Runaway Bride (Footstool Players)
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| Directed by | Colin Kirton and Jonathan Tan |
| Starring | Ee Soon Wei Colin Kirton Dorothy Lee Adrene Wong |
| Release date(s) | 2005 (Premiere) |
| Language | English |
Runaway Bride is a 2005 play starring Ee Soon Wei, Colin Kirton, Dorothy Lee and Adrene Wong.
According to an interview with Colin Kirton[1], it "tackled, in seven short sketches, many of the maladies affecting today’s Church such as apathy, consumerism, legalism, compromise, idolatry, and lack of love towards the needy."
Runaway Bride is intended as a challenge to the church -- the Bride of Christ[2]. Even though most of the sketches are very humourous, they all have a serious message: the church needs to live up to her calling to be salt and light to the world. Yet so often, she runs away from her Bridegroom. She so often has a half-hearted commitment. This play uses drama and comedy to challenge the Malaysian church (and the church at large) to return to her Bridegroom.
The play was conducted in the familiar Footstool tradition with very minimal props and each actor playing multiple roles. Small changes in attire -- a scarf, a cap, etc. -- change the character's role even within the same sketch.
One of the most memorable lines in the play is from the McChurch skit: Dorothy Lee speaking in a really perky voice, "Hello, welcome to McChurch! Jesus loves you! May I take your order, please?" This skit, while being very funny, makes a very serious point: church should be a place of relationship and ministry, not a place of business. Ministry should not be always perky shallow happiness. Real people with real problems have to be ministered to, with commitment from both sides.
[edit] References
- ^ Berita NECF, 1 November-December 2006, Art Apathy: Retrieved on March 1, 2007
- ^ Vision KL, June 2005, Dance / Theatre: Retrieved on March 1, 2007
