Laughter in the Dark - a review.
Doing a review more than a month after the actual show has its setbacks. Like sometimes not remembering what the show was about.
Thankfully, I have a super-duper good memory. And I remember pretty much most of it. There were some people on stage, right? and they were talking i think. heh.
alright. We'll start with the props. It was by far the most elaborate set I've ever seen in college (well, minus CP and bangsawan sets. I mean for a drama set, its really good. ok, I've only seen one other drama stage set. heh.) They had a staircase, the inside of a spooky mansion and a little fireplace.
Next is the acting, and it was superb :D Having a crew of mostly juniors, one senior and two stalewarts (Misters Hanson and Cranwell, also the director and producer of the play respectively, and the propmasters, and the costume renters... well they basically run the whole show.)
The sypnosis is some rich old guy dies and leaves a fortune to the next of kin. (cant remember their names now. but what the heck) This dude's a loser who's pretty much tied to his wife's g-string. You know the type. (no, i will resist the temptation to draw a parallel to a married couple in college.) So he comes with his family to the mansion (which contains a butler played the awesome mr hanson), and according to the lawyer (hizami was made for this role. or this role was made for hizami. or.) they have to follow some rules set by the deceased in order to inherit the fortune. Then some people come over. Its christmas. There's a snowstorm. They're trapped and forced to stay the night over. Throw in a sultry air-head, a deranged red indian (aaron in his most memorable performance since Basil Fawlty) and some ghosts and you'll get a most entertaining production.
The play is filled with risque jokes and enough innuendoes to make even me blush. I'd say its a refreshing change somewhat :)
Overall, i loved it. Hopefully we'll see more plays like this in the future productions of KYUEM PLAYERS.
I give it a 4 out of 5. :)