Bollywood KaBOOM!
This performance was so crazy that it is definitely worth seeing. Opera group Skaala together with
Shava (band) performs at Turbiinisali in Kaapelitehdas (one performance in the
beginning of December also in Savoy Theatre) Bollywood KaBOOM! (also called a
bhangra opera musical). It is pretty much impossible to describe this
performance with one word; it is a baffling mixture of everything that you can
think of.
I cannot exactly say
what the story was, but it had something in common with West Side Story – I
think. But the story is actually a secondary issue, when you meet a bhangra guy
who was as expressive as an Easter Island Moai statue, some opera singers who
could have managed even without their microphones, a few heavily make-upped
dancers (some Indian mythical characters?) and a couple of people who had
obviously sang in musicals before, too. All singers sang with their voices
songs that had been composed for this piece, where bhangra, pompous western
musical sounds, Slavic tones, classical singing technique and electronic dance
music formed a mad mixture. When you add a gang style fight with knives and an
afterlife scene, you get such a hilarious experience that I at least giggled
several times during the performance.
If you deeply despise
having fun, you’d better stay at home. But if you are interested in a surreal cacophony
of fun, this is the absolute must to see!
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| Bollywood KaBOOM! |
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| Shava |
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