The Myth Of The Ancient Sealed Door (The Play Date)

This was the day the musicale "The Myth Of The Ancient Sealed Door" runs in SM cinema one. The music preparation was already in place. The sound system was mounted the day before. The props were already at hand. The costumes were already distributed. The lights were already tested and ready to glare. Everything was a GO.

 

The matinee showing went well except for the desktop computer which malfunctioned on the fourth cue. Luckily, there was a back up professional CD player which neutralized the panic, we left out the desktop computer.

The gala showing was very much delayed because the laptop computer which was programmed to direct all the light's movement per scene, malfunctioned shortly before we were supposed to begin. The lighting contractor did not have a plan B so we disregarded the laptop and decided to go on with the play using the lights manually. It was fine but nothing compares to a pre programmed light movement...that works.

The first scene was supposed to be a UFO descending on a thick smoke. OMG! where's the smoke? I overheard from one of the crew that the smoke machine ran out of "smoke". I began to think the outift they hired to do the smoke effects and lighting effect were ill prepared.

The choreography and dances were very good. The acting and lines were delivered near perfect. A delay of turning up the performer's microphone causes the muted sound at the start of each conversation. The performance was satisfactory. Although the vocals for all the singing part were pre-recorded by the singers in a studio to minimize drop-outs when the singer dances, they were doing their parts well. The choir was was greatly energetic.