{"id":637,"date":"2018-10-12T11:14:11","date_gmt":"2018-10-12T03:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/www.wildrice.com.sg\/wr\/wr\/?p=637"},"modified":"2021-03-31T17:55:44","modified_gmt":"2021-03-31T09:55:44","slug":"directors-cut-hossan-leong-on-a-ingapore-carol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/www.wildrice.com.sg\/directors-cut-hossan-leong-on-a-ingapore-carol\/","title":{"rendered":"Director’s Cut \u2013 Hossan Leong on A $ingapore Carol!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As a director, I\u2019m approaching A $ingapore Carol<\/em><\/strong> as a brand-new story. I\u2019m familiar with the original Charles Dickens tale, of course \u2013 who isn\u2019t? It\u2019s percolated through pop culture in all kinds of TV shows and movies. Everyone knows some version of A Christmas Carol<\/em>, even if they\u2019ve never read the original book. But I\u2019m trying very hard to avoid being influenced by the old-fashioned ways of telling this story. What I really want to do is honour the work of the playwright \u2013 Jonathan Lim. I\u2019m working on his<\/em> script, which is called A $ingapore Carol<\/em>. It\u2019s modern, and it\u2019s about who we are today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I love Jonathan\u2019s script because<\/strong> it\u2019s so clever and witty. I can already see the potential for his words to really come to life on stage. When I sat down to read the script, the ideas started coming to me from reading just one page. There are so many things that can be done with it, and I\u2019m finding little comedy moments scattered throughout the show that I can play up. So I\u2019m really excited to get cracking on it with my cast!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The music composed by Elaine Chan <\/strong>is<\/strong> very different from what you might expect from a pantomime \u2013 and that\u2019s intentional! I asked Elaine to create a sound that\u2019s really modern, but with a melodic hook, so that audiences will walk out with a song in their hearts. WILD RICE has really pushed the boundaries of the pantomime genre in the past few years. The shows they\u2019re creating now are proper full-fledged musicals. And that\u2019s what I\u2019m going for, too, with A $ingapore Carol<\/em>.
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The Three Musketeers!
Hossan with composer Elaine Chan and playwright Jonathan Lim at the first table read for
A $ingapore Carol<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In this show, Sebastian Tan is<\/strong> going to show audiences a very different side of himself. He\u2019s best known for having such a warm, charismatic presence on stage. And S.K. Loo (our version of Scrooge) is unlike any character he\u2019s ever played before \u2013 mean and miserly and cold inside. I\u2019m looking forward to working with him to make sure S.K. Loo doesn\u2019t come off as one-dimensional. I\u2019d love for Seb to have more fun and to bring some cheekiness to his performance!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For me, the biggest challenge in directing this show is<\/strong> having to tackle some quite serious and deep issues about the Singapore in which we live today. A traditional pantomime is more \u2018hee hee ha ha\u2019, if you know what I mean \u2013 the comedy is broad and silly and there\u2019s a lot of slapstick. A $ingapore Carol<\/em> is not like that at all. It\u2019s more sophisticated. And it doesn\u2019t shy away from the fact that Singapore is built on greed \u2013 that Singaporeans always want to amass more wealth, just like S.K. Loo does. But, because this show is for kids, as well as adults, I still want it to be fun and silly. So I have to really work hard at that: finding both the moral of the story, as well as its joy and humour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A $ingapore Carol<\/em> plays at Victoria Theatre from 23 November to 15 December 2018!<\/strong>
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