I got panoramic view overlooking the whole stage at the circle seat on the third floor.  My only grouse was the two Mic Studio people seating behind me who talked rather loudly. The couple beside me keeps turning around to look at them and it was so embarrassing for me to be associated with them as Bishan students!

They themselves are involved in the theatre/drama works so should be familiar with the basic etiquette of watching a musical.  This is NOT a private screening for them so all the more they should be discreet of their behavior.

Anyway, Jack & The Beansprout was really good!  I would say it is wickedly funny and Ivan Heng definitely lived up to his reputation as the rubber-faced Jim Carrey of the local theatre scene. 

His sibey heow (coquettish) rendition as Widow Neo was hilarious as he juggled between three jobs as a junk mail distributor, Tiger Beer auntie and MLM sales representative just to send her good-for-nothing school-dropout son, Jack (Sebastian Tan) back to school and to pay off her debts with tua hiiiia (Big Brother), the loan shark from Batu Pahat.

When tua hiiiia comes aknocking, Widow Neo was left with no other options but to make Jack sell off the bilingual family pooch, Ah Cow.  When Jack returned with a bagful of Dream (Green) Beans instead of money, he was embroiled in an ginormous (mis)adventure involving a giant taugeh which reaches into the clouds, Bamboo, the Housekeeper, a snoring Giant who wears CROCS shoes, a Singing Harp (touch meeee!) and a Goose that lays Salted Eggs, Century Eggs, Easter Eggs and Golden Eggs.

Come join the rest of the kaypoh neighborhood as Jack and Widow Neo rediscovers the true meaning of happiness, kinship and of course, love and acceptance.


Here's Widow Neo and her neighbours galloping away on the iGallop.


The finale.

I especially like this line from one of the song when Jack was asked to kiss Bamboo to prove his love:

"wah lau! wah kau! wah piang! like that call love meh?"