Monthly:October 2012
As I mentioned yesterday, because I didn’t understand the play unfolding before me on the streets of Georgetown, Penang, I turned my lens on the audience. Clearly this didn’t amuse everyone. The guy in the middle looks particularly annoyed with me while the two men flanking him are also looking directly at me.
Since i really didn’t understand what was happening on the stage in front of me I started turning my lens on the audience. Sitting as close to the stage as he could get was this old man. He was clearly enjoying the show.
I happened across this show while wandering the streets of Georgetown, Penang back in 1989. One huge benefit of street theater is that no-one complains about the presence cameras
I thought this little girl had one of the best seats in the house for this performance. There were plenty of children in attendance at this show on the streets of Georgetown, Penang, back in August 1989. She’s actually sitting on a beam protruding from under the stage.
Wandering around the streets of Georgetown in the evening I happened across a theater troupe performing for an audience that had gathered in the street. The stage itself was a sturdy construction set in a corner of the street so as not to obstruct the street during the day. The audience had brought their own chairs. There was no formal admission charge, no ushers to guide one to one’s seat. Just a self ordered gathering.
Here’s another alley I wandered by in Georgetown, Penang. Like my earlier alley photo, while there are signs of life in this alley, there’s no-one other than myself present. I wondered if the clothes hanging out to dry under the awnings had gotten wet in the shower that passed over a short while before. I was struck by all the mini bridges across the gutter from the doorways on the right.
