Adapted
for stage from a story by Roald Dahl the magical musical set in a mad wonderland
is completely bewitching for little children ..
This
magical musical fantasy ‘Wizwits’ is the third and latest production from the
House of Kingdom of Dreams and marked their 4th anniversary last Tuesday.
Scripted and directed by well-known theatre personality Lushin Dubey and
Bubbles Sabharwal an ample dose of song and dance in this musical drama comes
with the social message –‘victory of good over evil’.
ROUGH AN EDGE OF THE SEAT ROLLER
COASTER RIDE
Staged
at their newly opened venue, ‘ShowShaa’, a 250-space auditorium, the audience
transports into a wonderland as fantasy is recreated. So replete with LED
backdrop walls, side wings, LED framed walls that transform the entire ambience
into different settings the show begins. At the Poo Poo Hotel, a strange place
where each object springs to life at just one touch is where the story begins.
Characters are as interesting as the ‘piano man’ who plays by itself, the 'lady
vase’ whose arms are always in motion and affable receptionists ‘Mr. Kake and
his wife Sunita’. Under the very same roof, the scary Wizards and Witches (the
Wizwits) are holding their annual convention. And it is the same time when a
mother arrives at the hotel with a group of children. These bat winged
creatures hatch a bizarre plan to destroy children all over the world by
feeding them poisoned chocolates and turning them into mice! But a few children
with the help of the hotel owners overpower these witches and kill them. And
they also change the mice into children again by pouring a magic potion they
had snatched from the witches into a drum, along with the mice. In the end Good
wins over Evil! What I loved most about the show is the juxtaposed western
elements with everyday Indian sentiments, for example the peppy number ‘Who Let
the Dog's Out’ for the witches on one hand and the mother of the children in
the play dons the garb of a Delhi woman - loud and stylish on the other and all
through fun & frolic, song and dance, keeps the little children glued to
their seats!
FAST FACTS
Wizwits
will be played at ‘ShowShaa Theatre’ at the Kingdom of Dreams from Tuesday to
Friday at 6:00pm and Saturday and Sunday at 12:30pm and 6:00pm each on
weekends.
If
you are an adult you may prefer the ‘Zangoora’ or ‘Jhumroo’ but if you are a
parent of a 5 to 6 year old child, you would enjoy the show too as it would
bring out the child in you when you see yours totally involved.
