Saturday, December 24, 2011

The Three Musketeers ~ The Musical

22nd November 2011

It's the day~! We went to see The Three Musketeers Musical. Gigih kan? Hehehhee.. Oklah. Cerita sikit pasal musical ni. Tak dinafikan lah, aku dan geng pergi tengok musical ni disebabkan si budak kecik Kyuhyun tu. Dah alang-alang memang ada kat Korea ni, ada masa terluang, apa salahnya pergi menjengah. Tak paham pun buat-buat paham je lah. Sebelum datang tengok, study dulu apa-apa yang patut tentang musketeers ni. Jadinya, boleh lah tangkap serba sedikit apa yang nak dimusicalkan tu. Tiket musical dah beli siap-siap kat Malaysia hari tu through Interpark. Senang je nak membelinya sebab website dalam English. Bayar pakai credit card, bawak printout receipt, datang ke kaunter on the performance day and redeem your ticket. Dah ada tiket boleh lah masuk ke dalam musical hall.

Performance musical ni berlangsung kat Seongnam Arts Center (SAC). Lokasinya adalah di luar Seoul. Agak jauh jugak lah. Lebih kurang satu jam setengah perjalanan menaiki subway train. Nak kena tukar-tukar station lagi. Bila dah sampai subway station yang berkenaan, kena menapak lagi dalam 15 minit untuk ke SAC. Bertabah je lah kan nak ke sana. Demi Kyu katanya. Hahaha..

Sepanjang-panjang jalan ada bunting Three Musketeers ni. Bertambah excited lah aku jadinya kan. Jalan pun dah tak betul. Laju je. Nak cepat sampai ke SAC. Sejuk kekdahnye.


Three Musketeers bunting..



Seongnam Arts Center dari jauh..

Seongnam Arts Center..

Yoshhh~!! The SAC is quite big. Teruja jugak aku dibuatnya. Almaklumlah, first time nak tengok musical kan. Kat tempat orang pulak tu. Disebabkan sejuk, cepat-cepat kami masuk ke dalam. Lobby SAC agak riuh juga dengan umat-umat yang nak menonton musical ni. Nampak sangat kebanyakan yang datang adalah fans SuJu. Hehehehe..

Aku dan Kyu.. Rice donation 2.5 ton. Gilerrsss..

Some of the audience..

So, we redeemed the tickets and beli buku musical. Harga KRW10K kalau tak silap. Dah alang-alang tu beli poster jugak. Harga KRW1K. Boleh lah. Buat kenang-kenangan.

Tiket & buku musical..

Sementara menunggu nak masuk ke dalam hall, kami melepakkan diri di sofa yang ada kat situ. Tiba-tiba jeng jeng jeng.. Seorang yang agak dikenali menjelma di depan mata..

Kyu's MOM~!!

It's Kyu's mom! Terkejut aku. Seorang je dia berdiri kat satu sudut. Alahai. Kami dah tergedik-gedik macam apa. Baru nampak maknya. Belum lagi nampak anaknya. Hahaha.. She stayed still for quite a while. Aku pulak asyik dok pandang dia je. Tiba-tiba mata kami bertemu. Chewahhh~!! Geli kan? Hahaha.. Kebetulan seat sebelah aku kosong. Aku sekadar buat isyarat pada dia pelawa duduk kat kerusi. The mom just smiled and anggukkan kepala dia. Hahahaa.. Tergelak sendiri aku. Tak lama tu, dia terima satu call and terus blah hilang dari pandangan. Terus masuk ke dalam hall gamaknya.

Then it's our turn untuk masuk. Kami ni beli tiket paling murah. Jadinya duduk pun kat tingkat 3. Hehehe.. Murah pun, harganya cecah KRW40K jugak. Nangis tau. Nak beli tiket front row sangat-sangat lah tak mampu. Harga sampai KRW120K. Kalah harga tiket SS4. Huhuhuhuhu..


From our seats..

So the musical starts. Kyu as d'Artagnan. Asal dia keluar je, macam nak runtuh hall tu dibuatnya dengan jeritan dari fans. Cedok sikit sinopsis dari buku musical:-

In the middle of a mask ball of the nobility, Milady, a spy of Cardinal Richelieu, appears and seduces King Louis XIII with charming dances and songs. She puts a golden helmet on the King, while soldiers in red kill everyone in the ball and disappear, taking the tied-up King away. 

Keeping in mind his father's words: "Truth and justice prevails, even though hidden," d'Artagnan arrives in Paris to become a musketeer like his father. Amazed by the beautiful city, he has his pocket picked by a boy, and in search for the boy, he happens to meet three musketeers. They are the very famous three musketeers: Athos, Aramis and Porthos! The three musketeers make fun of him, calling him a country bumpkin, and challenge the brave young Gascon to a duel for their good name.

When the clock tower tells noon, and the four is about to start the duel, the most influential man in Paris, Cardinal Richelieu's guards with a red cape appears all of sudden. The three musketeers and d'Artagnan get in a fight and defeat the guards. 

While celebrating their victory over drinks with the three musketeers, d'Artagnan meets a woman of an angel, Constance, and falls in love with her. But while the drinking bout is almost at it's peak, she is kidnapped suddenly. They have found that the Cardinal's spy, Milady is the kidnapper and decide to work together to disclose the Cardinal's intrigue. 

Helped by Milady's maid, who is fascinated with him, Aramis fins out that Milady will meet a secret official of the royal family. Pretending to be the official, he meets her and realizes that the man with a golden helmet on is the King, who is imprisoned in a prison for a political offenders in a remote island with Constance. d'Artagnan and his friends rush to the prison to rescue the King, making the prison fall into a total chaos. Athos attempts to save Milady as well, but the prison starts to collapse. Milady hands over the secret document to d'Artagnan and tells him that the necklace worn by the Cardinal is the key to unbuckle the golden helmet. In the end, the prison falls down completely, and d'Artagnan has no choice but to escape, leaving Milady behind.

Richelieu recalls the past, looking at the huge portrait of King Louis XIII: He was born as the King's twin brother, but by the will of the late king that the King is only one, he was confined in a prison for ten years, wearing an iron mask. On the King's birthday in the disguise of the King, Richelieu delivers a speech in front of the noblemen, who came to celebrate the King's birthday. Announcing that Cardinal Richelieu died of a chronic disease, he dismissed the Musketeers and names the Cardinal's Guards as the King's in memory of him. At the very moment, d'Artagnan appears with King Louis XIII with the golden helmet on, revealing that the man speaking in front of the noblemen is Richelieu, not the King. Now, coming up to the King to take the golden helmet off himself, Richelieu takes the King captive and flees to the underground dock. d'Artagnan chases him and the Cardinal fires shots at the young man. At this point, Milady with a black cape stabs the Cardinal in the back with a knife. 

King Louis XIII appoints Athos as captain of the Musketeers for his loyalty at the risk of his life, and accepts d'Artagnan as a musketeer. The three righteous musketeers, Athos, Aramis and Porthos, and d'Artagnan shout together, raising their swords high: "All for one, One for All!". 

The duration of the performance adalah lebih kurang 2 jam 30 minit. Keseluruhan, ada 30 lagu yang dipersembahkan sepanjang musical berlangsung. Overall musical ni sangat menarik. Ada event-event spontan yang berlaku. Such as Kyu turun ke audience and gave this one lady a peck on the cheek. Aigooyaa.. Jealous semua orang. Then there's a fishing scene, the three muskeeters and d'Artagnan sakan memancing barang-barang audience. Hasil pancingan d'Artagnan paling banyak. Musketeers yang lain jeles tak hengat. Sakan mereka. Other than that, ada lah jugak certain-certain part tu lagunya mendayu-dayu. Tak tipu, aku sempat terlelap. Hahahaha..

Curtain call.. credit to Mulan..

The Three Musketeers & d'Artagnan.. credit to Mulan..

Tamatlah sudah persembahan. Puas hati~!! Tepek sikit kat sini persembahan curtain call. ^____^

Curtain call performance..

Once habis musical, kami cepat-cepat berlari ke subway station. Karang tak pasal-pasal tertinggal last train, ada yang berkampung lagi homeless kat subway station. Tak sanggup makcik~! Kami tiba di bilik lebih kurang pukul 12 malam.

Yosh. Tamat untuk hari ni. Besok tengok FAME pulak. Hyukjae's turn. Weeeehhuuuuuuu~!!!

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