Wild Rice! is back with a pantomime this Christmas, following the success of 2003's Cinderel-Lah! As usual, they will be poking fun at some of the issues in Singapore which have been debated inexhaustively in the Parliament, talkshows and even in the S-11 Kopi Shop near you. Their target for ALADDIN is the Singaporeans' 5Cs Dream. For the interest of non-Singaporeans and revision for Singaporeans, 5Cs stands for Cash, Car, Condo, Credit card and Country Club membership.
Are 3 wishes enough to make all 5 C’s come true? Find out in Aladdin, as this much-loved fairy tale is given a hilarious and spirited W!LD RICE Singapura-Pantomime Remix!
All right, no Hossan Leong, no Kumar, no Sheikh Haikel, no Lim Kay Siu, no Neo Swee Lin.... With so many big names missing from the cast of ALADDIN, as compared to last year's Cinderel-Lah!, a virgin to the local art scene wonders how much value could be derive from the time and money to be forgone for this pantomime. What is worse? Ivan Heng, Founder of Wild Rice!, is not the director! Seems like the sales and marketing department has a mountain to climb. To shorten the pain, ALADDIN is initially scheduled to run from 2 Dec to 19 Dec 2004 - only slightly more than 2 weeks.
It is hard to believe how a pantomime could have ended its run even before Christmas eve. But let's be some silly jabronis sometimes to reduce stress. ALADDIN is all over the papers and it will extend its run to 9 Jan 2005 - almost in time for CNY light-up in Chinatown. The sales and marketing fellows may have resorted to the wait-and-see tactic, but the fact that they changed course does shed some light on the growing strength of the smaller names, like Emma Yong, Robin Goh and Chua Enlai. Production team for his pantomime includes that of 'The Revenge of the Dim Sum Dollies'.... Selena Tan, Elaine Chan and Glen Goei.... and how big are these names? Very big. And if these are not enough, they have the Wild Kids! to spice things up.... wow, I want to "T-loan" them for my wedding.... copyright reserved BigOsmallR. With the Christmas light-up along Orchard Road becoming more and more like some sort of "going through the motion", it brings comfort to know Singaporeans now have their own pantomime to bring on the festive moods.
Talking about the Orchard Road Christmas light-up, it will be extended too, albeit geographically to Marina Bay. Oh, please, it is not the length that matters, it is the substance.
ALADDIN will be performed in Jubilee Hall, part of Raffles Hotel, opposite Bras Basah Complex, next to Raffles City Shopping Centre, diagonally facing Carlton Hotel and Chijmes...., from 2 Dec 2004 to 9 Jan 2005, except Mondays. Tickets for ALADDIN is available at all Sistic outlets (as usual~) and priced at $45 and $35. My advice is to just get the $35 tickets unless you want to see whether the magical lamp is 'Made in China'. Some of you would wonder how you should dress for a musical. You do not have to dress fancily. T-shirt and jeans is safe enough.
Are 3 wishes enough to make all 5 C's come true? Find out in ALADDIN. Check www.sistic.com.sg
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