All the world's a stage.
By ARM
@responsiveme (22926)
India
January 27, 2019 4:25am CST
Well if that is a bit of an exaggeration, most of the small towns and villages are, for the travelling theatres in this season.
There are two stages side by side and the play opens to a packed audience who keep their eyes wide open. These are meant for the masses so there is the hero, heroine, villain, a comedian or two who for some reason drops into incorrect English and generates a lot of laughs. Fist fights and romantic interludes with song and dance are part of it.
There are special effects and props like a jeep or even railway engine chugging up the stage. Golden cages which lower down lovely fairies.
A couple of hours of pure small town entertainment
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
27 Jan 19
In India there is a wide variety.Very much westernised big cities and old fashioned small towns and villages. So different types of entertainment. If one does not look for serious drama ,this is good fun.
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@MALUSE (69388)
• Germany
27 Jan 19
@responsiveme I think the attraction comes also from the fact that people watch together and don't watch TV alone at home. Laughing together with others is more fun.
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
27 Jan 19
@MALUSE that's right, it's a live show and audience is clapping or sniffling.
Having said that many of those who come to see may not have a TV. So these types of theatres and fairs are looked forward too
@sofssu (23662)
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28 Jan 19
@responsiveme Hmm.. I wish I could. Let's hope, sometimes soon.
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
27 Jan 19
Be sure to visit Assam in winter. This is pure small town entertainment.
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@DianneN (247204)
• United States
27 Jan 19
@responsiveme That is just as wonderful, so more people can enjoy them.
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
27 Jan 19
These are not permanent theatres, they travel all over. But their sets are impressive.
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
27 Jan 19
They are great fun, performances are very professional, it's just that the play in question is not a serious one. More of a crowd entertainment
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@allknowing (130837)
• India
27 Jan 19
I remember while at school we had those side shows in front of the closed curtain while behind the curtain arrangements were made for the next scene
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
27 Jan 19
Here there is also an extension ramp type where the dancers come out.at any given time one of the stages is open. That way no one getsbored
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@anil02 (24688)
• India
28 Jan 19
@responsiveme It is interested to watch live performance. Indeed I have not any experience of it.
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
27 Jan 19
Small town people like me. These are live dramas though not cinema.
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
28 Jan 19
That sounds lovely, I'm sure I would have enjoyed it.
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@JudyEv (328675)
• Rockingham, Australia
27 Jan 19
@responsiveme That's wonderful. You must look forward to it each year.
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
27 Jan 19
Three evenings...,they come with 3 dramas. I always get season tickets. It is good theatre but not serious type.
They also do biopics like Cleopatra, Mary Kom, and dramatized version of novels.
...,they come with 3 dramas. I always get season tickets. It is good theatre but not serious type.
They also do biopics like Cleopatra, Mary Kom, and dramatized version of novels.2 people like this
@responsiveme (22926)
• India
27 Jan 19
@Ladanger And romance with clouds of smoke billowing and huge cut out flowers and moon and stars..He he
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@Ladanger (14581)
• United States
27 Jan 19
@responsiveme nothing wrong with humor
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
27 Jan 19
Yes, I did. A live performance is always fun for me.
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@acelawrites (19273)
• Philippines
27 Jan 19
It's fun to watch travelling theaters.
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
3 Feb 19
Ha ha...Not heard of that. But love affairs may bloom anywhere..No particular setting needed
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