I am looking forward to a new theatre in town by renown Wa FM DJ, KK and HVD star, Looi Aye Keng. It caught my attention when I was browsing Actor Studio's website and it caught my eye. It will be the first Cantonese theatre and it 's funny.
The show time details are:
29 July 2005 - 6 August 2005 8:30 pm @ Actor Studio Bangsar
Here is a sypnosis from the official site: http://www.theactorsstudio.com.my/shows.phtml#bangsar
Presented by The Actors Studio, “The Taming of the Shrew” will be performed at The Actors Studio @ BSC from end of July until early August. Directed and adapted by Ling Tang, this classic romantic comedy will be staged in Kuala Lumpur for the first time…in Cantonese!
Cast includes KK Wong, one of Malaysia’s top DJs, in his first stage outing. Joining him will be Loo Aye Keng, and together they will enthrall us in the roles of Shakespeare’s legendary mismatched couple. Complementing them are Berg Lee and Teoh Siew Chin, respective winners of Best Actor and Best Actress awards in the recent Malaysian Chinese Theatre Awards. Other performers include Gan Hui Yee, Christopher Fung Chee Yeong, Chee See Soon, Joe Koo Khee Chow, Wong Yean Reun and many more. This production brings together artists from the broadcasting, television and theatrical fields.
The play takes place in 17th Century Italy. It is about Katharina ‘the shrew’, eldest daughter of Baptista, a rich gentleman of Padua. Katharina finds herself in the position of being forced to marry the tall and hunky, Petruchio. On the other hand, Petruchio strives to woo the seemingly stubborn and ill-tempered Katharina so that his friend Hortensio can marry Katharina’s sister, Bianca, who has sworn not to wed until her sister has found a husband.
This classic comedy follows Petruchio’s ‘kill her with kindness’ attempts at taming the ill-mannered and bad-tempered Katharina. Inevitably, marriage ensues and Katharina becomes the subservient wife. Or does she?
