Today, I joined in the eternal musical "The Sound of Music", an annual drama production organised by the secondary students and staffs of Bangkok Pattana International School (BPS). The performance took place in the new theatre hall loacated in the new Art Center building of school.
As a student's production, I was very pleased with this production. The performance consisted of two acts and having the fifteen intermission as well, so that the average time was around two and a half hour. All performers did their job so well. Maria, the main actress in this story performed so well. Her voice was so gorgeous and powerful. However, she just looked like Maria from China more than Maria from the West as indicated in literature. Acutully, I cannot remember all the character's name in this story, however, I will write in the part that impressed me. The orcrestra was accompanied with this production. In my opinion, the music was acceptable and I think, if they have much more time for practising. They will be a wonderful orchrestra band. Costumes were appropriate to the characters in the play. For the setting, I think this parts required more improvement. The setting and props were quite flat and economical setting. It looked like the old traditional performance, which the performers performed only one side of the stage. They placed scene only in the centre of stage, everything was happened in the centre area of the floor.Additionally, all backstage and lighting team should be more coorperation and stric with the cue. I saw wrong many time. This mistakeshould not happen on the stage. The sound system was not good or bad.
All these comment, I still impress this production. With love and passion in the theatre and drama of students and staffs including the coorperation and friendship, it generates the positive power pushing everything to succeed including this production-I can feel.
