Pirates!
Wow! Wow! Wow!
The last night was sold out! When the Ahmadi Singers and Orchestra staged Pirates of Penzance in the Mishref Theatre, Kuwait had a real treat.
The Singers, the Orchestra – and the audience – were all multinational. The Mishref Theatre is a delightful space, warm, comfortable, intimate. There were many many children in the audience, and all were particularly well behaved. Only one cell phone went off (twice) and it was immediately silenced; the owner did not chat on his phone while the performance went on. Wooo Hoooo, Kuwait!
Neither did the audience sit on its hands! Each song was warmly applauded, and the old favorites, like the Modern Major General, brought the house down.
What I liked the very best about this performance of Pirates of Penzance was that the singers seemed to be having a lot of fun. The staging was clever and well-done, lots of stage play, lots of interaction, lots for people to see. Lots of fun for the kids, too. The actors sang the complicated song slowly but snappily, and we could understand the lyrics, those hysterically funny Gilbert and Sullivan lyrics. The costumes were a lot of fun – do you see the parrot on one pirate’s shoulder?
Brava! Bravo! The Ahmadi Singers and Orchestra have caught fire! Who knows what they will stage next?
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Fun! I remember going w/you to the QA production of Pirates a few years back. Did you dress nautically this time? 🙂
I didn’t! Did I dress nautically the last time? Oh what fun that one was, too, but this one had a larger cast – oh, and a local, very good orchestra, not one flown in from London!
The Kuwait Little Theatre has some really good shows as well. I am attending one end of month.
Oh yes, I always wanted to attend one of their shows. I’ll make sure I do that when I come back for the summer.
LOL, I bet the Kuwaitis who attend this type of theater are more sophisticated than the regular you see in the movie theaters. Which explained why they didn’t over-clap or anything 😛
I just saw an ad for that, Kinan – are YOU in it? 🙂
Angelo, the Ahmadi group only does two major concerts a year right now, one “seasonal” in December, and then a spring concert, so when you finish your university, you can attend every performance!
Actually, we were all over-clapping. The groups was so good, having so much fun, and it was all so infectious. 😉
hehe! No I am not in it!! 😛
I will be among the audience though
I am fond of the title you go by “intlxpatr”… Disturbing to write 🙂
They really do look like they are having a lot of fun 😀
I have never been to one of their shows, but have gone to a couple at kuwait little theater. Agree with Kinan, they are quite good too.
They have a show coming up in 3 days: http://www.theklt.com/
I loved the thought of you being IN it, Kinan! What I think I remember seeing of the ad was a mans leg in a high heeled slipper . . . and I think it is coming at the end of this month or May – do you remember the dates?
It disturbs you, Disturbed? I wish I could say it was the result of a lot of thought, but it came about as a result of a lot of good names already having been taken. I was signing up for a blog, needed a blogging name, and this was the result.
Thank you, Mirror Polisher! Thank you! Follow Mirror Polisher’s link to the Kuwait Little Theatre Group.
lol!
Trust me, I make for a terrible terrible actor! 😉
Why didn’t my blog or pic appear here
hmmmmmm…
ok looool there’s the link but no pic… I am test trying on ur blog… put up with me for a bit till I figure it out 😛
Hunnh. . . I don’t know, Disturbed. You are on WordPress, it should be showing. The link works, though. I just tested it. 🙂
Kinan – Sounds to me like maybe you haven’t tried it yet – I have a feeling you would be really GOOD and have a lot of fun with it.
Hmmmm . . . do you sing?