Anak Bulan Di Kampong Wa’ Hassan 2007 Malaysian Kampung Tour

Yup! Finally, the amazingly intense and moving one-man play is going all around the country! Do catch it if you can!

Anak Bulan Di Kampong Wa’ Hassan

Director / Pengarah: Gene Sha Rudyn
Writer / Penulis: Alfian bin Sa’at
Cast / Pelakon: Gene Sha Rudyn

Wednesday / Rabu 6 June 2007 – Tanjong Malim, Perak
Saturday / Sabtu 9 June 2007 – Balik Pulau, Penang
Wednesday / Rabu 13 June 2007 – Klang, Selangor
Sunday / Ahad 17 June 2007 – Kuantan, Pahang (new date!)
Wednesday / Rabu 20 June 2007 – Masjid Tanah, Melaka
Saturday / Sabtu 23 June 2007 – Kluang, Johor

‚ÄúAnak Bulan Di Kampong Wa’ Hassan‚Äù tells the story of Kampong Wa‚Äô Hassan, the last Malay kampung (village) to fall victim to Singapore’s efforts at modernisation. Far from a nostalgia trip down memory lane to a romanticised Malay kampung, this is a journey of discovery of the true worth of a kampung, filled with real-life characters in all their rawness, and the true loss in the dispossession of it.

‚ÄúIf ‘to know me is to love me’, then the way for us to understand why Orang Kampung love the kampung is to get to know the kampung that they know.‚Äù – Gene Sha Rudyn

‚ÄúAnak Bulan Di Kampong Wa’ Hassan‚Äù mengisahkan tentang Kampong Wa‚Äô Hassan, kampung terakhir di Singapura yang menjadi mangsa dalam usaha Singapura mengejar kemajuan. Jauh berbeza daripada sebuah lamunan romantika tentang sebuah Kampung Melayu yang penuh nostalgia, malahan ianya merupakan satu penerokaan mengenali nilai sebenar sebuah kampung, yang padat dengan watak-watak nyata lagi asli, dan kehilangan sebenar dengan pemupusannya.

“Kata pepatah ‘Tak kenal maka tak cinta’. Jadi, kalau kita nak faham kenapa orang kampung cinta sangat dengan kampung, kita kenalah mengenali kampung yang mereka kenal.” РGene Sha Rudyn

‚Äú…bijak pada masa-masa yang tepat dan lucu tanpa disangka-sangka.‚Äù (‚Äú…intelligent at the right times and funny when least expected.‚Äù) – Hasleen Bachik, Berita Harian (Singapore)

“Funny, intelligent and moving.” РEugene Ng, getasia.com.my

‚ÄúAlthough hilarious at times, there was also serious reflection…‚Äù – Jad Mahidin, The Malay Mail

“The insightful observations of Kampong Wak Hassan suggested the subtle suppression they faced.” РZieman, The Star

‚Äú…a weighty depiction of the faces of fear and apprehension…‚Äù – Christina Leong, KLue

‚Äú…penonton ketawa terbahak-bahak,… mengetawakan diri sendiri.‚Äù (‚Äú…the audience laughed hysterically,… laughing at themselves.‚Äù) – Mislina Mustaffa, Berita Harian (Malaysia)

‚Äú…with this sense of unease,… left us with a powerful imagery of the past drowned out by modernity.‚Äù – Veronica Shunmugam, The Edge Daily

‚Äú…so clearly illustrates the battle between the spiritual human voice and the increasingly dominant consumerism of our culture and traditions.‚Äù – Amir Hafizi, Kakiseni.com

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