Imps and Love Letter

Imps and Love Letters

Saw two plays this weekend.

Love Letters:
Acted by Rajit kapoor and Shernaz Patel. The play was good and the play script was very similar to “ Tumhari Amrita” by Farooq Sheik and Shabana Azmi.

The play portrays the relationship between two childhood friends, which switches occasionally from friends to sex partners to mentors and guides etc. I personally liked the usage of building blocks as the set…meaning different things at different time. While the play was based in the USA and a few things were difficult to associate it (Tumhari Amrita scores over it because one could easily associate with the different socio-economic conditions). Nevertheless a lovely play with great acting.


IMPS
An experiment to the core and really good improvisation the play was about improvisation with complete participation of the audience. The play was essentially 2 teams of 5 each trying to compete against one another in various short acting scenes (games) with ideas from the audience. While it looked very much like a regular game show exhibited on TV or a college competition, the actors were definitely brilliant. While a lot of it was improvisation and was base on live inputs. A keen eye could easily decipher that much of it could have been pre-planned (enacted). However, full points to the cast (all first timers) who were brilliant. The team play and respect for the other artist’s space was awesome.
My personal favorites were the enactment of playing solitaire while trying to depict the daily life routine of an audience member. Most actors are made to work on improvisation, as any goof-up by any of the artists during the play should go unnoticed and look like a part of the play. In IMPS the actors gave their co-artists enough ground and scope to sail through any dicey situation. Which was lovely.

All and all a good experience.