The Rocking Rats
For three nights in late September, the venerable premises
of the Sri Aurobindo Auditorium were invaded by assorted mice, rats and cats
who gambolled, strutted, cartwheeled, yawned, danced, insinuated and sang their
way across the boards. Yup, it was musical time again. The last time Paul Blanchflower brought us
one of his no-holds-barred productions it was all about pirates, sorcery and
derring-do on the high seas. This year it was the turn of mice and rats to
discover solidarity in their efforts to survive the vicious city cats, for
long-separated lovers to be reunited, and for one mouse in particular, the
audacious Milli, to discover her true self.
There were many memorable moments: Ting and Tang (Clare and
Jana), the horribly-spoiled house cats, encountering an empty food bowl for the
first time in their lives; Felicious (Jesse) introducing the reluctant Tin and
Tang to the sadhana of pure cathood; Septus (Otto), the blind city sewer rat,
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