NEW TIATRO “THANK YOU
GOD” BY PAL SOARES.
Yesterday 7th
of this mnth I had the previllege to watch the new Tiatro “THANK YOU GOD”
written and directed by one of the best playwrights among the Tiatro writers
and directors, Pal Soares who is especially come to Goa to stage this Tiatro,
from Lndon where he is working there.
Seen above is Pal Soares thanking his troupe and the audience
Much to my expectation
this Tiatro reached to its nadir story wise, of course as usual. His earlier Tiatros were also had great
quality in them. Pal Soares currently carry the unique distinction of keeping
the tradition of writing best of Tiatros as they were written earlier by our
gigantic Tiatrists. His topics are
totally different from what we cheaply nowadays get in the Tiatro industry and
the greatness of his Tiatros lies in the beautiful “Cantos” he introduces in
his Tiatros just as he did in this Tiatro.
Olga Vaz seen singing her solo on Goan communal Politics
The Play was vehemently
shouldered on their shoulders by all the participating artistes among whom I
can easily rate the performance of
Chitra as the best where with her majestic personality and appropriate acting
she wins the hearts of the audience by playing the role of the wisdomatic
mother. Never ever before I saw her at
her best as it was in this Tiatro where Pal Soares ceated her the most
appropriate role. In this role, she
really displays her maturity and experience she gained during the preceding
years.
Seen above are the New Comedy Queen Ivon and Comedian Jesus
I don’t have the proper
words to highlight in the bold capital letters the greatness of Jessica Gomes
in enacting her role as the unmarried mother of a child. Her personality, beautiful looks and
appropriate dress code and of course the delivery of her statements rocked the
hall which was though not full. Her
conversation and argument with her ex-boyfriend in the second session of the
Tiatro were of Hemletic nature and at moments it melted the hearts of the
audience. I saw some in the audience
even with tears in their eyes. Her style of delivery and body language and
appropriate posture gave better touch to her performance. The director deserves highest compliments for
selecting her for this role. Earlier,
the great C.Alvares used to utilize the talents of the female artistes in a
similar manner.
Seen above is Camilo singing his solo on Body Organs
Godwin does justice to
his role and especially the short eloquence he delivered on the benefits of Alcholic
Anonymous. I am sure many among the
audience must have gained the benefits of what he spoke. His vocals were very powerful and he excelled
in delivering the Cantos. His dialogues
and arguments with his brother Oldrin were superb. I fail to understand why such smart artistes
are not seen in more Tiatros. Like Pal Soares, other prominent directors must
also induct in their Tiatros such artistes.
We must encourage them further to rise up and flourish on the Konkani
Stage. The small roles played by Cruz Pinto as the father and by Sanaya as the
daughter were laudable. The role played by the young girl Francisca as an
illegitimate child was very impressive.
Youngster Estenecio singing his solo
It is to the credit of
director that every artiste played his or her role well inspite of the lack of proper
rehearsals. According to my information
due to unavoidable circumstances, Pal
Soares at the last moment was to stop staging this Tiatro now but “Thank You
God”, with the strong backing of all the artistes he finally took the step to
go ahead and because of this, audience like me who are hungry for the good
script and good enactment managed to quench our thirst of witnessing a
beautiful story. And precisely because of this, I feel those who are interested
in watching a Tiatro with good story like what we used to watch from the
yesteryear top Tiatrists, they must not miss this Tiatro. Pal Soares also plays a small role which is
liked by the audience. Jose also played a nice role of a goonda type boy.
A Scene where the lovely pair of Godwin & Jessica are seen
In the Side-Show songs,
as usual, Olga Vaz stole the show by rendering a powerful political solo where
she tore the BJP Government in Goa under Parricar, into pieces especially for the
harassment and persecution they give to the Christians. She even questioned the
Christian members of BJP why they kept their silence when Parricar government
is working so hard to destroy Christianity in Goa. She called all the Christians MLA’s of BJP as
impotent to raise their voices against injustice done to Christians. She also
rendered a nice duet with Anil Pednecar.
Marcos Vaz rendered a song on the effect of the Coal in Vasco. Both the
solos of Camilo were well rendered especially the second one on the importance
of our organs, namely the Heart, the Brain and Kidneys. Young boy Estencio by
rendering a nice solo indicated that another star is already born in the
constellation of Konkani Stage.
Anther scene where Pal Soares & Pinto are seen
Musical score for this
Tiatro was beautifully provided by James & Shennon and troupe.
Yet one more scene where Comedians Pitush & Ivon are seen
Though the Tiatro and
artistes were good but the director has goofed in starting the Tiatro at 3.15
PM instead of at 3.30 PM as indicated in the Newspaper.
Sanya is seen singing her solo
Though the artistes
performed well yet the Mike system was faulty as everything what is said on the
stage was not very audible to entire the audience.
The last scene where the reunion is seen
Though the artistes
performed well yet the Mike system was faulty as everthing what is said on the
stage was not very audible to entire the audience.
The Cantos need to be
rendered a bit louder, only when Godwin and Jessica rendered them, they were
audible.
Congratulations to Pal
Soares and his entire troupe. Well done Pal.
A.Veronica Fernandes.
A.Veronica Fernandes.
