Lat Kampung Boy Sebuah Muzikal until 3 april 2011

Have you heard about this musical theater produced by Tall Order Production, Institut Terjemahan Negara, KPKK. This theater musical already be held at Panggung Sari, Istana Budaya from 16 March until 3 April 2011 (3.00 p.m & 8.30 p.m).

  

     LAT Kampung Boy Sebuah Muzikal has multilingual dialogues using Malay, English, Chinese and Indian language in its play.
This theater musical stories about the life of Lat began in childhood when he grew up in a village in Perak, until he became the admired cartoonists in the country and recognized internationally.
 
    Mohd Khalid, or better known as Lat, was born in a small village in Kota Baru in 1951. Since his early age, he showed a deep interest and great talent in painting. Fortunately, his father, a civil servant holding a post as a clerk, gives him a full encouragement to his passion and enthusiasm.

    Migrated to the city of Ipoh to look for a better opportunities, Lat automatically became the ‘city' boy whom was then discovered by Mrs. Hew, the teachers whom emphasize the importance of knowledge and learning. Here, Lat also get to know Frankie, a Chinese boy who shares similar interests, namely music.
 

    During adulthood, Lat moved to the capital city of Kuala Lumpur (KL), where he began his career as a crime reporter at the New Straits Times, Central News - under the guidance of Senior Editor, Pak Samad. In KL, Lat also met and fell in love with Faezah. Almost relented when faced with the challenge of life in KL and wanted to come back to Ipoh, that was when his cartoon works, 'Sunat' was published in Asia Magazine.

   

    This is the beginning of the turning point in his life." Scenes of a Malaysian Life" and “The Kampung Boy "by Lat followed later.

     Awie performed wonderfully as the conflicted and occasionally lost-looking Lat. But perhaps a rock singer wasn't quite the right person to cast as the lead in a musical, as Awie, like the true blue rocker that he still is,
 sometimes sounded a little rough around the edges.The song, which tells of Faesah's loneliness during Lat's travels abroad, has the potential of becoming a tearjerking However, his performance was always full of passion, and he compensated for any lack with engaging showmanship.

     The same could be said of Atilia, who plays Lat's wife, Faesah. The jazz singer has a pleasant, vanilla voice but her vocals did come across as feeble at times, especially on Hati ke Hati (Heart to Heart) hit but it sounded more like a karaoke mishap simply because Atilia's voice wasn't strong enough to carry the big tune. Atilia sure is zesty and fun to have around, though. As is Douglas Lim, who, being the seasoned standup comedian that he is, certainly knows how to work an audience. Almost every word that came out of his mouth that night was met with laughter.

     The musical show was awesome! and show exactly as 1Malaysia.The only complaint from some audience is that some of the Malay dialogues with Perak dialect by certain actor were kinda difficult to decipher at first (even for a used-to-be-frequent Malay speaker myself) but somehow you’ll get what they’re trying to say anyway.

     Is Lat successfully dealt with all the challenges? Watch LAT Kampung Boy Sebuah Muzikal to find the answer!