Don't be as stupid as ghosts!
Friday 17 September, 2010, 7 pm
CHEN NEAK COMPANY
Folk opera (Lakhaon Ape)
Often describes as a mixture of Yike and classical dance, the Ape theatre would be originated from Ayai or Yike theatre and songs. According to some experts, Ape is named after a man named "Pe" who is believed to have created this art form. Performances usually take place during the Khmer New Year.
Don't be as stupid as ghosts!
A Pang, keeper of rice fields and Chapei player, spends his days protecting rice fields from thieves addicted to marijuana. Alone and far from the village he diverted somehow by telling stories with his incredible Chapei for the greatest happiness of Kateav, a girl ghost, secretly in love with A Pang.