Didn't quite know what to expect at Don't call him Mr Mari Kita . Julian Wong was the main star of the show (saw hime in Fag Hag a few weeks ago). This was a great telling of the composer Zubir Said who wrote the Singapore national anthem when the nation came into being. But also a story of trials and tribulations, as well as a dose of racial history of the city-state. Didn't know Shaw Brothers had a Malay-language film studio for which Zubir Said wrote many songs. The instrumental rendition of Majulah Singapura was moving. While I didn't understand any Bahasa Melayu, the fun as well as the poignancy of the songs were not lost on me. I gather several friends got a little teary listing to Semoga Bahagia at the end. If you didn’t see the show, you can still hear the songs on Spotify .
Very short diary entries of operas, concerts, exhibitions, restaurants and other lifestyle stuff in London and beyond.