JadeMidori - 17 May 2008 01:45:14
So, it’s univ week at college. It’s actually a LOT of fun. We have themes for every day. Today was “I wish I was…” I was from feudal Japan. Yay! Lol. Had the play fest today as well.
2nd yrs- 9 cigarettes
Basically, the story is about these gangsters. Starts off with one of the characters asking another if he could have his ‘lucky’ cigarette. The latter, who is on the floor, just lies there. The first guy, Pablo, laughs and comments saying “of course not. You’re DEAD.” Then the story keeps flashing back to different instances in the same room.
The first flashback has them sitting together and smoking while there are three cigarettes. Pablo’s askin his friend why he “fucked with him”. Pablo has escaped from prison and has come back for revenge. The flashbacks go on with the number of smokes in the pack going from 1 to 3, then 5, 7 and finally 9. When there are 9 cigarettes left, we realize that the other guy realizes Pablo is after him and poisons one of the cigarettes.
I think the play was done BRILLIANTLY. G.J played the part of Pablo perfectly. His dialogues, gestures and specially expressions, were all so real, it was a pleasure to just watch it. The story itself is rather cool. ^_^. There may be a lil bias-ness creepin in. Lol, after all it is a play on the mafia, but still…
(No time, so for now I’m gonna skip the summaries)
4th yrs – Romeo met Juliet and kept walkin on.
This play was awesome, if just for the killer end! Lol. The acting was good. Actually made you go “awww” once in a while. Couldn’t hear all the dialogues though. Still, it was a good play.
3rd yrs – Sachin’s sixer (or something of the effect)
It was a funny play. The Arab-Italian’s accent was interesting, and the 4 different “terrorists” with their totally different –I don’t believe I am using this word but – ideologies were hilarious, especially when they argued over who really caused the plane crash. I also really liked the Bombay “bhai” character. All well portrayed.
1st yrs –
This play was simply STUNNING. The characters were well etched out. We had backgrounds and stories and reasons and motives. Though it was the only play with a chosen script (and not a made up one), the production itself was amazing. I LOVED K.A’s character portrayal of Javed. Frikkin brilliant. He was perfect, and I mean literally perfect. There was not a single line which left us thinking he could have delivered it better. The tortured confused, yet confident Javed was simply a pleasure to watch! The mother herself was so funny. Every nuance had been worked out and the amount of work that had gone into it could be seen. Also, N.N outdid himself! You can actually feel his frustration rise through the play. I guess that’s what made the play so great. Every character took you with them through their motives and, in the end, there was not one person who made you feel he/she was wrong for the way they acted, simply because the reasons were so well explained through their acting itself. S.C was amazing too, even if she had a relatively small role. S.A was adorable as the young child-bride.
I think overall, the play was a grand success, even if it was a tad too long.
5th yrs
Will update later.
