{"id":35499,"date":"2013-04-01T16:33:00","date_gmt":"2013-04-01T08:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/www.wildrice.com.sg\/?p=35499"},"modified":"2021-06-03T16:34:36","modified_gmt":"2021-06-03T08:34:36","slug":"the-rainbow-connection-angels-event-for-earnest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/www.wildrice.com.sg\/the-rainbow-connection-angels-event-for-earnest\/","title":{"rendered":"The Rainbow Connection: Angels’ Event for Earnest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A W!LD RICE production would not be complete without an event created especially for our Angels. On 14 April 2013, the creative team and cast of The Importance Of Being Earnest<\/em> enjoyed high tea with our Angels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As we lingered over bangers and mash and teacakes, W!LD RICE Artistic Director Ivan Heng (Lady Bracknell) thanked everyone present for their generous support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s because of you and your contributions that we were able to stay the course and stick to our vision, to not compromise and be silenced by what felt at times like bullying.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

W!LD RICE Associate Artistic Director Glen Goei pointed out that the financial support of our Angels amounts to much more than the funding provided by the government every year. \u201cThat\u2019s why your support has been so important and so integral to us.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As always, our Angels were also given the opportunity to pose questions to the creative team. As a result, they learned a few juicy behind-the-scenes tidbits about the production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For instance, Glen confirmed that W!LD RICE\u2019s production of Earnest<\/em> is the only ever all-male production of the play staged in the entire world. In other all-male productions, the actors playing the female characters were always in drag. \u201cThis is the first time that the actors are men playing women as men.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We also learnt that minimal cuts were made to Oscar Wilde\u2019s original script. In fact, the creative team had gone back to the original text and exhumed some elements of it for this production. Wilde had originally written Earnest<\/em> as a play in four acts, but cut it down to three when it was first staged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Upon researching the excised Act IV, Glen and Ivan found tender moments that they added back into the play. \u201cWe had Lady Bracknell shake Miss Prism\u2019s hand at the end \u2013 restoring a sense of forgiveness and closure.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ivan also revealed his own concerns and considerations in playing a female character as a man. He described his initial dismay \u2013 way back in 2009 \u2013 at learning that he would not be playing the part in drag. He recalled asking Glen at the time if he could at least sport lipstick and some diamond earrings for the role. Come 2013, Ivan actually briefly toyed with the idea of playing Lady Bracknell with a goatee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe wonderful thing,\u201d he said, \u201cis that gender is a spectrum. It\u2019s a rainbow and we\u2019re just taking a trip on it! It\u2019s amazing, wonderful and completely celebrates what each and every one of us is.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Check out more photos from the event here<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A W!LD RICE production would not be complete without an event created especially for our Angels. On 14 April 2013, the creative team and cast of The Importance Of Being Earnest enjoyed high tea with our Angels. As we lingered over bangers and mash and teacakes, W!LD RICE Artistic Director Ivan Heng (Lady Bracknell) thanked everyone present …<\/p>\n

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