Birthday dinner

Romzi & Juleha

Romzi & Juleha

Last Sunday, Mommy, Cik Ti and I went to the Esplanade to watch the play 'The Love Story of Romzi & Juleha' by Teater Kami It's a play in Malay, based on Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, but set in post-war Singapore.

Romzi comes from a Bawean family, while Juleha is Javanese. So there was a lot of Boyan and Jawa mixed together with the Melayu. Wah not so easy to understand!

We absolutely loved the costumes and the pancaragam music! The acting was believable and I especially liked Buang's (Benvolio) character. The downer was the makcik and pakcik sitting beside Mommy who kept 'interacting' with the actors. The makcik actually shouted out 'Wah betul punye marah' when Tahjudeen (Tybalt) was doing his pissed off monologue. Haha cute ah makcik but damn annoying too.

renee