Bengal Bungalow to go bongo!
The great Jehan Aloysius and his
cronies at CentreStage Productions are cooking something entirely
Bengali backage! The types of a dramatic kind are reviving some Bengali
nights with the satirical comedy Bengal Bungalow from September 17-19 at
the Lionel Wendt Theatre.
 Conceived and conceptualised by Jehan himself, Bengal Bungalow is a
racy, fast-paced drama with shrewd twists and lewd turns! Tasting
immense success and awesome reviews six years ago, the performance will
be a fund-raiser for their theatre-based humanitarian effort to empower
many differently-abled talent into channels of joy.
According to Jehan, Bengal Bungalow is the “wackiest and wildest
presentation from CentreStage Productions”. Definitely it is in for some
slapstick and punchy satire that is bound to keep you off the edge of
your seats.
Set in Bengal in the late 1930s, Bengal Bungalow was written in a
colonial style of British farcical theatre, with hapless identities,
witty characters and hot-water trouble!
The story follows quite a bizzare British family living in India,
whose home, the Bengal Bungalow, becomes the melting pot of a mayhem
circus when a British pilot accidentally crashes into their newly
refurbished guestroom.
Suffering from the aftermath, the so-called pilot loses his memory as
a result of the crash and this ends up in a plethora of whimsical
misunderstandings, nonsensical idiosyncrasis and a medley of mirth. Lady
of the house, Lillian “selects” the pilot as her husband and marries him
immediately, upsetting her suitor Charles Worthing who is really not
worth much.
Adding the icing to the cake is a multitude of British and Indian
characters, encompassing from a hapless priest, a notorious robber to
the pilot’s actual wife which tail breaks into more animated comedy!
Then comes an angered, finger-pointing mahout and a menagerie of animals
in which the plot tumbles and twirls into a harrowingly crazy
experience.
However, Jehan also told us, “Bengal Bungalow is looking for a
corporate sponsor right now and it’s important to note that CentreStage
Productions has consistently promoted original theatre and staged an
average of three shows a year.
However, in the last five years, the troupe hasn’t had a single
corporate sponsor except for An Inspired Swan Lake which was partnered
by One Trust Sri Lanka”. He said that english theatre needs plenty of
support from the State if they are to continue their efforts to help
drama in the country. He added, “The proceeds of our shows are used to
promote theatre workshops and continue our humanitarian work around the
island, so we would really appreciate supporters from companies with a
CSR objective.”
Bengal Bungalow has proven in the past to be an audience favourite.
So potential sponsors are encouraged to contact Jehan on [email protected]
as they have attractive sponsorship packages! |
