Tales from Amma's Kitchen

Got an early bird ticket to the opening night performance of Big Nose Production's Tales from Amma's Kitchen. 

Come spend some time with Amma in the kitchen as she shares her pearls of wisdom while cooking you a pot of curry.

A collection of humorous, heart-warming and thought-provoking tales featuring a lovable Indian mother, her not so Indian children, a Chinese daughter-in-law wannabe and an Indonesian maid next door who is more Malaysian than most Malaysians.

Among the tales is the award-winning Amma’s Mutton Curry, winner of Best Overall Production, Best Director, Best Script, Best Female Actor, Best Supporting Actor and Audience Choice Award in Short+Sweet (Penang) Theater Festival 2016. 

Written, Directed & Produced by: Fa Abdul
Featuring: Narinder Kaur, Tilottama Pillai, Mithran Balakrishnan, Felicia Samuel, Charles Roberts, Wei Ling Tan, Mia Sabrina, Mahadir Raja, Shah Irshad

If you've been to the previous Tales From... productions, then you've got some idea as to how the show will go. Instead of 10 minute plays featuring different people and a common theme, this time it's a series of vignettes set in one Indian Amma's (Narinder Kaur) kitchen featuring her family and friends.

The performance is sold out, which is great for them. I guess a majority of the tickets went to a student group or something. I don't know who's bright idea it was to start clapping to the beat of the Tamil songs that played in between the vignettes, but it went down to ONE person clapping before the show is over (maybe the rest got shushed? If I was sitting further behind, I probably would've shushed the clappers).

It was funny and touching, worth a couple hours. If you can still get tickets, go.