[Review] Chestnuts: Sibeh Strange In The Multiverse – Laugh, Cry and Be Merry with the Chestnuts Crew

Singapore’s longest-running dwell parody sketch present, Chestnuts, is again after 7 years and 1 pandemic.

The final time, Singapore was turning 50. 

Now, after two years of isolation and protected distancing, Chestnuts is again with a vengeance, with a number of spoofing to meet up with.

The world has modified a lot since 2015 – TV and cinema made method for streaming platforms, Asians are enormous in Hollywood, purchasing went completely on-line, conferences are distant and everybody desires to be non-fungible. All these and extra had been all cannon fodder for the Chestnuts crew to spoof their method by means of.

From Doctor Strange to Michelle Yeoh, Black Panther 2 to Squid Game, Ah Girls Go Army to NDP,  LKY The Musical to NFT and FTX – Chestnuts skewered all of them with their distinctive crossover parody fashion. 

You will snicker, cry and depart the theatre totally entertained after an evening with Chestnuts.

My private favorite was a section that includes a parody of Singapore’s self-proclaimed “national treasure” busker, Jeff Ng, and different native unsavoury characters. The jokes left me in stitches and on the sting of my seat.

The humorous stuff apart, I used to be significantly impressed by Chestnuts’ soulful rendition of Queens’ Bohemian Rhapsody, remodeled right into a parody music to memory the latest passing of Queen Elizabeth and the ascendant of the perpetual King in ready, Prince Charles and all the numerous scandal round him and his household.

I used to be additionally deeply moved by a section that paid tribute to the late founding Prime Minister of Singapore, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew. Yes, we now miss him when he’s gone. Yes, we’ll by no means know the way he would have dealt with the Oxley home saga or the Covid-19 lockdown in a different way from what we have now skilled. LKY is gone.

For the humorous stuff, the Netflix, TV and film parodies of Disney being overly woke and all of the complicated multiverse tales in pattern proper now being too complicated, I get all of them and loved the parodies.

There is a big portion of the present that targeted on making enjoyable of different theatre reveals and productions which I didn’t get for about 50% of all of it, most likely as a result of I’m not somebody deep within the native theatre scene.

Nonetheless, I’ll nonetheless fee this version of Chestnuts a stable 4 stars out of 5 for pure leisure worth. Go catch it along with your family and friends throughout this festive interval in case you are searching for some pleasure and cheers.

The comeback present options Chestnuts veterans, Jonathan Lim and Judy Ngo, with new spoofers Nelson Chia, Audrey Luo and Tim Wan; with music by Elaine Chan and produced by Annie Pek.

Chestnuts – Sibeh Strange within the Multiverse

25 November – 11 December 2022
Venue: The Drama Centre, NLB
Ticket worth: S$50 to S$88 every

Tickets can be found by way of SISTIC