TEN STARS!!! ***** *****

TITOUDAO by Toy Factory Theatre Ensemble
Drama Centre Theatre, National Library
1 Mar - 31 Mar 07
Tue - Suni 3pm & 8pm

Star-studded cast
Pam Oei
Beatrice Chia-Richmond
Karen Tan
Sebastian Tan
Chua En Lai
Aidli 'Alin' Mosbit
Gordon Choy
Judy Tan
Written and directed by Toy Factory's Chief Artistic Director Goh Boon Teck.
Winner of Best Original Script for Titoudao at the inaugural Life
Play of the Year
Best Production Design
Best Supporting Actor and Best Actress

Superbly Hilarious. Fantastic chemistry amongst the cast. There's no other way I would spend more than 2hrs engaged in a Multilingual wayang (Hokkien, Cantonese, Mandarin, Malay, English & Singlish.)

Top 5 reasons why you should watch this play-musical:

1. Watch wayang in an air-con theatre with cushion seats & English subtitles!

2. Interesting story line on the life of a Hokkien street opera actress. Interesting preview on the possible life our grandparents led, 13 years of continuos pregnancy, minus the opera actress career. Very refreshing indeed.

3. Clever use of props and effects... even got a ge-tai scene with colourful lights glittering through the entire theatre.

4. Support the local arts scene. We're talking about a team of really talented casts. Give them anything and they'd sing and talk life into it.

5. U have to watch Chua En Lai play the ugly step sister... completely made me cry... coz he's so cartoon! Sebastian is indeed broadway Beng. In a cast made up of people who don't speak Mandarin, let alone Hokkien, u can tell easily who are the ones who cheong hokkien all the way... Have to give credit to Aidli, the only Malay cast who must have taken great pains to memorise the entire hokkien wayang lyrics. Pam is off course fantastic. Very versatile. Very humorous. Very animated. Karen was impressive playing various roles. The rest of the team added the final touches to make this a highly recommended production.

Money well-spent indeed!