"Lost in ICELAND"




I've been waiting for some good plays since the start of holidays.Happened to catch up with a good one on Tuesday.This was from a famous theatre group from chennai called Evam.They are mainly known for their slapstick comedy and well formatted scripts.
Art was no different.Cant say the play was an outright comedy but it did have much more than just entertaining the audience for 90 mins.
So,we had 3 characters "Serge,Marc,Yvan" with contrasting personalities and "The Anthreos" painting which forms the backbone of the script.And yes..How can i forget the filler "baby chubby" who seemed to play the music with his wand between two scenes during the change of props.Serge and Marc have been facing a lean patch in their relationship but it falls apart when Serge displays the painting.Serge has paid 200,000 franc for it and Marc writes it off as "piece of shit!!".Marc had been influential in moulding Serge who now thinks he is 'past his time'.And we have Yvan who forms the comical character and inspite of his terrible family problems hangs between these revolting personalities hoping for a compromise and ends up exposing his own emotional weakness.
We only have a vague idea of the painting which Marc describes as"a white painting with white lines!!".The script finally opens up when the two agree for a compromise with a trial period and ends with Marc describing the painting.
I'm too tempted to reveal what the painting actually contained..but there wont be any excitement or suspense left about the play.But,when your hear what actually the painting implied,your heart stops for a second and the only thing you crave is to be a part of the painting and everything else around seems insignificant!!!!