Friday, May 21, 2004

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Lorong Neraka


One of the scenes in Lorong Neraka...

Last night, me & my friends (teera, aloy, ewea, teefa & dziehan) went to see one of most anticipated play of the year, LORONG NERAKA, at MTC, KL.. with a tempting title, it sure does pull some crowd.. helmed by three of the most credible theatre activists, erma fatima, ellie suriatie and adlin arman, i can simply say that it's the best play of the year.. i was mesmerized by the entire cast.. the ensemble was just perfect.. from the 'Drug Otai' - yasir (who has been to the so-called 'Festival Dadah New Zealand 1987' - is there even such a thing?!), to the wife who was forced to be a prostitute by her own husband played beautifully by betty benafe, to the 4 transvestites (kajol, milda de vega, sarah) who really got the crowd going wild, all of them cast a perfect spell.. with Lorong Hj Taib as the background, this play revovles around the dark side of KL.. how drugs ruled the street.. how a kid had to struggle the life as a son of a bitch.. etcetera.. eventhough it's hard to believe (more likely we don't want to believe), but we can't deny that what was portrayed in the play is the real thing that happened in the dark streets.. sometimes, i felt really mad to them for destroying our kids.. but at other times, i felt sorry for them.. it's not totally their fault ending up that way.. who wants to live life that way..? hmmm.. i don't really know.. have a little think....

p/s: for theatre lovers, Lorong Neraka is not to be missed..!

LORONG NERAKA

'Lorong Neraka disifatkan sebagai sebuah teater yang mengangkat kisah pahit dan sengsara di sekitar Lorong Hj Taib. Berkongsi luahan rasa bersama pengarah muda Ellie Suriaty dan aktivis teater Adlin Arman Rahman, Erma yakin Lorong Neraka bakal memberikan kesan yang mendalam ke atas diri remaja. Membariskan pelakon handalan seperti Ellie Suriaty, Rosnah Mat Aris, Betty Benafe, Nabila Huda dan pengambilan istimewa dua pelakon kanak-kanak iaitu Eric dan Sarah, Lorong Neraka mampu tampil sebagai sebuah karya yang penuh kritikan sosial.'

"dari isi hati pandangan mata dan rakaman lensa seorang sultanmuzaffar"

1 comment:

Judd said...

Eds,

Congratulations for the wonderful portrayal as one of the transvestites.. hopefully, in future lebih ramai lagi penggiat teater yg dapat menghasilkan karya2 yg jujur dan dekat dengan masyarakat.. again, tahniah to all yg menjayakan Lorong Neraka! It was such a great performance! Totally enjoyable dan sarat dgn msg!