{"id":29732,"date":"2021-03-17T16:07:38","date_gmt":"2021-03-17T08:07:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/www.wildrice.com.sg\/?p=29732"},"modified":"2021-03-20T17:02:53","modified_gmt":"2021-03-20T09:02:53","slug":"audrey-luos-animal-instincts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/www.wildrice.com.sg\/audrey-luos-animal-instincts\/","title":{"rendered":"Audrey Luo’s Animal Instincts!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

You play so many characters in The Amazing Celestial Race<\/em> \u2013 like Tiger, Rabbit and Snake, just to name a few. What\u2019s that like?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s like doing a full-out sprint in a long-drawn marathon! For the 75 minutes of every performance, it\u2019s just non-stop action because of all the quick changes we have to do. And this is a 44-show run! So it\u2019s like sprinting every day, over a four-week-long marathon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Every single performance is full-on. I did an \u2018entrance and exit\u2019 rundown for myself, and I have almost 20! I need to know exactly when I have to exit downstage right or enter upstage left, and remember where to go for my next headgear or pre-set costume. One of my routes takes me all over The Ngee Ann Kongsi Theatre \u2013 exiting through the theatre into the foyer, and then getting backstage again in time for my next entrance. Literally up, left, down, right, everywhere!! [laughs]  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Is this the most intense show you\u2019ve ever done?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s really quite exhausting! At the end of every performance, my knees, my ankles, my elbows, my shoulders, my neck, everything \u2013 they\u2019re just aching<\/em>. When I\u2019m off stage, I use all kinds of ointment and paste koyok<\/em> [medicated plasters] on my body to help me feel better. I also soak my feet in hot water and Epsom salts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Doing this show reminds me of what I had to do when playing the title role in Titoudao<\/em> in 2015, which was also very intense. That was not an easy role for me. I was on stage for the entire two hours of the show, and had five monologues and wayang<\/em> sequences to perform. [Ed: This Toy Factory production of Titoudao<\/em> is available to stream here<\/a> until 30 September 2021!]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But I still feel grateful and blessed to be doing a show as physical as The Amazing Celestial Race <\/em>\u2013 it shows that I’m still alive and kicking! It\u2019s really satisfying to know that I\u2019m still healthy and athletic enough to do a show like this. <\/p>\n\n\n\n