Going into this play, as usual I expected rib cracking laughter as did so many of their plays ellicit in their audience.well, the paly had a super cast lined up for the afternoon. these included Andrew Muthure, Veronica Waceke, Maryanne Nungo, Kinyua, Ciko, Bilal Mwaura. all these are seasoned actors and they did not disappoint. well, the play was not entirely as hilarious as i am used to but they did take care of that having described their play as a thriller-comedy.well, let me get to my point and do my job.
the audience was not as full as usual mainly due to the tension that had gripped the country at that time but a sizeable audience still turned up. the play began a few minutes late. the set was immaculately and meticulously set up complete with cabinets, framed photographs vases and all. one would not have missed to tell that it was a house and who exactly it belonged to even if he/she came into the play late. this arrangement and immaculate display of stagecraft also aided the story a great deal.
the story is about two greedy couples plus their equally greedy neighbour who would go to great lenghts even murder to get their hands on a hefty inheritance. they however fail miserably as the person they were trying to get rid of outsmarts them in the end and ends up leaving to go claim the jackport.or should i say, she had outsmarted all of them right from the beginning?
andrew who pllays max, the husband to the first recipient of the inheritance brings out his pat pretty well but could benoticed that he was not in his element. he kept adlibing on and on but thumbs up since the play ran smoothly nevertheless. his relaxed mood on stage was very apparent that one could not help enjoying this performance.
maryanne who plays Mary does not disappoint. she is a hard headed a wife as can be but even these ones occasionally let down their guard which she easily switches to and from when needed. her stage presence could not be missed even to a not so theatre loving person. she seems very comfortable on stage too at one time sending the audience into ripples of laughter when, when running across the stage she clasps her breasts as if preventing them from falling.her ability to cascade from one emotional scale to the other is remarkable
as for edgar, being played by bilal, what do i say? i have seen him in quite a few performances and i must say he worked on this character and he delivered. i have my reservations about his performance during the last part of the play when it looks like he sobered up or did he? i saw that he temporaliry lost his character before regaining it later.
ciku who plays Janet brought out her part as the dumb wife quite beautifully. even in the end when she appears to be the victor, her switchto now the villain in the story is remarkable. personally, ciku actually played this part of her character with much ease than the first part though she did put in a good effort.
Joe Kinyua_ what a character you decided to give George. was George a victim of stroke or was he simply a scared pupy infront of his controlling wife? i think both. so, kudos for maintaining whatever it was u were doing with your hands and keeping up with the farce of being afraid of your wife. i say farce becaus when it came to killing poor suzzane, we saw a transformed George albeit momentarily. i think you merely enjoyed having a tough woman around you and in a strange way the two of you actually loved one anotther.
suzzy- something was definitely off with verduring this show. what? I haveno idea. she looked like an amateur on stage, looked nervous. this performance by vero was more of obligatory thhan actually performing for the love of acting.enoughabout the acting.
i \the directing was unique and one could distinctly tell that this directing had an individual taste to it. by the way, it was directed by Andrew Muthure. the actors flowed through their lines effortlessly and expertly save of course for Vero. the lighting worked well for this play. the mood was emphasized using soundtrack which was relevant. the costuming may i say was up to speed and they even remembered to change to indicate a anew day though i would have preferred dimming of lights too to indicate early morning. the props used were up to standard to and the actors did well to co-operate on stage.
did i mention there was a blackout during the last quarter of the play? the improvisation by the actors made the audience keep watching the play even forgetting about the balckout.
the audience reaction to the play was a positive ones with Edgar and Mary rating as the best performers for the evening.Coming from the play,I had no cracked ribs but had certainly been entertained, it was thrilling alright.
.kudos and keep up!
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