There has been a great change in people’s way of entertainment. To my mind, today most people prefer going to cinema or clubbing than spending a weekend watching a theatre. I can’t say that I am a theatre goer, but I am very much fascinated by the live performances and appreciate their talent a lot. I believe, the only thing that can popularize dramatic art is our passion for acting alive, our passion for pondering over our feelings and life problems, which theatre actors can make us do playing this or that character just before your eyes. It's a great experience to feel vividness and energy of actors who act for a limited audience. Theatre will be inferior to movies (in terms of its popularity) as long as we are not accustomed to experience the greatest feeling of being involved into the storm of emotions shared by the public in the auditorium.
Nevertheless after a long wait, I watched a play in Prithvi Theatre Mumbai. The last time I went there, I failed to get a ticket. But this time I reached well in time.
I witnessed the ‘Brief Candle’, a play directed by Lillete Dubey, starring well-known artists like Suchitra Pillai, Joy Sengupta, Amar Talwar, Zafar Karachiwala, Satchit Puranik and Manasi Parekh. The story goes like...
Avedna is a hospital and hospice for cancer and the terminally ill. The founders have requested for a cultural event on founder's day. Dr. Dave, Shanti and some of the terminally ill patients feel that a play written by an inmate who died of Aids related cancer will be an ideal choice. The play is a farce with some extremely funny situations revolving around a hotel room near the airport. As they rehearse the play, the actors discover similarities between themselves and the characters they are playing. It is clear that the dead playwright is speaking to them. The metaphor of arrivals and departures for life and death leaves them with a reflection of their own struggles and needs.
It is a poignant, tale that is also humorous and moving.
Nevertheless after a long wait, I watched a play in Prithvi Theatre Mumbai. The last time I went there, I failed to get a ticket. But this time I reached well in time.
I witnessed the ‘Brief Candle’, a play directed by Lillete Dubey, starring well-known artists like Suchitra Pillai, Joy Sengupta, Amar Talwar, Zafar Karachiwala, Satchit Puranik and Manasi Parekh. The story goes like...
Avedna is a hospital and hospice for cancer and the terminally ill. The founders have requested for a cultural event on founder's day. Dr. Dave, Shanti and some of the terminally ill patients feel that a play written by an inmate who died of Aids related cancer will be an ideal choice. The play is a farce with some extremely funny situations revolving around a hotel room near the airport. As they rehearse the play, the actors discover similarities between themselves and the characters they are playing. It is clear that the dead playwright is speaking to them. The metaphor of arrivals and departures for life and death leaves them with a reflection of their own struggles and needs.It is a poignant, tale that is also humorous and moving.
No comments:
Post a Comment