Shakespeare with a twist
By Rachael Wong.

Love & Beauty

On the 18th till the 21st of September, the Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre (KLPAC) staged a play about love and romance. It isn't just any love drama but it has got a twist of Shakespeare in it.

While many of us have forgotten Sonnet 18 we had learnt in school for SPM, the director of the play, Christopher Ling, and his team that put this together, the Theatre for Young People (T4YP) Ensemble have not. In fact, they included 21 of Shakespeare's sonnets in this contemporary play, proving to us that Shakespeare is timeless and is still relevant.

The story is about a young man who was mesmerised by this girl. He was in love with her but he was just one of the guys in her life. The story is told through acting, singing and various multimedia presentations. It's truly something new, at least for me. There were also a couple of comic relief scenes, speaking of love while including recital of the sonnets. Many these ideas came from the creativity of the ensemble who wrote different parts and pieced them together in the play.

There are many more plays staged at KLPAC and students like used should grab this opportunity to make full use of our student cards to entitle us to cheap student rates and discounts. For more information, go to http://www.klpac.com/.