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Hosea - The Musical

Written in 2008 by Cheryl Wong, Hsen Han Khoo, Alex Cheah with music provided by Fiona Chua. The musical is inspired by the book of Hosea from the Old Testament.

Premier performance of the musical is on the 12th September 2008 at the Auckland Girls Grammar 'Dorothy Winstone Centre'. Tickets can be bought from AOCF. More details to be found on our webpage : [1]

The storyline of the musical follows the book of Hosea from the Old Testament. This musical expounds on the parallels between the relationship of Hosea - Gomer, to that of God - his people.

Inspired by both the book of Hosea, and "Reedeming Love"(also inspired by the Old Testament book), this musical is about an hour and a half long. It consists of 13 musical numbers:

Overture 2. Baal Worship 3. Sweet Sweet Gomer 4. Wedding Transition 5. Sweet Sweet Gomer (reprise) 6. The Cry Out

ACT II 7. The Balancing Act 8. Baal Worship (reprise) 9. Age of contentment 10. Slave March Transition 11. Love Torn Faces 12. These Hands

13. The Cry Out (reprise)

The outline of the story is summarized by the musical numbers.

It opens with a scene of Israel worshipping other Gods. Hosea is then seen preaching once again for the repentance of the people. On that very same day, he meets the woman he is told to marry, Gomer. All things going well, soon they get married. However, not long after that, light is shed on Gomer's true colour leaving Hosea to despair, crying out to God in confusion as to why.

Act II opens with the balancing act where we see Gomer tries to covers up evidence of her fling with other men, only to fail. As the comical situation breaks into one of confrontation, it eventually results in a big argument and Gomer storms out of the house to find another of her lover. Hosea turns to God again but is interrupted by two unsettling news. Gomer has ran off with her lover and Zephan, one of his good friends has succumbed to influence and is now part of the worship procession to other gods. Age of Contentment is simply a reflective song of the state of Israel.

The scene quickly moves to Gomer's current situation. Trapped in a cell with other women who will be sold by slaves, we come to realize that her lover was actually a slave trader who uses his charm to trick other women. Love Torn Faces is a tribute to all the women out there who have been hurt in relationship, especially those that have been abused.

The musical comes to a climax when Hosea buys back Gomer in a slave auction. Trading everything that he has to get back his wife that has been unfaithful to him all this while, we get a glimpse of God's love for us as he gave us His Son in exchange for the redemption of his undeserving people.

We come to an end as we see the destruction of Israel as a result of God's punishment to his people. However, amidst the destruction, we see God's grace as he promises to not give up his people although they are most deserving of this outcome.

Hosea.themusical (talk) 04:31, 25 August 2008 (UTC) Hosea.TheMusical