14 June 2008

Wicked the musical

Wicked is a untold story of the witches of The Wizard of Oz. The play took place in Apollo Victoria, in London.

I haven't been to a musical for a long time, so I was looking forward to go to this play. Although I thought that the production was really well done, in terms of the lights, make-up, costumes, it was everything too "perfect", a "Disney-like", where even the dirty and mass are perfectly put in place. I really didn't like and I was very disappointed by the story, which I thought was very poor.

I'd rather go to a theatre play, where there are just actors on the stage than go to a huge expensive production that doesn't add any new experience in my life.

Official Website:
http://www.wickedthemusical.co.uk

China Design Now



China Design Now was an exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum of design from the last 2 decades in the main cities in China: Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen. It exhibited posters, toys, product design, installation, video, animation, etc.

What I got most interested was the Homescape by Chen Shaoxiong: a photo collage installation with pictures of furniture and objects from typical homes rearranged.

Website of the exhibition:
http://www.vam.ac.uk/vastatic/microsites/1636_chinadesignnow/