Dian Xin Dian Xin!

Three's a crowd and that was the case today as I got together with two friends to catch three crazily-funny ladies in Dim Sum Dollies: The History of Singapore.

In a return for a second run of the hit comedy-musical, the Dollies this time re-invent our Singapore's history (everything from Sang Nila Utama to Samsui Women, and Japanese soldiers to Singapore Girl) by giving it a spicy twist, filled with catchy songs, fancy costumes and huge dose of wicked humour.

Blended well into the history-telling, the musical also parodies and pokes fun at controversial current affairs like road blocks, Youth Olympics, Integrated Resorts, en-blocs and so on.

While the Dollies are the main crowd-stealers of the whole show, there's also Hossan Leong who played a supporting cast as "Chopstick" providing equal laughs from his cross-dressing antics as well.

All I have to say is, there's definitely no way you can escape from LOL (laughing out loud) while watching this whole musical. Oh, and I'm totally blast off by the accents the casts created. Especially that of Pam Oei's Makcik character. At least don't sound as irritating as Mark Lee's one in Ah Long Pte Ltd.

Nearing the end of it, I thought National Day was here early. That's because we were led by the entire cast, as part of the closing, into a sing-a-long of some patriotic songs we'd only sing on 9 August and together with mini Singapore flags given to wave to. Weird and slightly embarrassing indeed.

Having never watch a live musical before (film musicals not counted) and a rare opportunity of stepping into one of the grand theatres of the Esplanade, I'm glad that I made the right decision of catching the Dim Sum Dollies.

A past video from the Dim Sum Dollies musical - Parking Pontianak