Monday, May 21, 2012



Very Wagnerian Night (Charlotte Engelkes) was a fantastic show that I've watched. There was 3 different parts in the show. 



First, was Miss Very Wagner (Charlotte Engelkes). Her part was on a solo part where she performed about love where a man who was looking for a woman who would give him all her love.However, he was being curse to sail the sea forever and never die. This was then the guy meets her and she loves him. He thought she was in love with another man, thus leaving her and she off the cliff into the sea. Thus breaking the curse and the both of them reunite. 

Thoughts about the first part:
Charlotte Engelkes is someone who is full of humor and was able to bring the audience into the entire scenario, being on a one woman show, she has to do everything by herself. For example, bringing the props up into their respective places, removing the props to continue with the next part of her story. This was something that was applaudable.



Following up, was Siegfried- The Very Wagner Hero Hour. This time round, there were 2 characters in the scene, Charlotte Engelkes and  Lindy Larsson. There were two parts to this scene. Firstly, Charlotte Engelkes was the mother of a small boy ( Lindy Larsson) who lives in the forest with no fear.This boy hated his mother as she always ask him to do evil things which made him  think the she was his real mother and wants to kill her.   He believe that by drinking the dragon's blood, he would become a man that has no fear at all. Thus, he set of to his fight with the dragon. He won the fight and killed the dragon and drank the blood. Becoming a real man, he killed his mother.  Next, Charlotte Engelkes becomes a heroin and met Lindy Larsson and she gave him wings and a helmet to save the world together with her. It was followed by lots of songs and dance. 

Thoughts about the second part:
This part of the show was interactive as Lindy Larsson was getting off the stage talking, asking questions and joking with the audience which was fresh to me as it was something that is not common for me. I found that it was a good way as getting engage with the audience would actually make them feel more comfortable and would leave a great impression in them after watching it.

After which, was the last part of the show, All in Divine.  It is a production with a mixture of Singaporean artists together with Charlotte Engelkes and Lindy Larsson. In this part, it was about a circus instructor, who met different people, and these people were different gods.  Tt talked about the desire of human beings. Power? Gold? Pride? 

Thoughts about the last part:
In this part of the show, it actually relates back to the real world. In the world now, there are many people desiring for power, pride and gold.  But what is most important  to them? Something i like about this part was the ending where the cast started singing in their own language all together. It makes me feel the love of Singapore as Singapore is a multi-racial country.

Overall, I personally feel that this 2hours 30 minutes spent on this show was really fantastic. It was really entertaining and it will be a memoriable experience to me. 

However, there was a problem with the seating arrangement as the ushers actually gave repeated seats to us and caused some unhappiness before the show started. But overall, all the ushers are friendly and easily approachable.

After the show, there were people outside the theatre waiting to interview us with regards of the Singapore Arts Festival. One unpleasant thing was that the interviewer was munching on sweets throughout the interview which really distracted us. Following next, there were ushers guiding us to the festival village where they would usher us to the bus stop to take public transport to the Festival Village. This was heartwarming as I was rather lost over at the School Of the Arts and did not know how to get over to the Festival Village. With these ushers, it benefits people who do not know how to get to the Festival Village and this would leave a good impression on Singapore Arts Festival from the tourists and even local residents.


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