My Homecoming........

What come in mind when I first heard of ‘The Homecoming’ is going back to where we belong. I went for the play with my group of buddies and guess what it did not turn us down. We really find it interesting! It is the first time for all of us to be in KL Pac, Sentul for the evening show. This deliciously, dark comedy tells the story of a successful philosophy professor named Teddy who returns to his hometown for the first time in six years to introduce his wife, Ruth to his family. Harold Pinter’s The Homecoming was directed by Gavin Yap. According to him, there’s a need to always looking for a different ways to approach a scene and always trying to find ways to make a scene just a little sicker or funnier or weirder or more powerful, sadder and more absurd.
Well, I noticed that each scene presented on its on way through the uses of lighting, music and set design. However, some of my friend agree with me that the elements of cultural and beliefs are not put into consideration when staging the play. In other words, to have such a play in Malaysian context may not be accepted as perhaps it against the social values or norms of any ethnics. Still, it’s up to us to felt free to explore every angle of the story and create our own understanding!