Malaysian director-playwright Ho Lin Huay believes the stage production will not be insensitive to Buddhism. Read more at straitstimes.com.
SINGAPORE – The stories of Guan Yin, the Buddhist goddess of mercy and compassion, come to life with the aid of sand art, music and other stage effects in a new show.
At a recent launch event held at Stamford Arts Centre, the show’s Malaysian director and playwright Ho Lin Huay says: “The four stories were chosen as they have entertainment value and will be striking to see on stage. Some stories of Guan Yin are so magical that it would be impossible to present on stage.”
She says: “Audiences may not have the patience to sit through a play full of dialogue. Musicals work better at connecting with them. Even if they do not understand Mandarin, they can still be moved by the music, the dance and the body language.” She was inspired to recast Buddhist stories as musicals and mine the rich material in Buddhist mythology after watching a snippet of English composer Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Jesus Christ Superstar, the hit rock opera about Christ’s crucifixion, on television while she was studying motion picture and theatre production at the University of Miami in the United States in the 1990s.
Guan Yin The Musical is directed by Asia Musical Productions’ founder Ho Lin Huay and presented by Di Zang Lin Singapore, whose abbot is Venerable You Wei . PHOTO: ISTUDIO MOVING PICTURES
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