Seen Menino de Bandar singing his solo
Today morning at 10.40, I saw the Tiatro “MAIM”, written and directed by Menino de Bandar, at Mapsa which was attended by a thin crowd who no doubt was small in number but went home with a big satisfaction for having seen one of the best Tiatros of the season.
One scene where Angela as a mother seen in the Centre
Story wise, this Tiatro was excellent as it speaks of very relevant issue very common in our Christian society where the old parents are dumped into the Azilos thus making their life very lonely. The role played by Angela of the Mother who is finally sent to the Azilo is to be highly applauded while the roles played by both the daughters-in-law were excellent. So too the roles played by Franfie and Tari as sons. The concluding scene was very interesting where the sons speak very bad of those sons who send their parents to the Azilos.
Franky with his partner singing a duet
The value of the play increased much because of the excellent “Cantos” which were enjoyed by the audience. Normally these days we don’t see such Cantos in our current Tiatros.
One more scene where both daughters-in-law seen
The comedy part failed to come to the expected level as it did not generate much interest.
Singing a song on Portuguez era law & order
In the Side Show songs, I was pleased to listen to some of the very interesting songs namely, Menino de Bandar’s solo on Dr. Jack Sequeira, Franky’s duet with his partner, both the solos on Pe. Jose Vaz, a Quartel by Menino de Bandar along with his colleagues and a solo on the law and order during Portuguese time.
A Quartel singing
Congratulations to Menino de Bandar and his troupe including for musicians who played beautifully.
A. Veronica Fernandes,
Candolim, Goa.
Tel: 7507394349.