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Thursday, January 28, 2010

潮剧联谊社
呈现
潮剧 '千古一帝'
2010年1月28日和29日 : 维多利亚剧院


I was thrilled to read an article on Teochew Opera performance at Victoria Theatre by Miss Xie Yanyan of Lianhe Zaobao on 25 Jan 2010. I could not believe my eyes that the key lead actor and actress are not only young but also well educated. I must confess that I hardly support local Teochew Opera performance by amateur groups. I recalled watching one such performance by Tao Rong at Golden Cinema more than a decade ago.

I called David and asked him to assist to get the free tickets. I am so thankful to him to travel all the way to Yew Tee to get the tickets. I couldn't wait till Thursday to get to watch the performance. Hopefully, my seat is not too far back. Else, I will not be able to capture some clips for uploading to youtube.
(28/1/10, 10.20 pm - Just came back from Victoria Theatre, Only managed to sit at Circle seats at Level 2. An announcement on no photography and video was made. So, came home empty handed. Before the break, the most outstanding ariste goes to Ms Ma Qing Qing, followed by Mr Chong. Due to some personal matter, I went home during the break.)

青少年成为潮剧生力军

很高兴在2010年1月25日的联合早报看到早报记者谢燕燕的报道‘青少年成为潮剧生力军’。 以下的文章是从早报电子版转过来的。

  毕业自南洋理工大学、拥有机械电子工程学位的钟戍己(28岁),不当工程师也不爬企业梯階,却和未婚妻梁杰妮(30岁)选择了另类人生道路,以教舞蹈为生,业余时间则泡在潮剧这门古老艺术里。

年轻恋人 是潮剧社台柱

  这对年轻恋人是潮剧联谊社的年轻台柱,连同杰妮的父母黄松兴和林美琴,一起形成这个团体的中流砥柱。

  这家人过两天将一起粉墨登场,用传统潮剧手法,诠释由陕西秦腔改编而成的《千古一帝》。在这出以秦始皇统一大业为背景的潮剧里,妈妈林美琴反串生角、扮起年轻的秦王,女儿梁杰妮当秦王的妃子魏姬,父亲黄松兴当忠臣尉缭,准女婿钟戍己扮起忠将黑剑。

  潮剧联谊社为庆祝成立26周年,星期四晚将在维多利亚剧院公演由中国著名编剧家陈华武和作曲家蔡瑞藩合作移植的《千古一帝》,还特邀秦腔出身的张莉当导演。

  梁杰妮说,她从小跟着妈妈林美琴学中国舞蹈,林美琴是福建会馆舞蹈团的艺术总监,也是潮剧联谊社副社长,她常常把自己的舞蹈学生拉到潮剧联谊社,让他们接触潮剧。钟戍己便是这样的一名学生。

  梁杰妮和钟戍己从少年时期便在舞蹈团和潮剧社里认识,一起跳舞,一起演潮剧,在台上扮许仙和白素贞,杨宗保和穆桂英,也尝试过其他对手戏,例如杰妮演投江后的杜十娘,为了一雪冤情,深夜找孙富索命,而钟戍己便扮起丑角孙富。

  潮剧联谊社是在1984年由杨柳江、杨文峰、杨秀钦等人发起创立的,其前身是马来亚潮剧职工联合会。创社初期,这个组织得到许多潮剧界名伶的百般爱护与支持。

  26年过去了,这个由潮剧爱好者组成的团体,不仅没有老化,反而越来越年轻。上星期四晚到潮安会馆观看潮剧联谊社社员排练新戏,发现社员中有一大群中小学生,例如10岁的邓恩淇和12岁的唐健莹。

  林美琴说,该团活跃社员约70人,最小的6岁,最大的也不过56岁,25岁以下年轻人,占了80%。很多演员都不是潮州人,像扮演秦王的林美琴是福建人。这次演出的主要演员,有20%是福建人,而跑龙套的年轻演员中,潮州人不到10%。

  46岁的飞机维修工程师林清贵,也是全家一起上阵。林清贵饰演与太后有奸情的嫪毐,妻子马清清(36岁)演太后,女儿林燕婷(12岁)和林婉婷(10岁)扮小宫女。

  马清清说,自己从小便喜欢潮剧,五六岁已能跟着卡带学唱。小时候住在美芝路,经常有戏班演出,而只要楼下响起锣鼓声,她便飞奔下楼看戏。她很早就想学潮剧,但家人反对,工作后才加入潮剧联谊社,正式学戏。

  原本吹笛子和学琵琶的林清贵,是因为对华乐的热爱,与潮剧结缘,最初在潮剧团当乐手,后来因工作忙碌,没时间练习,便转而演潮剧。

  很多小演员,即使是潮州人,日常生活中都不会讲潮州话。拿在艺术学校修读舞蹈的唐健莹(12岁)来说,虽不怎么会说潮州话,一拿起麦克风,却能字正腔圆的唱潮曲。

  10岁的邓恩淇就更有趣,问起籍贯,她一脸茫然,赶紧问外婆。原来她爸爸是客家人,妈妈是福建人,只有外婆才是潮州人。因为外婆的关系,她也喜欢上潮剧。

  从联谊社那一张张焕发着青春气息、朝气蓬勃的脸孔来看,本地潮剧已后继有人,用新加坡戏曲学院院长蔡曙鹏博士的话,这是本地最有希望的一个地方剧种。

潮剧《千古一帝》
日期:2010年1月28日和29日(星期四、五)
时期:晚上7时30分
地点:维多利亚剧院
备注:入场免费,可在潮剧联谊社、油池民众俱乐部和基层俱乐部及戏曲学院取票。联络电话是9737 0537。

2 comments:

  1. Hi to all Teochew Opera supporters.

    The Teochew Drama Association has been putting up a series of Teochew Opera excerpts including 3 by our young talents in several Community Centre.

    Unfortunately, the last performance will be on this coming saturday, 2 July 2011 at Sembawang Community Centre.

    If you are interested to get the tickets, you can give me a call at 96892115 or visit www.tda.org.sg for more details.

    Thank you for your attention and your big support to Teochew Opera in Singapore.

    ReplyDelete
  2. Hi to all Teochew Opera Supporters.

    The Teochew Drama Association has been putting up a series of Teochew Opera excerpts including 3 by our young talents in several Community Centre.

    Unfortunately, the last performance will be on this coming saturday, 2 July 2011 at Sembawang Community Centre.

    If you are interested to get the tickets, you can give me a call at 96892115 or visit www.tda.org.sg for more details.

    Thank you for your attention and your big support to Teochew Opera in Singapore.

    ReplyDelete