Prospero a high priest, banished to an island for dabbling too much in the occult, waits for his chance to revenge his exile upon his brother Antonio and Alonso the king of Naples.
For 12 years, he and his daughter Miranda have existed on this island with Caliban, a half fish, half human monster whom he keeps as his servant, and Aeriel a lively spirit. Both yearn for their freedom and would do anything to gain it.
Prospero’s chance at revenge is realized when he comes to know that the ship bearing the king, his brother and courtiers will leave Algiers to return to Italy, after the wedding of the king’s daughter. Prospero cooks up a tempest and the shipwreck reaches the island.
Through Prospero’s machinations with the help of Aeriel, Ferdinand, son of the king of Naples falls in love with Miranda, therefore securing Prospero’s position in society; Sebastian the king’s brother is prevented from killing him (the king) and usurping the throne; and all are forgiven for their transgressions toward Prospero at the end of the play. Everyone leaves for Italy leaving Caliban and Aeriel who have gained their freedom when Prospero leaves the island.
The play, based on Shakespeare’s The Tempest, will be set on an island in South East Asia and will be given a Nusantara feel or treatment. Music and costumes will be Malay/Indonesian based.
- Main Characters and Crew
Although we are still looking out for Alonzo, the rest of the cast are as follows:-
- Manomaniam - Prospero
- I Made Djimat - Rangda
- Samantha Schubert - Miranda
- Guna - Ariel
- Gani A. Karim - Caliban
- Aanantha - Ferdinand
- Radhi Khalid - Antonio
- Lim Soon Heng - Botswain/Trinculo
- Chedd Yusof - Stephano
- Sham Sunder
- Wong Wai Hoong - Gonzalo
- Lau Wai Keat - Sebastian/Captain
- Syed Mustapha
- Shahril Nizam
- Kerry-Ann Khoo
- Siti Fauzani
- Daisy/Sam/Syed - Ariel's spirits
- Choreography - Syed Mustapha
- Costume and Props - Shamsu
- Lighting Design - Mac Chan
- Set Design - Raja Malek
- Stage Manager - Pat Gui
- and with members of Ensemble Theatre Kuala Lumpur, ITM/Aswara/Sutra and IB dancers.
Venue: Istana Budaya
Date: 9th till 17th June 2007
Show Time: 8.30pm
Sunday show time : 3.00pm (Afternoon Show)
Monday: Gala Night
Urmi's tickets are: RM100, RM80, RM50. 20% discount for Senior citizens/Students and earlybirds
Tel: 03-4149 8600
Email: support@ticket2u.biz
Website: TICKET2U.biz
- Workshop
There will be a workshop with Master of Balinese Dance (Bali), Leading Traditional Bali Performing Arts- I Made Djimat from the 1st till 4th May 2007.
