Na ɗan lokaci ina fargabar cewa Aideen Malone za ta iya mayar da lambar yabo ta Olivier. "Abin ban dariya ne cewa na ci lambar yabo saboda shi, domin zan ce Into the Woods yana ɗaya daga cikin ayyukan da ba a kammala su ba da na taɓa yi," in ji mai tsara haske. "Akwai bayanai da yawa da ba mu sami damar kammala su ba. Lokaci ya ƙare mana – sosai!"
Abin farin ciki, alkalai da masu kallo ba su yarda ba. Idan kana son ganin sihiri, kai kanka zuwa wasan kwaikwayo na Stephen Sondheim wanda aka saita a cikin duniyar tatsuniya mai murɗa. Cinderella, Red Riding Hood da sauransu suna tsalle cikin daji, wanda ke haskakawa da haɗin rassa masu foda, masu walƙiya da haske da ke bi ta cikin dukan bishiyoyi. Yanzu an canza shi zuwa West End daga gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Bridge na London, ƙirar mai ban mamaki ce ga wasan kwaikwayo mai cike da wasa da gaske.
"Wannan yanki ne mai ban mamaki, amma dodo ne," in ji Malone. "Akwai warware matsaloli da yawa." Daga mahangar haske, "game da wucewar lokaci ne, dare da rana. Dajin yana da ɗanɗano sosai kuma yana jan hankali da farko, sannan ya zama duhu da ƙarin asiri." Yayin da tsofaffin labarai da sababbi suka yi karo, kuma jarumai suka yi tuntuɓe nesa da farin cikinsu na har abada, ƙirar tana nuna tafiyar. Bayan neman farko cikin daji, jarumai sun dawo don gano cewa arcadia ya rushe zuwa "lalacewa da ƙazamar ƙasa."
Mai tsayi da wayo, mai tsara ƙirar ɗan ƙasar Ireland ta zo don hirar mu da tabbacin cewa zan yi magana da dukan masu ƙirƙira "masu ban mamaki sosai" da ke bayan Into the Woods: Jordan Fein (darakta), Tom Scutt (saiti) da Roland Horvath (bidiyo). "Babban ƙoƙarin ƙungiya ne," in ji ta. A baya ta aika haske ta cikin gonakin alkama na Scutt a cikin Fiddler on the Roof ɗinsu da ya ci Olivier. Into the Woods yana ba da jerin abubuwan mamaki na hayaki da madubi, wanda Malone ke buɗe dukan nau'ikan hayaki da hazo: "Hazo mai yawa amma yana tashi, sannan hazo mai sanyi wanda ke zama ƙasa a ƙasa." Haske yana huda yadudduka, musamman lokacin da jarumai suka sami fahimta (Red Riding Hood da aka fitar daga cikin wolf, Jack yana saukowa daga itacen bean).
Menene fahimtar da ta bayyana aikinta? "Shin ni ƙaramin yaro ne na gidan wasan kwaikwayo?" ta yi tunani. "Ba sosai ba." Pantomime na Dublin a lokacin da nake da sauƙin shafa ya kasance wurin juyawa, yayin da a makarantar sakandare ta 'yan mata kawai, wasan kwaikwayo na shekara-shekara ya sanya Malone mai tsayi a matsayin maza masu girman kai a Oklahoma! da The King and I. Yin wasan kwaikwayo ya kira – amma digirinta a Dublin Trinity sannan Goldsmiths a London ya kuma shafi ayyukan bayan fage. "Na faɗa cikin haske, kuma na fi jin daɗi ba a kan mataki ba, tare da haɗin gwiwa da dukan ƙungiyar. Na ji daɗin yadda haske yake da fasaha sosai kuma mai ƙirƙira a lokaci guda. Ban sake waiwaye ba tun."
Aikinta a haske ya fara a fringe da yin ayyukan rawa. Ta yi rangadi tare da ɗan rawa kuma mai tsara rawa Akram Khan, tana jin daɗin yadda rawa ta ba ta damar "wasa da kyawawan jikin mutane a sarari. Yana da sassaka sosai. Sau da yawa ba ka buƙatar damuwa game da fuskoki, kuma za ka iya wasa da kusurwa."
Sannan gidan wasan kwaikwayo ya zama gidanta. Shin duk daraktoci suna fahimtar haske? "Ba zan ambaci sunaye ba," ta yi murmushi, "amma wasu suna da gani sosai, wasu kuma ba su da." Ta fi son "wanda ke da ƙarfin zuciya wanda ya shirya gwada abubuwa" – kamar Sally Cookson, wadda ta ƙirƙira tare da ita shahararrun wasannin kwaikwayo kamar Jane Eyre da A Monster Calls. "Yana da tashin hankali," in ji Malone, "domin ba ka san abin da kake da shi ba har sai makon ƙarshe na bita. Dole ne ka gano shi da zarar ka shiga sararin." Peter Pan ɗinsu na 2016 a National ya kasance touch and go, ta yarda: "Amma koyaushe muna isa ga daren manema labarai."
Annobar ta sa ta ci gaba da neman master's da ta daɗe tana tunani a fannin haske da haske a Jami'ar College London. "Na yi tunanin na san abubuwa da yawa game da launi," in ji Malone, "amma na koyi abubuwa da yawa game da cikakkun bayanai na tushen haske, wanda ke kawo babban bambanci lokacin da kake haskaka launin fata." Wannan sha'awa tana komawa cikin aikinta na mataki. "Mutane biyu a cikin hasken rana na iya kama da iri ɗaya, amma sanya su ƙarƙashin hasken gidan wasan kwaikwayo kuma sun bambanta sosai. Mutum ɗaya yana buƙatar 1% ƙarin magenta, ɗayan kuma yana buƙatar 1% ƙasa. Ƙalubale ne."
Duba hoto a cikakken allo
Touch and go … Peter Pan a National, London. Hoto: Tristram Kenton/The Guardian
Malone koyaushe tana sha'awar "launuka na halitta masu sanyi da dumi na hasken rana" – wurin da ta fi so shi ne Open Air Theatre a Regent's Park na London, inda ita da Scutt suka tsara Carousel da Fiddler. Ta kuma rungumi ayyukan da ke haɗa ƙwarewar gine-gine da na wasan kwaikwayo, kamar Sadler's Wells East, wanda ya buɗe a shekarar da ta gabata. Alamar neon a saman ƙofar tana shelar: "Kuna maraba" – amma hasken da ke cikin ginin dole ne ya ci gaba da wannan maraba daga safe zuwa dare.
Ko da yake tana faɗaɗa aikinta, gidan wasan kwaikwayo yana riƙe da ainihin jan hankalinsa a gare ta. "Kana da hasken aiki a kunne kuma sararin yana kama da lebur – sannan ka sanya fitila kuma an canza shi. Ɗan sihiri ne."
Into the Woods yana a gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Noël Coward, London, har zuwa 9 Janairu
Tambayoyin da ake yawan yi
FAQs Into the Woods a West End Menene Makamin Asiri
1 Menene Into the Woods game da shi
Wasan kwaikwayo ne na Stephen Sondheim wanda ke haɗa tatsuniyoyi na gargajiya – Cinderella, Jack da Beanstalk, Little Red Riding Hood da Rapunzel – cikin labari ɗaya game da buri, sakamako da al'umma
2 Menene makamin asiri bayan wannan shiri
Ƙungiyar ƙirƙira da shiryawa – shirin darakta Timothy Sheader mai ƙirƙira sananne ne saboda ba da labari mai zurfi da ƙira mai wayo maimakon ɗaukar manyan taurari
3 Wanene ya rubuta kiɗa da waƙoƙi
Stephen Sondheim ya rubuta kiɗa da waƙoƙi, James Lapine ya rubuta littafin
4 Shin ina buƙatar sanin tatsuniyoyin da farko
A'a – wasan yana ɗauka ka san abubuwan asali kuma yana wasa da su ta hanyoyin da kowa zai iya bi. Sanin labaran yana ƙara ƙarin barkwanci kawai
5 Shin ya dace da yara
Yana dacewa da iyali amma ya fi sigar Disney duhu – jarumai suna mutuwa kuma akwai batutuwan manya. Gabaɗaya ana ba da shawara ga manyan yara zuwa sama
6 Tsawon wasan nawa ne
Kusan awa 2 da minti 45 ciki har da hutu, ko da yake ainihin lokacin gudu ya bambanta da shiri
7 Wadanne waƙoƙi aka fi sani
Agony, No One Is Alone, Children Will Listen da Giants in the Sky
8 Menene ma'anar Sondheim spectacular
Yana nufin shiri mai ƙawa mai inganci na wasan kwaikwayo na Sondheim – shirye-shiryensa sananne ne saboda kiɗa mai rikitarwa da waƙoƙi masu wayo da yawa
9 Me ya sa ake ɗaukar Sondheim da wahalar yin wasa
Makin kiɗansa suna da rikitarwa ta kiɗa tare da ƙwaƙƙwaran rhythm, waƙoƙin patter mai sauri da zurfin motsin rai waɗanda ke buƙatar ƙwararrun mawaƙa
10 Menene bambanci tsakanin wasan mataki da fim ɗin 2014
Fim ɗin ya yanke wasu waƙoƙi da kayan aiki – sigar mataki ta fi cikawa kuma tana barin ƙungiyar ta haskaka
11 Menene Prologue kuma me ya sa yake da muhimmanci
Babbar lambar buɗewa mai tsawo tana gabatar da kowane hali da burinsa. Ita ce injin dukan wasan – idan ka rasa ta, sauran ba su da ma'ana sosai
12 Wadanne matsaloli na gama gari ne shirye-shirye ke fuskanta
Daidaita babbar ƙungiya da kiyaye saurin waƙoƙi a bayyane
Yayin da babban shirin da ya shahara Into the Woods ke mamaye West End, menene makamin asiri a bayan wannan wasan kwaikwayo na Sondheim?
