Once, on this Island

Last Sunday, I went to the black box to watch our last winter musical - once on this island. It is already the third and the last day, but it is still that popular and busy around. All the seats are full to sit down. This is the first play that I can finally understand well and track on what is going on like most of the scenes. I am not that surprised about that because I actually have just read the original book and also actually did direct with one partner to make one performance based on the story as an adaptation. So I felt really confident to watch and glad about my first time full journey to the play. 

Although I do not quiet know about the performance area, but I guess I will make some comments based on my guess. This is a kind of musical, which is just like a well staged opera. So full and all through the play, those actors are singing all the time. Their singing skills are so good - I was amazed that so many people can sing that well in this world around me. With in the time, the back ground music was participating so professionally. As the first time I heard it, I thought someone in the back stage were playing the downloaded music from internet or somewhere. But after a little bit I found out that some unique instrument that has a longer tone than it should be, then I finally realized that people are playing it! I was so surprised. This is also a challenge for me to go and choose drama as my spring sport I guess. Because both of the cru members and the actors are so professional. A person without any, any of the acting skills like me, I do not know if that is a good choice for me to go right now.

The story was beautiful, and the staging and set ups were funny too. The scene with Webkha (I do not know if I did spell it right) standing up stairs on stage as dressed as a professor, with other actors hang their hand drew pics to describe the history of beauhommes family was really fresh. The four gods, Erzulie, Agwe, Papage and Asaka on the four corners of the stage were perfectly fit in the performance. I do not know why, but when I did actually try to find out if the actors did not fit in their characters, I felt I can find nothing about it. The customs and pops are just perfectly fit too. (Sorry but I do not have any more ways to describe, that was just an amazing and perfect creature!) The play also reminded me a lot and gave me ideas to rethink about the structure of my own performance for the IB exam. I wish I could be like them and have the creative thoughts come out. And last of all, their performance skills are the best present if I can actually learn it.