19th Februari 2011. Hari ini will be the first show for Terima Kasih Cinta. Semua orang excited, the cast and crew masing-masing sibuk membuat last minute prep. Ye lah, semua nak yang terbaik for our very first show. Penting orang cakap, sebab yang datang first show ni la yang akan spread the news kan. So we really need to pull this off and make sure they fall in LOVE with TKC. Bukan senang, benar. Tapi kalau kita betul-betul nak, sure boleh kan. Sebab tu our producer selalu pesan, he wants everyone in this production buat semua benda ni dari hati.
Tepat jam 330pm.The show begins. Visuals of Love & Heartbeat sound opens the show. Macam mana bunyi degupan jantung dalam show tu, macam tu lah perasaan semua pihak produksi pada masa itu. Especially our producer, Boudeng Edruce and our director Pat Ibrahim. When the opening song, Kuasa Cinta mula berlagu, semua sudah tidak dapat menahan sebak. Bukan sebab apa, tapi because of the journey in making this theater bukanlah semudah yang disangka. 3 bulan, mengharungi susah senang dan pahit manis bersama cukup untuk mengajar semua yang terlibat dalam produksi ni apakah erti CINTA sebenarnya. Production team of Terima Kasih Cinta bagaikan sebuah keluarga besar. Semua berjanji untuk membuat yang terbaik walaupun pelbagai rintangan yang terpaksa dilalui. Aku akui, aku kagum. Semangat dan commitement yang ditunjukkan oleh semua cast dan crew is priceless! i must say they are a bunch of great people!
Throughout the show, i sat down quietly (ok tipu, i shouted quite a lot actually! ). I want to enjoy every moment of the show. On that day,baru la aku faham apa yang selama ini mereka-mereka ni duk meeting. Bila semua expertise digabungkan, dapatlah kita melihat hasil yang sangat-sangat luarbiasa.
I must give credits for the BRILLIANT SET by Raja Malek & Hamzah Tahir. Nampak simple tapi sangat la menarik. 6 Moving Cubes telling 5 different stories. WOW!
Credits to the undoubtedly talented musicians, with just 8 piece band and 6 back up vocals, they managed to make it sound like an orchestra. Roslan Aziz is always the MAN!
Also, for the superb lighting effects! Its not easy to create the mood for every scene and do bare in mind that, some of the scenes occurred at the same exact time in different cubes. Kalau salah suluh, confirm haru! But yes, the team had done a very good job to make TKC 'shine'.
Wardrobe team should aslo be given credits. Color combination for the 5 love stories really add some colors to the theater. BLUE, PINK, YELLOW, ORANGE and GREEN with supporting casts wearing WHITE, GREY and BLACK managed to make a statement on stage. Love is colorful i supposed. Love it!
Not to mention a great job by our sound engineer, stage managers, set crew, and everyone else involved in this production. Terima Kasih Cinta shows it all. Semuanya lahir dari HATI and hopefully it can touches other hearts too.
Show ended with the closing song, Terima Kasih. I stood up, shouted and clapped hysterically. :) Happy sangat dengan kejayaan TKC. Im sure each of everyone yang involved felt the same way. Its more like a FAMILY achievement. Happy to see happy faces, happy to hear good response, happy to read good reviews. Alhamdulillah.
Do watch it to experience the Love in Terima Kasih Cinta. Walaupun ia tidak sehebat teater-teater from abroad, i still believe this is show is SPECIAL because i never watched an honest show where you can feel it terus ke hati. Sangat tulus.
Bukan senang untuk menjadikan sesuatu impian itu realiti, tapi bila kita percaya, we have faith in it, insyaallah impian kita akan tercapai. Sekali lagi aku nak ucapkan Tahniah kepada team produksi TERIMA KASIH CINTA kerana berjaya memberi impak yang sangat besar tentang cinta dalam hidup. dan juga, memberi peluang kepada semua yang terlibat merasai sebuah keluarga baru untuk masa 3 bulan ini. U guys deserved the best dan insyaallah dengan semangat yang ada, you guys will make it.
Experience CINTA with TKC, do get ur tickets now at Istana Budaya or book online at www.ticket2u.biz.
Love will be in the air at Istana Budaya till 6th March 2011 only.
Come with an open heart, come for the love of love.
Terima Kasih Cinta,
