Tiatr & Tiatrists--great
fare
I was among the 1000-strong audience which attended the show at Kala Academy's
open-air auditorium in Panaji on 25 March. If I was not there, I may have missed
out on a very important programme: Tiatr and tiatrist.
The show was of such a high standard and historical significance that I feel our
Government should take up sponsoring its performances in and outside the state.
If anyone had this query in mind viz "How did the present day tiatro
originate?, the answers were all there enacted on stage by well-rehearsed junior
and senior tiatrists. The history was traced right from the ancient Goan zagor
days to the present-day tiatro and khell tiatr. The new artists deserve a word
of praise as they performed really well. The senior artists were, of course, at
their best but all credit goes to the scriptwriter-cum-director Wilmix who
handled the project most aptly.
Irene Barbosa
Santa Cruz
II
My hearty congratulations to
tiatr director Wilmix for his wonderful handling of the show. Tiatr ani tiatrist,
a programme in Konkani deputing the history of the present day Konkani tiatr. I
witnessed the show on 25 March 2000 at the Kala Academy.
I could never imagine anyone handling such a 'Mega show" a better way,
incorporating the ancient Zagor, the Khell, the origin and progress of tiatr for
the last 108 years and its offshoot the khell tiatr. All this woven in between
with hillarious compering, back stage commentary and songs to mimic the great
Tiatr singer of yesteryears.
I am dumbstruck at Wilmix's singular achivement. Everyone in the audience agreed
that only Wilmix had the capacity and grit to handle a show of such intricacies.
I hope and pray that this show will be staged all over Goa in every village, so
that everyone, Goan in Goa and outside Goa and India are not denied the
opportunity of seeing such a beautiful show.
My congratulations also to the Konkani Bhasha Mandal for undertaking such a
project.
Robert Fernandes
Dona Paula
(Gomantak Times / 15-4-2000)
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