day 35 - finalllllly!

this post is for day before day!
The day wen I finalllllly finalllllly saw a Play! Yep theatre's wat I'm talkin about...
I've for years wanted to go for one... Plans got cancelled at d last min on many occasions...or laziness of family to travel far from home on a weekend meant I never saw a Play....
Till.... 22nd April wen I saw one without planning to watch it at all...
Though this was a different genre of theatre...a musical and dance cum one-man play based on the life and works of the great Sufi saint - Amir Khusro.
A Play is far more real than cinema -
1. thre's no screen....
2. its all or none... The movie's not finalised for release till ethings picture perfect.... Here, u can practice endlessly, but on the D-day, what matters is what the artist does 'that' day... Seeing it this way parallels it with life... Its reality all d way thru'... No matter how well u plan for it or practice for d future... What matters most is how u fare in the Present. .. How u live each day, each moment...
3. the artist essays the role of a common man or woman...by essaying the role on the stage - we connect instantly... Coz we also play our various roles on the stage called Life...
4. Feedback is instant, obvious n instinctive.... the audience's reaction can be guaged spot on... In life, the notion of genuine feedback, or the idea of praising / criticising someone, on the spot, direct uncolored opinion is not always appreciated... I wonder y...

All in all, a good beginning...n looking fwd to watching millions of theatre work in the years to cum !!