak pernahnya sampai ke tengah skrip BLL lagi kan. Saya kesal tentang hal ini, tapi saya janji malam ni kita cuba buat yang terbaik sampai ke akhir babak 20. Maaf jika saya terlalu serius, saya sangat risau hinggakan saya sudah tidak punya daya untuk bergelak ketawa kecuali pada babak yang ada Tun Hakim. =) Dan maaf, perkara yang paling saya kesalkan adalah apabila ada pelakon yang tidak boleh hadirkan diri, sebab saya rasa scene mesti ada defect kalau tak cukup pelakon, jadi maaf jika wajah saya terus upset setelah anda bagitahu saya anda tak boleh datang. Saya terima, tapi saya harap anda cuba yang terbaik untuk datang, dan kalau tak boleh juga, cuba yang terbaik untuk buat yang terbaik. Setakat ni, saya nampak banyak perubahan dalam teater BLL. Syabas! Terima kasih kerana memberikan keyakinan kepada saya!

Kak miza, tolong hafal skrip dan praktis untuk jadi Datin yang SANGAT garang dan jahat. Please control your facial expression, don’t laugh, don’t smile.

Aizzuddin, terima kasih kerena melekakan abang Dipak semalam! Hehehe. Good job! Tapi sorry sebab awak datang tak buat apa-apa, sebab belum sampai scene awak. Kepada semua pengawal (Khom, Ikmal, Aizzuddin) terima kasih kerana datang, tapi saya memang nak sangat tengok scene korang sebab scene tu sangat penting. Korang datang malam ni eh, InsyaAllah kita habiskan dan kita takkan ulang babak2 sebelum ini dah.

Korang, sorry sebab tahan korang sampai pukul 1 malam tadi... tapi kita dah tak ada masa... =( TERIMA KASIH saya ucapkan kepada semua yang hadir sehingga tamat sesi, terutamanya budak-budak sem5, ferdi dan orang-orang kampung serta pengawal-pengawal.

Dalam pada kita sibuk berteater, saya harap anda semua tidak terlupa untuk menunaikan kewajipan kepada Allah dan mengambil peluang untuk mendapatkan sebanyak mungkin keberkatan daripada bulan Ramadhan yang semakin hampir ke penghujungnya ini. Saya harap anda semua dapat membahagikan masa dengan sebaik-baiknya dan sewajar-wajarnya antara ibadah, pelajaran dan teater.

Untuk khamis malam, saya mohon semua pelakon GDK, pianists, violinist, BAND, sound, lighting, video... semuanya dapat hadir walaupun esoknya orang dah start balik kampung. Harapnya tak ada la yang cabut awal seperti yang terjadi kepada beberapa pelakon BLL.

Untuk babak 20, saya nak tambah monolog untuk Tun Ariff, sebelum bunyi kompang berkumandang, Tun Ariff masuk ke bawah pentas, lighting letak spotlight kat situ, then Tun Ariff bermonolog:

TUN ARIFF: Malu. Malu! Di mana ingin saya letakkan wajah ini? Kami golongan pembesar istana tewas pada seorang pemuda yang tidak punya apa-apa melainkan sejarah keturunannya. Dia dan pelindungnya hilang entah ke mana. Biarlah dia pergi, asalkan dia tidak menjejakkan kaki ke bumi Melaka tempat tumpah darah moyangnya! Biarkan cicit Hang Tuah itu juga pergi, kami tidak mahu keturunan laksamana kesayangan sultan seratus tahun dahulu itu ada di sini lagi. Kononnya setia tidak berbelah bahagi kepada sultan. (mencebikkan bibir) Teja. Anakku Teja tidak boleh hamba kahwinkan dengan Tun Hakim. Tun Hakim tewas di tangan pemuda jalanan itu! Dia telah menconteng arang ke muka hamba seluruh keluarga. Demi harta, demi kuasa. Demi harta, demi kuasa!

Then, baru start kompang dan babak 20 original.

Lirik baru Cinta Atau Setia untuk Johari (Hang Tuah) – Attention: johari, ainur, fatin

To ainur: saya dah print semua lirik lagu untuk awak.

CINTA ATAU SETIA

Inikah berakhirnya yang kuhadapi

Antara kasih dan juga setia

Tiada pernah kurasai

Getir hati menjalani

Dugaan diri kali ini

Apa korbankah persahabatan

Apa korbankah kesetiaan

Mengapa aku masih diduga dan terus diperuji

Sedangkan semua telah kubukti

Hingga tersisih diri sendiri

Sahabat yang menghuni di dasar hati

Apa mampu kuusir hingga pergi

Belum sempat ditemui

Belai rindu kasih ini

Pertalian tergugur mati

Apa korbankah kesetiaan

Apa korbankah persahabatan

Mengapa aku masih diduga dan terus diperuji

Sedangkan cinta telahpun kurasai

Hingga tenggelam diri sendiri

Bagaimanakah harusku menyatakan pada dirinya

Setia sultan yang kuhadapkan

Sedang kasih harus kubutakan

Terima kasih.

Doakanlah kejayaan kedua-dua teater kita!

UPDATES AS OF 10 SEPTEMBER 2009

2009-09-09T12:05:00.000-07:00

1. Solat tarawikh beramai-ramai untuk cast BLL DIBATALKAN a.k.a. CANCELLED. Solat di surau Vista ya. Tapi make sure you be punctual, 10 pm BLL training okay!

2. Tiket akan diedarkan kepada semua cast and crews supaya masing-masing dapat jual pada kawan-kawan terdekat (dan ahli keluarga jika mahu) sebelum tiket sold out. Pengedaran tiket kepada cast and crews dari ME108 akan dilakukan pada sebelum/selepas lecture, untuk BLL cast, malam ni, yang lain-lain later. Mulai dari sekarang, uar-uarkan lah kepada kawan-kawan anda tentang penjualan tiket kita yang harganya RM2. Saya akan publish di blog sebaik sahaja saya dapat soft copy of the posters and tickets.

3. Vocal training dan synchronization with piano & violin session kita akan buat hari SABTU ini. Pada hari sabtu juga, saya perlukan semua LIGHTING DESIGNERS untuk present semua design yang saya belum tengok selepas hari Ahad tu. Untuk pelakon-pelakon lain, saya akan fikirkan. Mungkin saya akan buat timetable, pukul berapa siapa yang patut datang supaya semuanya berjalan dengan licin dan lancar. Kalau semua cast and crews datang, nanti saya tak tahu nak focus mana satu dan time will be wasted. Kalau korang ada apa-apa hari itu dan hanya boleh datang pada waktu tertentu sahaja, please inform me but please give me VALID REASONS. Selain daripada tu, sila ikut jadual yang saya akan letakkan nanti.

4. Monolog untuk Hang Kadim (Karim), Babak 2:

“Nama hamba Kadim. Ya, hamba lah yang menyelamatkan Temasik dari serangan todak. Batang pisang yang hamba cadangkan, dan sultan bersetuju dengan cadangan hamba. Kata orang, hamba lah wira di kala Temasik dilanggar todak. Namun, kenapa raja ingin membunuh hamba? Penceroboh-penceroboh itu. Mereka itu hulubalang-hulubalang istana. Apa semuanya ini? (membuka bungkusan, mengangkat keris tinggi) Keris? Keris apakah ini? Kata orang tadi, ini peninggalan ayah hamba. Benarkah keris ini milik ayah hamba? Tapi siapa ayah hamba? Hamba hidup sebatang kara, tanpa ibu tanpa ayah. Hamba tak kenal ayah hamba. Hamba hanya tahu, nama ayah hamba Jebat. Selain dari itu, hamba tidak tahu apa-apa tentang ayah hamba. Orang tadi itu... katanya dia kenal ayah hamba. Katanya hamba saling tak tumpah seperti ayah hamba. Katanya, kalau ayah hamba masih hidup, tentu dia bangga dengan hamba. Apa agaknya keistimewaan keris ini? (membelek keris itu) Taming Sari? (wajah tertanya-tanya bercampur terkejut)

5. Pertukaran untuk Babak 7 GDK, monolog Hariz akan diselang-selikan dengan monolog Zara (tambahan), jadi LIGHTING perlu ditukar di sini, tukar kepada 2 spots: satu di tengah pada Hariz (seperti monolog-monolog lain, satu lagi di pentas untuk Zara. Monolog tak perlu kut, nanti saya tambah sendiri.

UPDATES AS OF 9 SEPTEMBER 2009

2009-09-08T12:26:00.000-07:00

Salam. I need to announce quite a number of things.

1) Theatre training on 10 Sept 2009 is now changed to BLL instead of GDK. So, all actors for BLL, be prepared! Venue: LT2, BLL cast, sound designer. I suggested that all of us perform the terawikh prayers together at IMU surau that day, and all of you agreed kan? Then after praying, we can all proceed to LT2. The rational of this is to allow us to start earlier (kalau kat rumah lepak atas katil, sembang ngan kawan dulu kan) because we have a lot of scenes for BLL and we have never finished practising them all! So, gather in IMU surau before Isyak okay. For guys, can you please choose one person to be the Imam for that night?

2) For today’s training (GDK), I need Hakim (sound designer) to come too.

3) There are a few changes need to be made about the arrangement of the scenes in BLL. First, make sure you have labelled all scenes correctly according to the original chronology (notice that there are 20 scenes but there are repetitions of certain scenes). I’ll explain to you everything on Thursday before we starts our practise, or maybe I’ll post about it here tomorrow if I have a time to. Basically, I want the scene of Hang Tuah Hang Jebat (Babak 5) to come first before scene 13 (Tun Teja Menggala and Hang Tuah), followed by Hang Kadim’s story (scene 2), so there’s a chronology on the life of Hang Jebat’s son there. On Thursday, I want all CAST & CREWS, LIGHTING DESIGNERS, and HAKIM to be present, and please bring your scripts.

4) For current BLL scene 2, I’m adding a monologue for Hang Kadim, directly after Hang Tuah disappears. So, LIGHTING DESIGNERS please be alert of this.

5) For scene 13, I’m adding more lines for TUN TEJA MENGGALA and HANG TUAH.

Hang Tuah: Ampunkan patik, tuanku. Kita bagaikan buah-buah catur. Membatu, keras dan mati. Tuanku adalah puteri bendahara Maharaja Inderapura, isteri kepada Sultan Mansur Syah. Patik hanyalah Tuah si Laksamana Melaka. Perasaan yang tercetus antara kita tidak sepatutnya berlaku.”

Tun Teja Menggala: “Tuan larikan beta dari Inderapura, kononnya atas nama cinta, namun tuan persembahkan beta kepada Sultan Melaka. Kau kejam, Tuah! Adakah perasaan beta tidak membawa apa-apa erti dalam hidupmu?”

6) I’ve decided to add one song “tujuh syarat” in scene 7, page 9, after Tun Teja’s dialogue: “Kenapa bukan Teja yang menentukan syarat? Seperti Puteri Gunung Ledang, dengan syarat-syaratnya...” so LIGHTING DESIGNERS please be alert about this.

7) Anybody who wants to practise acting personally, one-on-one, please tell me your free time (your choice) and I’ll see whether it fits my time or not, then we can polish your acting skill together.

8) This Saturday, I need all actors and actresses, lighting, video & slideshow designers, vocal trainer and sound designers to come. Props, stage and costume maybe tak payah la this time. You can work on your own. We’ll do vocal training one-to-one starting from 9 A.M. While one person is practising on singing, the other actors can proceed to acting. Owh yeah, there’s a special message from Ainur Fadlina, our vocal trainer, to all singing actors/actresses: JAGA SUARA, DRINK A LOT OF PLAIN WATER, GARGLE WITH SALTED WATER BEFORE BED EVERY NIGHT, PRACTISE SINGING AT HOME, SING ALONG WITH THE ORIGINAL SONGS TO GRAB THE KEY, AND PROJECT YOUR VOICE!

9) To everybody who’s going to balik raya early next week, please RECONSIDER. If you have bought your tickets, please inform me. If you are an actor, I want to make sure you are fully prepared, polished, improved, fully ready for the show, totally serious and know what’s going on. If you are a crew, I want to make sure you have done and finished your job before berlepas balik ke kampung.

10) Korang! Kan ada kena fill up survey form IMU tu kan. Please, tulis kat survey form tu: IMU NEEDS TO PROVIDE WIRELESS CLIP-ON MICROPHONES in LT2!!!

11) For GDK, Kamal and I decided to add some dialogues before our song, and then I’ll add one monologue also for Zara, so LIGHTING DESIGNERS, please be alert about this!

12) Please refer to the deadlines in the previous post and think back. ARE YOU ON SCHEDULE?

LATEST ANNOUNCEMENT: THEATRE TRAINING 7 SEPT 2009

2009-09-07T00:15:00.000-07:00

Salam everybody.

This is to announce that for today’s training, I need all actors EXCEPT PEROMPAK, PENCEROBOH, ORANG KAMPUNG AND DAYANG-DAYANG ISTANA to come. Maknanya, main actors je datang, yang lain tak payah. Main untuk BLL eh. Hasan, Tun Ariff, Tun Hakim, Tun Teja Menggala, Tun Teja, Pendekar/Alang, Tun Mustafa. I need all of the main actors and actresses to polish your acting and speaking skills.

Next, please check this blog frequently, I am tired of sending messages using SMS and my bill for this month is high (I’m using postpaid, one SMS to Celcom costs me 10 sen, to others 20 sen, just imagine I have to send SMS to 40 people for each training session, while most of you are using Maxis! Mati!) PLEASE. Lepas ni saya takkan buat announcement melalui SMS lagi kecuali urgent.

Saya perlukan semua orang kampong dan orang suruhan untuk design sendiri scene lagu Melaka Terbilang tu. Cari lagu tu kat internet, taip Melaka Terbilang PGL The Musical kat Imeem kalau tak jumpa.

Untuk semua crews especially musicians, saya serahkan tanggungjawab berlatih tu pada Haizam untuk band, dan Fatin untuk piano and violin. Pastikan crew anda bergerak dan berlatih with full commitment. Band, saya taknak datang performance terus main. NO NO NO. Please practice FROM NOW. (Aku nak persembahan perfect with good showmanship!)

Vocal training untuk esok (Tuesday) is ON. Yang lain-lain tak payah datang, siapa yang ada scene nyanyian je datang.

Please check this blog before any training or workshop starts, kalau-kalau ada latest updates.

We only have 1 WEEK AND A HALF before performance starts, so saya dah taknak siapa-siapa main-main lagi. Please be serious, and you should be able to give full commitment, full attendance for every training and workshop by now.

Get to work!

UPDATES FROM WORKSHOP 2

2009-09-05T11:35:00.000-07:00

First of all, thank you to everybody who made the effort to come, especially the musicians (Fatin, Haizam and Faye). Thanks!

To those who did not come: You have missed our theatre screening, which has given some inspiration and guide to all members of the production team who came. However, you can still contact me if you want to borrow the CD.

Updates as of today:

Ferdi

Book LT2, control room, PA system and drum set for everyday starting this Monday. Thanks Ferdi, I can’t imagine how the theatre wud be without you!

Lighting

We’ll be having workshops for lighting EVERYDAY at 10pm from now onwards. I’m sad to say this, it’s heavy for me too, because I have to run to and fro – observing actors training and guiding you to design the lighting. But lighting is VERY important, and as of now, it is the most important thing of all, so let’s work together! So please give me good cooperation: Please attend all the sessions, and please be punctual.

Lighting Designers

1)Noor Atieqa Inani Shaharuddin 0173726498 polaris_star1811@yahoo.com

2)Nur Liyana Abdul Aziz 0133001726 yanas_aziz@yahoo.com

3)Fathin Nadiah Mohd Najib 0132222965 big_bluetulip@yahoo.com

4)Anis Nabila 0134635491 anisnabila23@yahoo.com

5)Nurul Adibah 0178703853 leverdureviolet@yahoo.co.uk

Videos

Tell me the exact date and time for Gadis di Kuburan trailer shooting/recording. I’ve updated your deadline requirements so please refer to the previous post.

Publicity & Ticketing

I’ll call my college to invite KMS Performing Arts Club students while Ferdi will try to contact KMB’s in 2 days. I’ll give the result to you ASAP, and please show me the letter first before you send the invitations. Next, better work on the desktop wallpaper if you guys have finished printing tickets, notices and posters. Then, think about snacks to sell during the shows. You all are doing a good job so far!

Costumes

After designing all costumes, please contact me. I need you to present the costume for each character, then you can ask props crew to buy the materials. Next, you can come to our training sessions to check whether the actors are having their own costumes for the shows, but if they do not, then you’d have to help them find the costumes. Attention: Siti Nur Akmar withdrew from the production team.

Drummer

Haizam, please highlight all the scenes in which drum sounds are applicable. We are having training sessions everyday at 10pm so if you wanna come and observe, you are most welcomed. Please inform Ferdi or Faye directly to book the drum set if you want to practise, at least a few days in advance la. Next, please advise your band members to start practising Situasi and Look What You’ve Done!

Pianists

Please finish writing/creating the piano chords and practising until you all can play smoothly according to the deadlines. Try to arrange with Faye for synchronization with the violin.

Violinist

Thanks for joining us at these quite last minutes, but I hope you can create the rhythms/harmony/whatever with the violin within the same period with the piano, and synchronize your music before the singers come in.

Ainur Fadlina

Please confirm with me whether you can come this Tuesday for vocal training.

Stage

Good job! Keep on working!

Props

Start working on the fans, poles and curtains now. Other than that, good job!

Actors & actresses

Start practising on singing now (for those who have singing scenes, like me). I’ve tried and it turned out to be bad! It seems like we don’t only need more time to practise on acting, but also on singing!

Izaidi: Try to be more relax, increase your intonation.

Azham: Speak louder, please put more emotions into the romantic scene/monologue.

Tun Ariff: Good job, but please speak louder. Owh try to make serious and wicked faces at home all right, you’ll be needing that for the ending.

Joe, Aini: Good job.

Syazwan: Excellent!

Others: Sila lah datang latihan!

To everybody who’s going to be orang kampung, for the melaka introduction scene, please design your own acts and moves. I recommend simple traditional dances (joget), i don’t care what kind of tarian it is, just make it happen all right! Don’t forget to include malay cultural elements into it (jangan korang menari shuffle atas stage tu sudah!) Make the stage more meriah and happy, that’s all.

WARNING: FOR THE NEXT TRAINING SESSIONS AND WORKSHOPS, PLEASE BE PUNCTUAL (AT 10pm every day, or 9am for the last workshop). WE ARE RUNNING OUT OF TIME! Solat terawih, pastu terus datang latihan ya. AND FOR THE NEXT WEEK, I WANT FULL ATTENDANCE please.

DOAKAN SEMOGA KEDUA-DUA TEATER KITA MENDAPAT SAMBUTAN YANG MERIAH DAN DIPENTASKAN DENGAN PENUH CEMERLANG, GEMILANG DAN TERBILANG.

Aaamiiinnn.

-Muna-

DEADLINE FOR CREWS

2009-09-04T00:04:00.000-07:00

Publicity & Ticketing
1) Tickets to be printed: 8 Sept 2009
2) Tickets to be distributed: 9 Sept 2009
3) Posters to be put up: 11 Sept 2009
4) Trailer video to be screened after lectures in every class started from: 11 Sept 2009
5) Promotional e-lab desktop wallpaper to be designed by: 10 Sept 2009
6) Promotional e-lab desktop wallpaper to be put up by: 14 Sept 2009

Videos & Slideshow Designers
1) Trailer video to be designed completely by: 10 Sept 2009
2) Trailer video to be given to Publicity & Ticketing Designers: 11 Sept 2009
3) All backscreen slides to be completed by: 13 Sept 2009
4) Credit slides (namelist of cast & crews at the end of every theatre) to be completed and confirmed byL 16 Sept 2009.
5) 'The Making Of' video (for screening after the end of every theatre) to be completed by: 17 Sept 2009.

Props Designers
1) All props to be confirmed by: 11 Sept 2009
2) Red roses to be confirmed by: 30 Sept 2009

Stage Designers
All designs and decorations to be confirmed by: 10 Sept 2009

Pianists & Violinist
1) All songs to be designed with chords by: 10 Sept 2009
2) All songs to be rehearsed starting from: 11 Sept 2009

Band
1) All songs to be rehearsed by: 14 Sept 2009

Costume Designers
1) All costume designs to be confirmed by: 11 Sept 2009
2) All costumes must be ready by: 14 Sept 2009

Sound Designers
1) All songs and sound effects to be edited, designed and arranged according to scenes by: 9 Sept 2009
2) All sound effects to be ready by: 14 Sept 2009

Lighting Designers

1) All lighting designs for all scenes to be completed by: 11 Sept 2009

Let's get to work, NOW!!

NEW TIMELINE

2009-09-03T23:57:00.000-07:00

4 SEPT 2009
Training: BLL
Time: 10.00pm
Venue: Level 4, in front of LT 3
All BLL actors & actresses

I won’t be around today, so Izaidi or Ferdi will conduct the training. Please continue as usual, seriously and with focus. Izaidi/Ferdi, please report to me the progress of today training once it ends.

5 SEPT 2009
Workshop 2
Time: 9.00am (Please be punctual!!!)
Venue: LT 2
All Cast & Crews

Ferdi will be conducting the workshop, but I’ll be around IMU (because they have changed the conference venue to IMU) so I will be checking the workshop once in a while, or if the conference is boring, I’ll be joining all of you! ATTENDANCE is COMPULSORY, so please inform me if you cannot come, but please give valid reasons. Next Saturday will be our last workshop, time is running out! So if you can’t come, SMS me (0193306056) or email me (drowning_girl87@yahoo.co.uk). This time, you’ll be grouped into your teams and you will be given the time to discuss, give updates and work on your specialty. Actors and actresses, please come and practise. Lighting designers, please come and design the lighting for every scene. Discuss with ferdi. Actors, don’t forget to warm up like usual. Then, there will be a theatre show screening from Rumah Anak Teater’s Teater Kompilasi Vol.1, I bought the CD just to show all of you how they did it. The theatre was fantastic, maybe in the CD it won’t be clear enough, but it was good even though their props and stage design were very limited and minimized.

Props: Notice that they didn’t even bring a glass the scene when the actor needs to act like drinking something in Pokok Kelapa Sayang.

Stage: See how they designed the stage with simplicity in Stabil and Tambat Kaki, how they used see-through curtains to separate time and space.

Lighting: Observe how they play the lights in Pokok Kelapa Sayang.

Actors and actresses: observe their vocal projections, how they speak (bulat-bulat like I told you, remember?) the facial expressions, the emotions, the courage they have. Do they seem to be malu-malu? No!!

Videos & slides: Observe how they play the backscreen in Tambat Kaki and Stabil.

7 Sept 2009 (Monday)
Training: BLL
Venue: LT 2
All BLL actors and actresses.

Last one!

8 Sept 2009 (Tuesday)
Vocal Training
Time: 10.00 pm
Venue: LT 2

Trainer: Ainur Fadlina
Pianists: (June, Fatin)
Violinist: (Faye)
Singers: Kamal, Muna, Izaidi, Aini, Azham

9 Sept – 11 Sept 2009
Training: GDK
Time: 10.00 pm
Place: LT 2

Lighting designers
All GDK actors and actresses

12 Sept 2009
Workshop 3
Time: 9.00 am (Please be punctual!!!)
Venue: LT 2
All cast and crews

14 Sept 2009
BLL REHEARSAL
Time: 10.00 pm
Place: LT 2
All BLL cast and crews including musicians and costume designers (COMPULSORY)

15 Sept 2009
GDK REHEARSAL
Time: 10.00 pm
Place: LT 2
All GDK cast and crews including musicians and costume designers (COMPULSORY)

16 Sept 2009
BLL REHEARSAL 2
Time: 10.00 pm
Place: LT 2
All BLL cast and crews including musicians and costume designers (COMPULSORY)

17 Sept 2009
GDK REHEARSAL 2
Time: 10.00 pm
Place: LT 2
All GDK cast and crews including musicians and costume designers (COMPULSORY)

18 Sept 2009
BALIK RAYA!!!
Jadi, sila lah setelkan segala kerja. Cari semua props, design semua decorations, buat semua video, hafal segala skrip.

28 Sept 2009
BLL FULL REHEARSAL
Time: 8.00 pm
Venue: LT 2
Last one!

29 Sept 2009
PERFORMANCE: TEATER BUKAN LEGASI LALANG
All cast and crews
Venue: LT 2
Time for performance: 8.30 pm
Lepas maghrib (around 7.45 pm), sila berkumpul untuk make-up dan warm up.

30 Sept – 1 Oct 2009
GDK FULL REHEARSALS
Venue: LT 2
Time: 8.00 pm
All cast and crews

2 Oct 2009
PERFORMANCE: TEATER MUZIKAL GADIS DI KUBURAN
All cast and crews
Venue: LT 2
Time for performance: 8.30 pm
Lepas maghrib (around 7.45 pm), sila berkumpul untuk make-up dan warm up.

LATIHAN LAKONAN: FIRST INFO

2009-09-03T03:12:00.000-07:00

Salam semua.Latihan lakonan akan bermula pada Rabu ini, 2 Sept 2009, selepas tamat solat terawih (around 10 pm) di LT2. Kalau ada orang di LT2, maknanya semua orang mesti berkumpul di Level 4, depan Audi. Kita akan cuba habiskan dalam masa 1 jam, maksimum 1 jam setengah. Kita tak dapat cari waktu yang sesuai untuk latihan pada waktu siang, sebab masing-masing ada komitmen yang tersendiri. Ada yang kelas pukul 8, 10.30, 1.30 dan saya pula pukul 4. Jadi, kita terpaksa buat waktu malam memandangkan tolak minggu hari raya, kita cuma ada 2 minggu 3 hari untuk latihan termasuk minggu ini.Jadi, saya minta kerjasama semua pelakon yang terlibat untuk hadir pada hari yang ditetapkan. SEMUA.Kalau anda telitikan betul-betul, skrip Bukan Legasi Lalang banyak kesalahan (typo) pada nombor babak. Babak 6 dan 7 ketinggalan, babak 18 ada 2 kali, babak 19 pun 2 kali. saya harap anda boleh betulkan sendiri nombor-nombor tersebut mengikut turutan. Memang betul keseluruhannya ada 20 babak tapi numbering nya tak betul. Jadi, untuk hari Rabu ni, kita akan mulakan dengan Bukan Legasi Lalang. Minggu depan kita buat Gadis di Kuburan. Pelakon-pelakon Gadis di Kuburan (Kamal, Ida, Izaidi) sila berlatih sendiri Sabtu ni walaupun saya tak ada eh. Entah kenapa, saya lebih risaukan Bukan Legasi Lalang.

Rabu 2/9: Babak 1-8

Pelakon terlibat:
Pendekar Berkerudung Hitam/Alang
Tun Mustafa - Asyraf
Tun Hakim
Hang Kadim - Karim
Hang Tuah - Johari
Hang Jebat - Syazwan
Hasan
Tun Teja
Tun Ariff
Mak Inang - Azleen
Perompak dan Orang Suruhan
Dayang-dayang istana

Khamis 3/9: Babak 9-15

Hasan
Pendekar Berkerudung Hitam
Tun Hakim
Tun Teja
Tun Ariff
Mak Inang - Azleen
Orang suruhan
Hang Tuah - Johari
Tun Teja Menggala - Siti Khadijah

Jumaat 4/9: Babak 16-20

Hasan
Alang
Tun Ariff
Tun Mustafa
Tun Hakim
Tun Teja
Pengawal dan orang kampung

*Pelakon yang saya dah bold kan tu adalah pelakon yang saya faham scene anda tidak banyak, jadi saya takut anda terlepas pandang sebab itu saya bold kan tulisan. Anda juga wajib datang latihan.Tolong baca, hayati dan hafal skrip sebelum datang. Kalau belum print out, sila print. Kita dah tak ada banyak masa.Kalau ada sebarang idea atau komen, sila hantarkan ke email saya di drowning_girl87@yahoo.co.uk atau sms saya.

-Muna-

THE PROPOSAL

2009-09-02T22:33:00.000-07:00

MCW 2009 THEATERS

INTRODUCTION

Theatre is the branch of the performing arts defined as what occurs when one or more persons, isolated in time or space, present themselves to another or others. By this broad definition, theatre has existed as a result of human tendency for storytelling. Since its inception, theatre has come to take on many forms, utilizing speech, gesture, music, dance, and spectacle, combining the other performing arts, often as well as the visual arts, into a single artistic form. For this upcoming Malay Cultural Week 2009, I am proposing two theatre shows, titled as “Bukan Legasi Lalang the Musical” and “Gadis di Kuburan” which are categorized as classic and modern respectively. The idea of presenting the modern theatre show besides of the classical theatre is to bring a refreshing start to change the perceptions of Malay students in IMU towards the Malay theatre scene, which is always regarded as a show that presents only traditional dances, culture and classic monarchy. Instead, Malay theatres nowadays have become platforms used by young theatre activists to voice out their minds about current political, social, cultural and religious issues from various points and angles.

OBJECTIVES
1) To stimulate IMU Malay students to take part in activities outside the medical field.
2) To expose IMU Malay students to ways to express ideas, talents and emotions through performing arts
3) To promote knowledge and understanding of the historical and cultural contexts of the issues presented in the theatres
4) To provide opportunities for IMU Malay students to make connections among the arts, with other disciplines within the core curriculum, and with arts resources in the community

TARGET AUDIENCE
1) Malay Cultural Society members
2) IMU students and staff
3) Specifically-invited public audience

THE PRODUCTION TEAM
Everyone involved to be confirmed before 26 August.
1) Director & playwright
2) Actors & actresses
3) Stage manager & set designer
4) Lighting designer
5) Sound designer
6) Musicians – pianist, guitarist, vocalists, drummer, backup vocalists, violinist
7) Props master
8) Video & slideshow designer
9) Costume designer
10) Dancers

VENUE
Lecture Theatre 2 (LT2)

USAGE OF EQUIPMENTS
1) Mini stage staircase
2) Wireless clip-on microphones
3) Slide screen & projector
4) Drum set
5) Violin
6) Piano
7) Guitars
8) Lighting & sound systems

BUDGET
As the budget allocated by MCW committee is RM200 for this event, the full amount will be used up totally on necessary equipments, props and any costs related to the production of both theatres.

PUBLICITY & PROMOTION
1) Banners to be put up after a photography and an advertisement designing session involving the crews in the production team.
2) Free tickets to be given out with purchases of food and merchandise from the MCW sales booths
3) Invitations to specific public figures/community
4) Announcements with video trailer screenings after lectures

TICKETING & SEATING
To date, a large audience is expected. Free tickets will be given out. The tickets will be numbered (not the seats) and a system will be created where ticket owners can confirm their attendance by tearing a section of the ticket or giving their ticket numbers to a ticketing personnel who will be confirmed later. Seating will be based on a first-come-first-served basis. On circumstances where some plans are changed and only a small audience is expected, the ticketing system will not be implemented.

TIMELINE

7 Aug
10.00 am
1st Audition for actors and actresses

26 Aug
10.00 am
2nd Audition for actors and actresses (if necessary), selection and confirmation

29 Aug
9.30 am
Workshop 1
- Understanding the stories & the concepts involved
- Set, stage & props designing
- Sound and music designing
- Slideshow & video designing
- Lighting designing
- Vocalising and acting
- Determining time and place for daily practice (for actors only)*

5 Sept
9.30 am
Workshop 2
- Discussions and Updates
- Teater Kompilasi Vol.1 Screening
- Theatre Training

7 Sept
10.00 pm
Vocal Training
* For actors and actresses with singing scenes only

9 Sept
10.00 pm
Full Rehearsal 1 – BUKAN LEGASI LALANG
- Discussions and updates
- Costume confirmations

10 Sept
9.30 am
Full Rehearsal 2 – GADIS DI KUBURAN THE MUSICAL
- Costume tryouts
- Equipments and props confirmation
- Full rehearsal (both theatres)

28 Sept
8.30 pm
Classical theatre full rehearsal with costumes
- Sound checks

29 Sept
8 pm – 11 pm
Classical theatre performance

30 Sept
8.30 pm
Modern theatre full rehearsal with costumes
- Sound checks

2 Oct
8 pm – 11 pm
Modern theatre performance

*Practical sessions for actors and actresses will be conducted 2 hours daily from Monday to Friday
*All activities will be held in LT2

CONCLUSION
Hopefully everyone involved in the production team will give full commitment and work together towards staging a fantastic and successful performance for each theatre.

Prepared by:
Nurulmuna Mohd Ghozali
Director of MCW Theatres ‘09