Electrical Electra

As an absolute failed example of womanhood, I attempted shopping today. After hitting 3 malls and 3 hours later, the only thing I managed to buy was a pair of earrings. There were shoes, bags, dresses, tops that I desperately needed to update my wardrobe with, then I saw the crowds and I decided that looking dated was better than being in a human sandwich with sweaty, gross strangers. Yes, woman I am still lacking slightly(maybe more than slightly, like ALOT).


Headed off to the Victoria Theater for a Singapore Arts Festival performance of Electra by the Suzuki Company of Toga.

I love the Victoria Theater, it is old, run down, functional, yet charming. Home for the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, this theater held plenty of memories for myself. I remember hearing & seeing my first Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No 1 performed in Victoria Theater, the tour around the stands, the various performances that has faded into the recesses of my memory.

Today was no different. The premises of Electra is about a woman who mourns for her father's murder at the hands of her mother. Placing all her hopes on her brother Orestes to exact revenge, she later takes matters into her own hands when he fails to live up to her expectations.

A cast of Korean and Japanese actors, set in a mental asylum. The performance was simply electric. A percussionist was on stage, timing the physical movements of the actors with the sounds perfectly. Electra was all primal and feral in her expressions of rage and joy. I wish I had the proper words to express it all, but it was simply an experience of pure theater, pure physical actions and movements to convey the raw emotions of hope, disappointment, bitterness and guilt.

The staging was well thought of, even down to the shadows in the background. This Singapore Arts Festival program is making me look forward to the performance on Friday that I got for the Russian Chamber Orchestra. There is a clip on the Singapore Arts Festival to give a sample of what I watched. Enjoy ~