Our creative team was more than pleased with Tall Order Production's decision to include our creative expertise into season 2 campaign of Cuci The Musical. We immediately started with developing the new season's identity, which would probably sum up the Musical's main selling point - splashy fun time at the theatre, considered as a rarity in the current trend of malaysian theatre production. This time around, Hans Isaac, producer and the creator of CTM felt the need to highlight the performance feel to the promo materials used, taking a major turn from the original 'film release' promo idents.
The whole project had a sense of build up to its peak during the show period. As we all can imagine, the whole matter of typesetting the Official Programme Souvenir Book took its tag as the toughest part of the whole delivery, with us going to press within 72hrs off the official preview night. You can say that it was such a miraculous attempt and we were all very lucky to be blessed with team players who knew what it takes to make such important event happen pretty smoothly with minimal error in information and print (approx .5%). The day Harith Iskander signed 'Thanks for the 25th hour days" in his page made us smile the widest.
The show itself was a revelation for all at K*Lab, we've never been near such a huge production. Not only were we amazed at the complexity of the set up, preparation, casts, ensemble and crew - we were very much amused at what is shown on stage each night (and the noon for the matinees) - the play's laughs and antics are simply contagious - KKN..
At the same time, we were all equally enthused by the presence of such wonderful talents and individuals who made the 'behind the stage' scenes even more rewarding for us to be around with. The whole Team Cuci really respect each other in terms of work ethics and its such a valuable experience for us to hold on to.
To Dato' Yasmin Yusuff & Mr Hans Isaac, congratulations on your successful venture.
To the directors, Dato' Zahim Albakri and Harith Iskander, bravo for the accolades.
To the four brothers - Big Up for making us laugh on a different tone each night! To the casts, big up. To Awie, the moment you shed real tears while you could hardly contain yourself as you miss singing your part in Janji Pada Ummi on the final night made us realise how much hardwork you's have put in as well as how strong the camaraderie between y'all. To the rest of you who were part of this, a salute and pleasure to have known y'all. To brother Syed (he's not just the DSM ya know) - big up man! I'm sure many would've crippled without your guiding light throughout the 5mths or so...
And to our small team who were lucky to be involved - hold on tight for a brand new theatre coming near you!
Idzuan Samad - Creative Director
Hidayat Jamalolail - Art Director + Official Photographer
Mohd Musawwir Muqsit - Designer + Illustrator
Munirah Rao - Surtitle Operator
'Ain Khaira - Creative Consultant
MomentSpeaks - Booth Photographer
