Teater Ketjil to perform 'Mega-Mega' at GKJ<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Jajang C. Noer and her Teater Ketjil will
\nperform Mega, Mega (Clouds) at Gedung Kesenian Jakarta from
\nWednesday through Saturday.<\/p>\n
The play was written by Jajang's late husband, Arifin C. Noor,
\nand first published in Horison literary magazine in 1967.<\/p>\n
\"Last year we planned to stage a series of Arifin's works to
\nmark the 1,000th day of his passing, but the plan failed to
\nmaterialize because of financial trouble,\" said Jajang, 46, who
\nhas led Teater Ketjil since her husband's death in 1995.<\/p>\n
Arifin established Teater Ketjil, literally meaning the small
\ntheater, 36 years ago. The theater group, like W.S.Rendra's
\nBengkel Teater (Theatrical Workshop) and Teguh Karya's Teater
\nPopuler (Popular Theater), is considered the training ground for
\nmany of Indonesia's film and television workers today.<\/p>\n
Mega Mega is directed by Embi C. Noer, Arifin's younger
\nbrother, who will also handle the musical arrangement. Noted
\nfashion designer Samuel Wattimena is in charge of costumes and S.
\nPrinka responsible for graphic design.<\/p>\n
The play, which has been translated into English and Dutch and
\nstaged in Europe, centers on poverty but without resorting to
\nsentimentality.<\/p>\n
\"Arifin was not a cheap playwright who would make poverty a
\nscapegoat,\" said Brig. Gen. (ret) Taufik Effendi, who was the
\nlead actor in the play in its debut performance in July 1969.
\n\"In this play no one is to blame for poverty. To eradicate
\npoverty, one must place one's hope high in the sky, just like
\nclouds.<\/p>\n
\"So, Mega, Mega is about a never-ending process of searching,
\nan essential and universal story indeed.\"<\/p>\n
In the upcoming performance, he will be a supporting actor
\nalong with several other veteran Teater Ketjil actors and
\nactresses.<\/p>\n
Set in a town square, Mega, Mega tells a story of the dreams
\nand hopes of Mae (Cinni Gunarwan), an old vagrant, Retno (Jajang
\nC. Noer), pickpocket Panut (Chondro Hernowo), Koyal the beggar
\n(Willem Patirajawane) and a couple, Hamung (Yus A. Ruslan) and
\nTukijan (Ahmad Nugraha). They all present a recurring picture of
\nthe age.<\/p>",
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