Portrait

here’s a post that cerno made after having watched the opening night’s performance of chatroom last night.

Chatroom Rocks!!!!!!

Just got back from Punchi theatre. What a show. What a show! Theater like the ancients meant it! Well done bravo and all that..

the rest of the post here.

all i can say is, thank you. thank you for coming and thank you for blogging about your thoughts. at the end of the day, we’re there up onstage to talk about a very serious and crucial issue that absolutely needs to be addressed. to us success is two fold; whether we’ve lived up to the expectations of the audience and whether we’ve given you something to think about.

at the center of the play chatroom is the dark and complicated matter of suicide. last night my friend hiran told me that there are thousands of teenagers every year that broadcast their suicides over the internet for the whole world to see. what drives someone to do this? what gives them the idea? what makes them feel that hopeless about this life we live?

theatre is an art, a form of expression. and we’re getting up there on two more occasions to try and find the answers to the questions raised above. of course the answers themselve are elusive and no one is sure if they exist at all. what we can do is bring these topics to forums of discussion, have people talk about it and find resolutions together. and if not resolutions, then, a way to deal.

chatroom, by enda walsh, is a mind adventures theatre production directed by tracy holsinger.

come and see for yourself.

chatroom is being staged at the punchi theatre in borella, tomorrow (the 28th) and the day after (the 29th). tickets available at the theatre. show commences at 8 pm and is an hour long.