Seven students from UTAR’s
Department of Languages and Linguistics (DLL) under the Faculty of Arts and
Social Science (FAS) played a game of intrigue, betrayal, and survival
before a crowd of 120 people on 2 March 2016 at UTAR Kampar Campus.
Entitled “The 24-hour Theatre Showcase: A Game of
Wolves”, the performance was set in a time of chaos in a magical kingdom.
The student performers played as members of a royal court, each with their
own abilities, agendas, and alliances, while the audience members were
nobles from across the kingdom. The nobles and the court had been gathered
to determine the fate of the nation, and decide who would be best to rule
the country.
Completely unscripted and improvised, the
performers spoke to the audience, and then attempted to convince them to
execute their rivals, or to spare them if they were nominated for execution.
For one and a half hours, the performers bargained, pleaded, persuaded, and
lied, until only one remained — the Lady Morgana, a witch and mistress to
the King.
Over 120 students, staff, and members of the
public attended the performance. Also present were UTAR Vice President for
Student Development and Alumni Relations Assoc Prof Dr Teh Chee Seng, Dean
of FAS Dr Alia Azalea, and Head of the DLL Christina Ong Sook Beng.
The workshop-cum-performance is the second in a
series of regular monthly events to develop students’ performance skills,
and generate interest in the theatrical arts amongst UTAR students.
Promising students from these workshops will be selected to perform in
full-length theatre shows outside of UTAR and to participate in
competitions.
The workshop also serves as a testing bed for the
DLL’s upcoming plan to offer in its courses a minor programme in performing
arts, in an effort to diversify its students’ exposure to and opportunities
in languages and linguistics.
The white witch pleads her case
Accusations and arguments
The audience decides
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