12 to 12

I watched "12 to 12" this weekend with Fanni, Kristy, Vincent J, Wee Siong, and Vincent at the Esplanade.


From the PA website + official programme:

Soundwaves 2008 (12 to 12) is an evocative blend of dance, drama, music and songs and is jointly created by Cultural Medallion recipient Dick Lee and PA's resident artistic producer Fan Dong Kai.

It tells an intriguing tale of a lone traveller named Bryan, who returns to Singapore after a long time. Bryan encounters a beautiful muse named Bella who is trapped by a powerful spell. She can be freed if she regains three songs stolen from her, but only if she does it within 24 hours! Bella enlists Bryan's help for this quest. Mystery, adventure and romance unfold as they go through the streets of Singapore, chasing time in search of the songs of Singapore.

The concert features the PA Talents Dance Ensemble, Singapore Pop Orchestra and the best of professional and community artistes in Singapore.

Cast :

Bryan (George Chan)
Bella (Elena Wang)
Suri (Cara Whitehouse)
Ghost 1 (Chai Yao)
Ghost 2 (Lan Yu)

Beauty World

After watching this musical, I have decided to invest more money into watching what's in theaters this year (not just the films at Golden Village!). This production has helped Dick Lee (I first knew him by watching Singapore Idol in 2006) gain more prominence in Singapore.

I loved the execution of what seemed to be a simple plot - a girl trying to find her biological father and in the process also finds herself. It has some local colour and I'm happy to have understood most of the "singlish".

The songs were so catchy that I had to buy the soundtrack as early as the intermission. This is the song that carried in my view the musical's theme.

"I Didn't Care"

If there was another way

I would not be here today

I'd be back where I belong

Somewhere in my past

I should be the first to know

Where the road I'm taking goes

If I fail then I suppose

Every road must be wrong

Now I'm here

Now that I've made it this far

I must try to find out

What I'm all about

Cos I lost the answers long ago

Felt I didn't need to know

I didn't care

Now I do

I should be the first to know

Where the road I'm taking goes

If I fail then I suppose

Every road must be wrong

Now it's time to be trong

It's what I wanted for so long

No mater how it turns out

I must stay to face the consequence

Once it made no difference

I didn't care

Now I do...