Sangkala 9/10

Sangkala 9/10, Musical Theater presented by Abang-None Jakarta community.

I didn't expect much of this musical, since all casts are not stage performers, theatrical wise.
The script however inspired by Batavia's history. It goes back to 1740, when VOC played Hitler to Chinese immigrants in Batavia. They eliminate Chinese civilians in Batavia, just because they crowd the population at that time.
In this musical, insert a love story between native Indonesian (pribumi betawi) and a Chinese girl.

Script wise, it's very intriguing.
It's very unfortunate that Abang-None were cast for this promising story.

Dancing or Theatrical performance, as said earlier, is not a mere dancing for TV shows or concerts.
The energy is different and at the same time showing the character's emotion.

On top of that, the pronunciation has to be strong and clear.

I can feel the energy of lead casts in Sangkala 9/10. This, however, was not enough.
I was very disturbed by their vocals, then how could I enjoy the performance?

As expected, the "successful" entertainer from Abang-None are the most interesting characters on this musical. These casts are Indra bekti and Iwet ramadhan. They are entertainer as profession, therefore, it's a given that they showing off talent of attracting audience's attention.

Other than these two, there is a sand artist to illustrate the story on big screen. This dude, Fauzan, is excellent. A one man show and musical instruments would do the trick, rather than Sangkala's entire casts.

All in all, Sangkala 9/10...
is entertaining show, but not theatrical entertaining.

For a musical, it doesn't have strong dance and vocal.
For a theater performance, entertaining would be overrated.

It's another musical snob episode.