LSESUMC MALAYSIA NIGHT 2015: LOST & FOUND
The 17th of February 2015 marked the 2015 installment of our annual flagship Malaysia Night production, titled Lost & Found for this year. A 70-strong crew worked tirelessly for 6 months to bring one of the biggest society-produced performances in LSE to life. Lost & Found managed to attract a sold-out attendance of over 430 attendees, filling up the Old Theatre in the LSE. The LSESU Malaysia Club (LSESUMC) also had the honour of hosting several high-profile VIPs during the night – Dato’ Rasidi Hazizi, Malaysian High Commissioner to the UK and his partner, Prof. Mohad Anizu, Director of Education Malaysia, Lee Soo Fern, Malaysian Talent Leader for EY, Robert Yoon, Tax Partner at EY in Malaysia and several honoured representatives from YTL, one of the largest diversified development corporations in Malaysia.
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| Lost & Found was a full house on performance night |
Lost & Found was aimed at touching the themes of family, relationships which matter to us and how work can sometimes be a questionable objective in life. With a twist of Malaysian history, humour and food, Lost & Found was a commercial and critical success for the club.
The story revolved around Tom, a high-flying Malaysian LSE
undergraduate holding impeccable grades and a potential investment banking job
in London and his wish to remain in London for that purpose. His mother is
strngly opposed to this and in a heated discussion on his return to Malaysia,
Tom gets into a car accident and falls into a coma.
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Our main man, Tom on performance night (played by Wey Hwang Do)
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During his coma, the audience was brought into his
imaginative world, where Tom was transported back to ancient Malacca in the
Malayan Peninsula (current day Malaysia) where he had to find a magical
artifact for “Tok Janggut” (Meaning The Beard), his wise conscience to wake up.
During his journey, he is tagged along by Tok Janggut’s daughter, Puteri Bukit
Ledang (PBL) when they encounter conflicts between two legendary warriors in a
village, a power-hungry king and a fatal misunderstanding which leads to the
death of PBL in the end. All in all, Tom is brought through a journey
challenging him to be brave, loving and considerate – traits he abandoned in
his pursuit for success.
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| The beginning of Tom’s adventure. (from left to right) Tok Janggut (played by Kyle Chan), PBL (played by Ying Xi Tan), Tom |
Some highlights of the performance included, for the first
time ever, a chance for the audience to pick the ending of their choice –
either happy or sad. In a closed ballot, the audience chose the sad ending by a
large majority. We also had a host of dances showcasing fights, Malaysian
culture and love, as well as a live music performance originally composed by
our very own music team (credits at the end of the article)
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| The signature dance-fight feature of the night, played by (from left to right) Hang Jebat (played by Haris Zukki), Hang Tuah (played by Jeffrey Disney) and choreographed by Nicklaus Tan |
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| A live music performance to close off the night. (from left to right) Roy Cheng, Chian Jou Chuah, Run Xian Tan (in background), Crystal Koo, Lee Xiang, Eugene Voon |
Lost & Found represented a great success for the club in its endeavour for outreach and preservation of Malaysian culture. Special thanks goes out to our Gold Sponsors EY and Shell, production sponsors YTL, food sponsors of the day Apam Pancake Ltd (http://malaysianpancake.co.uk/) who graciously sponsored Malaysian pancakes (apam balik) for all audience and crew members and Biju Bubble Tea (http://www.bijububbletea.com/). Stay tuned for next year’s Malaysia Night, when we hope to bring you an even bigger and better performance than ever. For any enquiries, please contact lsesumc@gmail.com
Photo album
Credits and Special Thanks
Graphics by Rui You Ho, Tiffany Khoo and Jia Jing Chin
Photography by Geraldine Philip
Music Composition by Jian Yong Pang, Crystal Koo, Lee Xiang,
Roy Cheng, Eugene Voon, Run Xian Tan, Chian Jou Chuah
Article by Ian Tan Wei Chuen
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