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Footstool Players Withdrawal

Linora Low — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 02:47:32 +0000

It’s been 2 days since the show ended. I’ve already done my heart felt piece and my sharing piece. Last night I was just going through some songs. I was feeling rather alternative at that moment, with a tinge of rock. Which led me to playing songs from artists like Teddy Geiger’s “For You I Will”. And then that led me to listening John Mayer’s song “Say“…. That was one of the songs used as part of the soundtrack of “Crazy Little Thing Called Love“. Yes if I seem to be blogging a lot about the show, it’s not just cause I was of course trying to promote it (shamelessly doing so) but now that its over… i’m having withdrawal symptoms. As i played the intro of the song “Say” played on my Altec Lansing speakers. It struck me suddenly that I won’t be hearing that song in my ears as I wait for my turn in the dark. As I wait for Ming Han and Sean to help bring out the table with the props. Waiting for the song to sink into my brain as I prepare myself for the character I was to play. Pulling and adjusting small details before I go into full on emo… for lack of a better word. Then I would wonder whether what I did was enough at the end of the performance. I would look for Jon or Colin to start asking whether ok or not. (I did la!). Yeah I was paranoid, even more so cause i never saw what it looked like from an audience point of view. Last Sunday was the end of the run… hence I’m having the withdrawal symptoms… it took a while to kick in actually, oddly enough. Look deep enough into the lyrics of this song and you will find that it means a lot. About sharing yourself, getting vulnerable. Telling your feelings to another. To those who matter la – not any Tom, Dick and Harry on the road. About how one should put away their pride and all the hurts that came along with the baggage… Ah well… I’ll just share the song and let it speak in its on ways..

John Mayer

“Say”

Take all of your wasted honor

Every little past frustration Take all your so called problems Better put ‘em in quotations Say what you need to say (x7) Say what you need to saaaay… Walking like a one man army Fighting with the shadows in your head Living out the same old moment Knowing you’d be better off instead If you could only Say what you need to say (x7) Say what you need to saaay… Have no fear For giving in Have no fear For giving over You better know that in the end It’s better to say too much Then never to say what you need to say again Even if your hands are shaking And your faith is broken Even as the eyes are closing Do it with a heart wide open… wide… Say what you need to say (x7) Say what you need to Say what you need to Say what you need to say…

CLTCL Review: TheStar – Love’s Big Impact

Linora Low — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 04:09:48 +0000

The latest review from the papers

Footstool Players’ Crazy Little Thing Called Love: The sketch called ‘I Love You More’, features Sean Low and Adrene Wong as a couple being kiasu about expressing their love for each other. Love in all its wondrous forms is explored thoroughly in this collection of sketches that offer laughter as well as tears. WHO doesn’t love a good love story? Whether they portray sweeping passions and staying true despite all odds, or bittersweet partings and tragically broken hearts, love stories never fail to stir the spirit and touch the heart. Thirteen sketches about love did just that during the opening performance of Crazy Little Thing Called Love last week at the Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre. Produced by local theatre group, the Footstool Players, in partnership with the not-for-profit company, Focus on the Family Malaysia, Crazy Little Thing wants to get one message across: that love comes in various forms, and has a much bigger impact on our lives than most could imagine. And it manages to do that very well, indeed. The production is divided into two 55-minute acts with the first focusing on romantic relationships and the second on issues pertaining to family life, particularly parent-child relationships. The cast members – comprising Adrene Wong, Ann Choo, Colin Kirton, Ee Soon Wei, Jonathan Tan, Linora Low, and Sean Low – do a remarkable job of bringing life and depth to the characters they play. This is particularly commendable because most of the cast members don’t have any professional acting experience. (The exceptions are Kirton, whose performance in 2006’s Broken Bridges, The Musical received a Best Solo Performance, Voice, Boh Cameronian Awards nomination; and Linora Low, who appeared in the musical Ismail, The Last Days in August this year.) I have to say, Crazy Little Thing delights from beginning to end; each of its sketches is powerful and gets straight to the point with no wasted words or motions. The sets are simple, with only the most basic of props, so the plays rely – successfully – on the strength of the actors’ performances and the music to carry the production’s themes. Lost in Transmission, written by Kirton and adapted from an essay by American humour columnist Dave Barry, was both relevant and hilarious, while A Late Lunch (written by Lawrence and Annie Enscoe) captivated thanks to its masterful script and passionate performances from Linora Low and Kirton. Ee Soon Wei excelled in his monologue during I Am My Father’s Son (written by Kirton and Jonah Sng), whileThe Ledger People (written by Paul and Nicole Johnson) was an especially inspired way of examining issues such as the importance of give-and-take in a relationship. Kirton deserves special commendation, as he is effective in comedic and dramatic scenes alike. His dedication to his roles makes him a delight to watch whether he’s playing a frustrated parent impatient with his estranged daughter (A Late Lunch) or a little boy devoted to his adopted father (Charlie and Ruth Jones’ Billy) – his performance in the latter, especially, really needs to be seen to be believed. Crazy Little Thing is a triumph of moments that are, in turns, heart-warming and heart-wrenching. It handles its subject matter exceptionally well, exploring the ups and downs of love in everyday situations that will be familiar to everyone. Indeed, that is another of the play’s strengths: anyone who’s ever felt the giddy rush of falling in love or experienced the firm, tangled ties of family relationships will find it easy to empathise with at least one of the many characters in the 13 sketches.

Crazy Little Thing Called Love is on until Sunday at Pentas 2, at the Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre (Jalan Strachan, off Jalan Ipoh, Sentul Park). Performances are at 8.30pm daily; there is an additional 3pm matinee tomorrow and only a matinee (no evening show) on Sunday. Tickets at RM30 (RM20 for students, senior citizens, and the disabled) are available at the box office (03-4047 9003). For more information call 03-4047 9000 or go to footstoolplayers.com/current.htm.

The Love Posts

Linora Low — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 13:16:15 +0000

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See “Crazy Little Thing Called Love” at Pentas 2, KL Performing Arts Centre. Tickets are RM30 for adults and RM20 for students, senior citizens and the disabled.

Call the box office at (03) 4047 9000 or The Actors Studio at (03) 2094 9400. Visit www.footstoolplayers.com for moreinformation.

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Tomorrow is Thursday which will mean that I’m back at KLPAC for the final week of “Crazy Little Thing Called Love”. So to commemorate this special occassion that has just been so loving, I’m going to write posts related to the topic of love for the next four days. Or maybe starting as of today hehe. I shall start first with a little story. Love truly is in the air and this is why.. On the same day of the AYA Awards we were having our final show for the first week. Just as I exited the changing room and went out into the lobby, my cast members told me I had just missed a marriage proposal right in the lobby of KLPAC. From what I heard the guy who was to pop the question had gotten a bunch of dancers (possibly friends) to dance for her as she was coming down the stairs. KLPAC has two 3 levels not including the ground level. So she was on the first level at the stairs probably, while the dancers were at the bottom of the stairs. Then the after the dance, a huge banner had been graffitised on one of the KLPAC events posters. (I think!) The banner was dropped from the first level and on it, these words were spray painted on it. “Rachel Ann…Will You Marry Me?”

At the bottom of the stairs the place was filled with people from the AYA awards along with the the audience members from our show trying to get out of the bustling theatre house. Suddenly the majority of the crowd parted and there stood the man who was asking for the girls hand in marriage. He walked up towards her with a single rose in his hand… Needless to say she was cornered right there in front of everyone.. so completely impossible to say no! I managed to get a shot of the banner before it was taken down. They were in the midst of doing that when i took the shot. But so sweet right!! Proposing for all to see like that… Awwwwwww. My hearty congratulations to the knewly engaged couple! May your future be always a happy one filled with love. Speaking of love. Last call now Do come and catch the show.

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See “Crazy Little Thing Called Love” at Pentas 2, KL Performing Arts Centre. Tickets are RM30 for adults and RM20 for students, senior citizens and the disabled.

Call the box office at (03) 4047 9000 or The Actors Studio at (03) 2094 9400. Visit www.footstoolplayers.com for moreinformation.

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Crazy Little Thing Called Love Updates

Linora Low — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 15:33:17 +0000

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See “Crazy Little Thing Called Love” at Pentas 2, KL Performing Arts Centre. Tickets are RM30 for adults and RM20 for students, senior citizens and the disabled.

Call the box office at (03) 4047 9000 or The Actors Studio at (03) 2094 9400. Visit www.footstoolplayers.com for moreinformation.

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I haven’t had much time to blog for a while especially since Thursday. That was the day, “Crazy Little Thing Called Love” started its performance at KLPAC. Phew the first run of KLPAC is now over… 2 single shows on thursday and Friday, along with two shows back to back on weekeds. My gosh doing the performance twice is hard… Man it has been a crazy one. I just wanted to update on what our schedules and audience status has been like.

So far pretty good! Very very encouraging to see that a number of people have heard about the show – even if we have performed to about 5000 people now from churches.. yeah I know 5000 people. Even I can’t believe it! Praise God for the numbers and so far the shows running at KLPAC have been getting the numbers too. Jon, Adrene and Colin had the honour of being slotted in on the NTV7 Breakfast Show last week. JP was the host and while we “appreciate” the butchering of the names, we still forgive him. You can watch and listen to three of the cast members speak their mind on what Crazy Little Thing Called Love is about. When to catch it and what to expect. Jon also manage to upload it to YouTube, so check it out! Print media has been going well too. So far we’ve been – in chronological order – TheStar Metro, New Strait Times and TheEdge. The papers just love the cutsy picture of Adrene and Sean in their piece called “I Love You More”. Hehehe… and now as I look at it, probably only that picture really shows some sense of loving between two people.

NST – Life & Times

The Edge Daily – Options – Love Vignettes

This week is our second and last run for the production.

Makes me kinda sad actually cause I’ve grown to know, work, play and smile with this family so much. It’s been a real blessing being able to work with them. I don’t think I could ask for anything more than to share my time and my trust with them. I think I’ve put up this pic before in a previous post. But I can’t help putting up again at this tender moment.

Courtesy goes out to Bernard Goh from Creative Clicks who took the fabulous photos of the cast and crew!

Love you guys!

Crazy Little Thing Called Love

Linora Low — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 14:01:35 +0000

It has been a long 2 month run in the church circuit. 12 shows at 12 different churches. It’s hard to believe how fast the time has passed as I’m writing this. At the moment the crew is on a short break before we finish the last two shows in the Church Circuit which is on next weekend at PJEFC and Petaling Jaya Gospel Hall. Now we are moving into the bigger show. I’m pleased to announce that Crazy Little Thing Called Love are coming to KLPAC and the tickets are up for grabs now. The show me and the rest of the gang is performing in will be on from the 6th of November until the 16th of November. The show deals about love and relationship. The kind of relationships between simple boy-girl, to family issues as well. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry and who knows you may take a message home with you.

Publicity is going on now with LiteFm and in every other way right now. But if you can – do come and watch the show. You can check us out at Footstool Players or even check out our page on Facebook : Footstool Players Page.

The First Night Of the Show

Linora Low — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 17:36:09 +0000

Yesterday was the first run of the show “Crazy Little Thing Called Love” by the Footstool Players. Held at Segi College and hosted by Agape Church, I think the show went fairly well! All thanks to The Father in Heaven. To give a bit of a background on ”Crazy Little Thing Called Love”, it is show with 13 sketches all acted out by 7 actors. Each of the sketches is a story within themselves, with no relation to one another. The stories deal issues that are unresolved that revolve around the topic of relationships and love. Hence the title “Crazy Little Thing Called Love”. Be it relationships with your family members, broken homes, and even between couples who are just starting out. I never thought of it this way, but while Jon was praying for the team last Thursday, he said this..”Lord, thank you for making us nervous. For it is when we are nervous that we look to you.” I had never seen in that light before. It’s always usually so natural for a request to God saying something like, please don’t make me nervous, take away me feelings of anxiousness. But i had never thought to thank the Lord for making me nervous.. and for that I want to thank Jon for that moment of realisation. It’s true actually… when we are in dire need, that we will shift our eyes above and seek Him with all our might. As always, when we focus and cast our eyes on God, things will go in place. After many months of rehearsals, and days of getting lines crammed into the head. It all worked out for the better. The thing with theatre, is that you can never do the same performance you did the night before. Which is alright because it is always a new experience and yet another opening night (as how my music conductor would say from Ismail). With that, the characters one develops for a play, takes you on a journey. Along the way you learn a number of things.. not just about the play of course, but also about yourself. In this case, about the relationships you have with the people around you. With those who are close to you. Even though I may play 3 different characters, but I learnt something from each of them.. I’m rambling, back on to the story of the first day… Nerves were all over the place and even more so because we have never performed in the college auditiorium before, which accommodated about 300 people, more than the usual number of people we rehearse for at SJGC. Hence we had to project a lot more, which was a bit worrying at first because we all had to make a conscious effort to raise our voices much more than the usual levels we were accustomed to. But no matter.. adapt and work with it. Here we are getting ready by bringing all the props up to the auditiorium. Usually for those who know how Footstool Players work, is that they produce plays that are minimalist, using very few props and not much chnage of clothing. This time was a bit more different and we had a lot more stuff to carry.

I wanted to take shot sof the Segi college, which by the way is huge!

I don’t think I’ve ever had a crowd so close to the stage..

The crowd was very responsive which was great for the comedic plays haha. As actors we really feed of the crowd when they start to warm up to us, which was a good thing and pushed us on to do better than expected. There a few minor hiccups like the a handphone causing some interference to the speakers, a baby crying somewhere in the middle and a number of laughs which we never thought we would get in certain serious moments for some of the plays. Even still it all went well. Lines went well, tech went well and sound went well.. couldn’t ask for anything more After the show we took a picture with the teens of Agape church, who were busy ushering in people to their seats and also helping us take down our props and lighting. Thanks Agape!

Crazy Little Thing Called Love Starts

Linora Low — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 07:42:25 +0000

Needless to say I have not much time to mourn for not being with my Ismail cast as much as I would like.. for there’s another show which needs my concern, concentration and focus. Crazy Little Thing Called Love… It starts TODAY!! This is it… after 3 months of rehearsals and pain stacking amounts of effort to pull out the right kind of emotions for the characters. Our work to show it to a live audience will start this Saturday at 8pm Segi College auditorium….

The schedule of where we are goingt o be performing is on the main Footstool Players page. Go here to check it out.

Details are as such..

6 September 2008 SEGi College Auditorium A, Kota Damansara, Selangor (hosted by Agape Chapel, Kota Damansara and SEGi College CF) 9 Jalan Teknologi, Taman Sains Selangor PJU 5, Kota Damansara Tel: 012-296-6946 (Aaron) 8:00 pm 7 September 2008 SS Gospel Centre, Petaling Jaya, Selangor 20 & 22 Jalan SS2/103, Petaling Jaya Tel: 7726-2162; Website: www.ssgospel.org 7:00 pm 14 September 2008 Shah Alam Gospel Centre, Shah Alam, Selangor 8 & 10 Jalan Jimat 25/87, Taman Sri Muda, Shah Alam Tel: 012-203-5112 (Dexter) 6:00 pm 20 September 2008 Subang Jaya Gospel Centre, Subang Jaya, Selangor 16 Jalan SS19/5B, Subang Jaya Tel: 5632-0046 8:00 pm 21 September 2008 Cornerstone Doulos Church, Bandar Sunway, Selangor 1-25 – 1-29 Jalan PJS 9/1A, Pusat Perniagaan Lagoon Perdana, Bandar Sunway Tel: 5638-0387; 012-673-7359 (Max) 8:00 pm 27 September 2008 St Barnabas Anglican Church, Klang, Selangor 4 Jalan Dato Hamzah, Klang Tel: 3372-8191 7:00 pm 11 October 2008 HELP University College Auditorium AA1 (hosted by Bangsar Gospel Centre, Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur) Level 4, Block A, Kompleks Pejabat Damansara (KPD) (next to UN building), Jalan Dungun (off Jalan Semantan), Damansara Heights, Kuala Lumpur Tel: 012-388-0480 (Francis); Website: www.beaconatbangsar.com 8:00 pm (pre-show reception at 6.45 pm) 12 October 2008 The Life Chapel, Petaling Jaya, Selangor 9 Jalan 17/21E, Petaling Jaya Tel: 7955-8146; Website: www.thelifechapel.org 6:00 pm 18 October 2008 SIB KL, Petaling Jaya 4th flr Bangunan Yin, No 7 Section 16/11, Jalan Damansara, Petaling Jaya Tel: 7957-2701; Website: www.sibkl.org.my 5:00 pm 19 October 2008 Bangsar Lutheran Church, Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur 23 Jalan Abdullah (off Jalan Bangsar), Kuala Lumpur Tel: 2284-5928; 013-350-7246 (Pastor Sivin); Website: www.blc.net.my 8:00 pm 1 November 2008 PJEFC, Petaling Jaya, Selangor Heritage Centre, 3, Jalan 13/6, Petaling Jaya Tel: 7957-4341; Website: www.pjefc.org 8:00 pm 2 November 2008 Petaling Jaya Gospel Hall, Petaling Jaya, Selangor 1A Jalan Gasing, Petaling Jaya Tel: 7781-2327; Website: www.pjgh.net 8:00 pm PERFORMANCES IN KLPAC The show will run for 10 performances at the Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre (KLPac) Pentas 2, as follows: 6–8, 13–15 November 2008 @ 8:30 pm 8–9, 15–16 November 2008 @ 3:00 pm

VO for Bible Explorer Series

Linora Low — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:52:59 +0000

On Monday I had met up with the rest of the Footstool Players group to do some voice over recording for the Children Bible Explorer Series. A sorta storytelling, game and quiz flash output meant to teach the stories of the Bible to children. The Children Bible Explorer Series is produced by Pristine World. The voice recording which is still on going for this week, is the third installment of the series. The first one was called Genesis Vol , followed by Genesis Vol 2 and Genesis Vol 3.

The one we’re currently involved is a continuation of the series called The Gospel Story.

You can find out more about the books and cds at their website. The purpose of the book and cd is to give a more interesting manner of how we can tell the wonderful stories from the book of Genesis. Children will be able to see the characters come alive and then at the end of the story, they can try out the quiz and games to test their memory and how much they understand about each situations. I was giving the quiz on The Ten Commandments a try. I was suppose to arrange all the Ten Commandments in order within a time span of 30 seconds… and I failed miserably …. pressure laaaaa, but I got one right! Also not easy without a mouse… ^_P

Here we are at the recording studio in Seksyen 17, which is have to admit was a bit hard to find at first. I’m not familiar with the area and furthermore, it was really hidden. But I will Thank God for such a thing called GPS and Google Maps. Two beautiful things that should always be with you on the road. Now if only the GPS was free connection!!

Colin Kirton, our VO director who happens to also be playing the voice of Jesus.. Oooohh pressure!! And right next to him is Peter C.T. Lim. He is the writer and producer for the entire Children Bible Explorer Series. On the laptop he’s showing me a couple of shots of what the characters we will be VO-ing for. This is also to give us an idea of what the character is suppose to sound like.

This is what Sky Studio looks like. And there we have Jon Tan standing dawning on the guitar to strum us a couple of tunes while we waited for our turn.

This is the sound editing room. Samuel, having a read on the otherside of the mirror while Eu Bing, is getting prepped. Eu Bing’s and Colin’s favourite word of the day after that was “taught”.. hehe. You try pronouncing the word taught not like thought. ^_P

Us inside the recording room.

Colin giving us direction on how to do a crowd scene.. not so easy.. lol. But that was loads of fun!!

Part of the voice over cast (L-R) Ian Ng, Soon Wei, Me, Rudi, Peter, Samuel and Jon Tan.

Till the next update ^_^

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Footstool Players Withdrawal

CLTCL Review: TheStar – Love’s Big Impact

The Love Posts

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See “Crazy Little Thing Called Love” at Pentas 2, KL Performing Arts Centre. Tickets are RM30 for adults and RM20 for students, senior citizens and the disabled.

Call the box office at (03) 4047 9000 or The Actors Studio at (03) 2094 9400. Visit www.footstoolplayers.com for moreinformation.

Crazy Little Thing Called Love Updates

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See “Crazy Little Thing Called Love” at Pentas 2, KL Performing Arts Centre. Tickets are RM30 for adults and RM20 for students, senior citizens and the disabled.

Call the box office at (03) 4047 9000 or The Actors Studio at (03) 2094 9400. Visit www.footstoolplayers.com for moreinformation.

Love you guys!

Crazy Little Thing Called Love

The First Night Of the Show

Crazy Little Thing Called Love Starts

VO for Bible Explorer Series

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