After 3 months of contemplation, I finally decided to spend all my hard-saved money on a 2 hour show and TADA!! the long-awaited Lion King musical.
Well, I think going for a great show after 7 days of block test isnt really a good idea, because I was so so sooo tired on Wednesday. Nonetheless, I decided not to waste my money by staying sleepy so I took a nap after physics paper to ensure that I could keep my eyes WIDE open through the night.
I shall not waste unnecessary vocabulary on how great the show is, and anyway I dont have that many adjectives in my head now to throw them out. But let's just say that both the voice and the dance are superb and it's definitely worth the money. I was surprised that they actually had a live band performing, it was my first time seeing a real (abeit small and semi-computerised) orchestra underneath the stage. But the vocal power of the actors are just great. There was only one instance when the actor held the note for too long that the note went slightly off-pitch.
The theatre was a small and cosy one, and it reminded me of the Nanyang Auditorium with the red seats, Victorian-style white carvings and the small balcony at the second level.
This is Zazu, the lovely bird whose specie I do not know.
And they are pumbaa and timon! I love pumbaa from the cartoon, but I must say that the puppeteer playing timon is awesome. He is painted all green (which I presume is to blend into the jungle background, but he looks really striking on stage) but the way he moves the puppet is so smooth that the audience barely notice him. You can either look at the puppeteer himself or at the puppet during the show; both their facial expressions are fantastic.
The actors tried to put in some local characteristics, saying in between lines slangs such as "la", and chinese such as "谢谢" and "鼓励鼓励". The audience appreciated them but considering that about half of the people watching are foreigners, I doubt they understood where the humour is.
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