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Wednesday, March 12, 2008 + ...and the curtains closed + So... its finally over. It was... how would you put it? A resounding success? Seeing happy faces. Seeing old familiar faces. Knowing i have entertained. Hearing the applause, the reviews, and the criticism... God, how i love productions. As a director, getting feedback from the audience rocks my socks. there were so many different responses from people, all moved by our performance, all taking back something personal to think about. Only one thing beats audience responses. The great friendships forged in the production process. Some of us, joined for the love of the arts. Some for the "production experience" you've heard so much about. Whatever the reason we started with, in the end, we group of merry men and women earned not a cent from this, but forged on because we would not let down our fellow friends. Its so touching to see how we've all progressed both as frens and artists. I was an ensemble member before, and i know how exhilerating the whole experience is. In my first big foray as a stage director, it seemed like an insurmountable task at first. I thank God for providing a great team who could pull off a show, more wonderful than my own year's experience as a hall prod actor. I knew i had to rely on people to dazzle, when last year we could rely on our 2-storey set, this year, it had to be the performers. There were frens who've seen me perpetually deep in thought about production... complaining about production... making up for lack of sleep due to production. Despite all this they offered support, prayers and understanding. All my peeps inside and out of hall made my directing experience something beautiful. BIG THANKS one and all! cheers! raises wine glass ian wong beats around the bush@ 11:03 PM Comments: Post a Comment

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Wednesday, March 12, 2008

+ ...and the curtains closed +

So... its finally over. It was... how would you put it? A resounding success? Seeing happy faces. Seeing old familiar faces. Knowing i have entertained. Hearing the applause, the reviews, and the criticism... God, how i love productions.

As a director, getting feedback from the audience rocks my socks. there were so many different responses from people, all moved by our performance, all taking back something personal to think about.

Only one thing beats audience responses. The great friendships forged in the production process. Some of us, joined for the love of the arts. Some for the "production experience" you've heard so much about. Whatever the reason we started with, in the end, we group of merry men and women earned not a cent from this, but forged on because we would not let down our fellow friends.

Its so touching to see how we've all progressed both as frens and artists. I was an ensemble member before, and i know how exhilerating the whole experience is. In my first big foray as a stage director, it seemed like an insurmountable task at first. I thank God for providing a great team who could pull off a show, more wonderful than my own year's experience as a hall prod actor. I knew i had to rely on people to dazzle, when last year we could rely on our 2-storey set, this year, it had to be the performers.

There were frens who've seen me perpetually deep in thought about production... complaining about production... making up for lack of sleep due to production. Despite all this they offered support, prayers and understanding.

All my peeps inside and out of hall made my directing experience something beautiful. BIG THANKS one and all!

cheers! *raises wine glass*

ian wong beats around the bush@ 11:03 PM

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