NEW TIATRO "VIVA LONDON"
Opening Trio Song
Yesterday, 20th
of this month, Tuesday, I saw the new Tiatro
of the well known writer-director Tomazinho Cardoso, at Kala Academy A/C
Hall, at 7.00 PM. The hall was packed to
capacity and it was at noon itself that the all tickets sold situation declared. This was something unimaginable but became
imaginable only because of the name and fame of Tomazinho Cardoso as the best
script writer and director having won laurels in this field innumerable times
in the past.
Duet by Akash & Queeny
I know Tomazinho Cardoso
since very young age as a singer in the Church as a small boy, as a singer on
the Stage in the local Tiatros especially Church orgnised ones and as a
Tiatrist in my locality and elsewhere in Goa.
He is a versatile personality from very young age gifted with lot of specialities
but Tiatro being his forte. He is also a
great Mandoist having won best prizes in the Mando Festival competitions in
both the categories, original and traditional. Besides, he was gifted with very good soccer talent
which he displayed from very early age in Candolim and in ambient villages and also
at Inter Collegiate tourneys. He was a
very good ball player with powerful left footer thru which he scored many
goals. It was just a pleasure to play along with him. If he had to concentrate a little more, he
would easily walk into any of the then top clubs of Goa such as Salgaocar, Dempo, Sesa, Shantilal and Vasco. He was a very decent player on the field and a
non - belligerent.
A scene: Irene - Christopher - Carvalho
As a politician all
knows his credentials and I need not further elaborate on this. But one thing I
stress here is that during his long tenure as a Sarpanch he did not indulge in
corruption and looting the village as it was done after him. He served the village by acting upright
without any sex or money scandal. He is a top bilingual writer and his writings
are spread everywhere even in the form of books.
Duet by: Maria Cardoso & Joao Cardosso
His Tiatro Viva London presented by Kala Mogi,
Candolim raised the name of Candolim to the pedestal and it had a special class
in itself in the sense it gives a very good lesson to those who blindly aspire
for life in London and in the end suffer miseries. Irene Cardoso carry maxim credit for playing
the role of the mother, then comes Shivanand Naik as her son and then Selza
Lopes as the British wife. Comedy role
was well played by Christopher. The role
played by Edwin as Panty was good but the statements exchanged on him referring
to his name as Panty sounded a bit vulgar and unpalatable. It looked to be an
undignified part of the otherwise dignified play by the dignified playwright.
One more scene
The Side-Show songs were good but the duet
rendered by Queeny with Akash was worth
admiring especially the way they rendered it with mellifluent voices. The duet rendered by Joao Cardoso with Maria Cardoso
was excellent so also the romantic solo of Maria Cardoso. The duo of Tomazinho Cardoso with Luis was
politically meaningful.
Duo: Tomazinho & Luis
Well done Tomazinho
Cardoso and his troupe. So also Kala Mogi, Candolim.
One more scene
A.Veronica Fernandes,
Candolim, Goa.
Tel: 7507394349.
