Selective Amnesia

Biloxi Blues - Evam

Evam, the theatre group that should claim credit for popularising/reviving theatre in Chennai, and playing to full houses all this month, also blog.
But that is not what this post is about, is it?

The play, Biloxi Blues (an adaptation of a play of the same name by Neil Simon) can be summed up in a few short words. A three hour play that felt like a five hour one, but didn’t bore.
. The play is about 5 people…nah! You’ll have to see the play to know what the story is. But I’ll tell you this, it’s quite funny and revealing at the same time. The lines are really good. I would rate the lines/dialogues on par with Shawshank Redemption (the closing line of the movie is plain brilliant). Traces of Full Metal Jacket too, in this play. But one little grudge. The dialogues could have been spoken a bit faster, more naturally. The way the lead actors presented, it was as if they were wrought by internal conflict over the propriety of the dialogues.

The best part of the play though, as for every play of evam’s is, is the efficient and clever management of the Stage and props. Minimal props, used effectively. Scenes are changed before your eyes, no hiding behind black screens. As a friend remarked, that’s attitude.

All in all, a good three hours. Do catch the play, today. At Sivagami Petachi Auditorium.