dear oh dear... the first mainstage play of the year and it's to be postponed.
When i first read the script for Blackbird, i had serious trouble imagining the sequence of dialogue. It's hard, intense and very, very angry. Thus to see the play actually being done and how the actors worked the characters was of great interest to me. Although i haven't actually seen any of the rehearsals or sat for the reading, i could hear Emma and Patrick rehearsing and there's only one way to describe it: emotionally draining.
Turns out that Patrick had to leave the production a week before it's opening. Here's what he has to say: "“As a professional actor, this has been the most challenging role I have ever taken on. The dream role for many actors is to eventually play Hamlet at least once in their career, because of its complexity. Blackbird has the potential to achieve that kind of appeal for an actor. I am sure audiences will appreciate and enjoy this as well once they’ve seen the play,” says actor Patrick Teoh, adding “I am hugely disappointed in myself that I could not deliver a performance that would do both the show and SRT proud. I appreciate all that SRT has done to help me and feel bad for letting SRT down.”
Well, if the role is that difficult to do, I'm all the more curious how the production is going to look like in it's entirety.
The replacement for Patrick's role is very, very exciting - damn, i wish i could share some gossip here, but i have sworn a solemn oath over chicken blood and on pain of death by ping pong ball not to divulge industrial secrets (or spark off global rumors). You will find out in due time!
Meanwhile, i'm looking forward to Emma's next production in "A Singaporean in Paris"!
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