from nickcan | Jan 19, 2010

Thank you all for coming last night. I was concerned when the play started that it might be a bit patronising, that the 'Natives' were savages and 'The White Man' would svae the day but was pleased that that tuned out to be not the case at all. I was thrilled to see the group absolutley lapping it up and for a generation brought up on the sophistication of computer games and Avatar and the cinema - I was delighted to see the children so engrossed in the story and the staging. Total suspension of belief.
Ah the staging! Brilliant; the drowning, the boat scene, the storm - all amazing! Now, how can I work all that into the next Christmas Production???
If theatre is to entertain and make you think (and I think its supposed to) then this ticked all the boxes. I went home and turned on the news and saw the devastation in Haiti and thought how they will struggle to rebuild their Nation...can we learn from the mistakes of the past or will society just carry on building itself anew with all the errors of before? Mau tried...lessons should be learned. Listen to me getting all deep and its only 8.20 in the morning and I'm full of cold and very little sleep...I blame the lemsip! Looking forward to hearing everyone's views...on theplay - not my cold!