NEW TIATRO "VIVA LONDON"
Opening Trio Song
Yesterday, 20thof 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
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