{"id":25749,"date":"2017-05-01T17:43:19","date_gmt":"2017-05-01T09:43:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/www.wildrice.com.sg\/?p=25749"},"modified":"2021-04-08T18:17:10","modified_gmt":"2021-04-08T10:17:10","slug":"finding-dorai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/www.wildrice.com.sg\/finding-dorai\/","title":{"rendered":"Finding Dorai"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I grew up<\/font><\/strong> dreaming of becoming a superstar. My entire life, I had always wanted to be on stage \u2013 singing, performing, interacting, communicating, anything! Growing up, my family didn\u2019t have much, and our circumstances were often challenging and painful. My mom tried her best to make sure we had enough, but there were days it got incredibly difficult. Art was and is, in so many ways, my escape from those difficult moments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My friends would describe me as<\/font><\/strong> funny. They often say I\u2019m funny and that I should be a stand-up comedienne. I don\u2019t know why. I don\u2019t think I\u2019m funny. But they think I\u2019m funny. It\u2019s funny!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A lot of people don’t know that I<\/font><\/strong> am always clipping coupons, looking for the best deals, snapping up discounts, waiting for the prices to go down\u2026once, I waited three months for the price of a microphone to go down. It was worth it though. I got a 72% discount and only paid $84 for a mic worth over $300!! Very good leh!!! My family didn\u2019t have a lot and I always felt guilty about rewarding myself while we were struggling. I am kinder to myself now; it\u2019s okay to treat yourself once in a while lah. While I do make sure I\u2019m responsible with money, I also leave some room for what my heart desires.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One thing on my bucket list is<\/font><\/strong> to perform in as many countries as possible. I set myself a goal of performing at least one show a year overseas. I want to learn from Singapore and give to Singapore; this is my home. But I don\u2019t just want to stay<\/em> here. Stagnancy makes me incredibly frustrated. I want to be always moving, always growing, always learning. And travelling is one of the best ways to do all three. Nothing compares to connecting with someone who doesn\u2019t speak the same language that you do \u2013 and then seeing in their eyes that they understand you. Theatre is beautiful like that. It\u2019s universal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The first time I set foot on stage,<\/font><\/strong> I was incredibly nervous. I was feeling so many different things and at so many levels, all at the same time. What can I say \u2013 I\u2019m a woman. We multi-task even feelings! But nerves are good. If I go on stage and I\u2019m not feeling anything at all, it\u2019s a sign for me that something is wrong. I don\u2019t want to be too locked or tense that I can’t get into character, but I also don\u2019t want to be so relak<\/em> to the point where I don\u2019t care what happens!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Performing live<\/font><\/strong> is something I love so very much. I am honoured to be given a space to bring someone\u2019s story into existence. To breathe life into a character. To make people laugh. To connect. To sing a song lyric and lock eyes with someone and have tears fall from both of our eyes at the exact same time. At that moment, we are the same person, for a short while, even if I don\u2019t know his or her name. Performing live is incredible power \u2013 and one that shouldn\u2019t be taken lightly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Theatre is<\/font><\/strong> family. We are an oddball group of people who do so many things and it\u2019s incredible to live in this large, crazy family. We all have our little kampongs<\/em> and each kampong<\/em> speaks a different theatrical language. Even if there are moments when we might not like or agree with what the other is doing, we still<\/em> find room for and support one another. It\u2019s wonderful. And it\u2019s my home away from home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The show that changed my life is<\/font><\/strong> Macbeth<\/em>. My understanding of the show and my affinity with it have changed as I grew older, and it taught me that no one is ever fundamentally bad. People do things for various reasons, and everyone is capable of grave mistakes, just as they are capable of monumental good. It all depends on the choices we are given and the roads we eventually take. It was and is a huge learning lesson for myself, my relationship with God, and how I see others. The tattoo I have on my lower left forearm is the Indian version of Lady Macbeth\u2019s lines from Act 3, Scene 2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I can’t wait to perform in Boeing Boeing<\/em> because<\/font><\/strong> it\u2019s a W!LD RICE show!!! The first big show I ever watched in Singapore was La Cage Aux Folles<\/em> by W!LD RICE in 2012. At the time, I had a billion reasons, fears and insecurities and told myself I might never work with this company. Five years on, and here we are! I am so glad to be a part of the W!LD RICE kampong<\/em>; they\u2019re an amazing group. Boeing Boeing<\/em> is a hilarious show with a remarkable cast, and some more it\u2019s been adapted for the local audience \u2013 which means, wah, it\u2019s gonna be a whole lot funnier! Fun fact: it\u2019s a hit with Indian audiences, having been adapted into Malayalam, Telugu, Hindi and Kannada versions. And I\u2019m gonna be adding some Tamil spice into this one. Just come watch lah!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rebekah Sangeetha Dorai plays Miss Air India in Boeing Boeing. Get to know this actor, bargain hunter and Shakespeare fan before you fly the friendly skies with her in June!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":25750,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"default","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[230,253,48],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/www.wildrice.com.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25749"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/www.wildrice.com.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/www.wildrice.com.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/www.wildrice.com.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/www.wildrice.com.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25749"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/www.wildrice.com.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25749\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/www.wildrice.com.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/www.wildrice.com.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/www.wildrice.com.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/www.wildrice.com.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}