Smiles, threats, expectations: scenes from the play.‘Message in a Bottle’ was an inspiring, well produced community play and a testament to the creative juices flowing in Auroville. Above all, it was great fun with a street smart kick at times. Mixing Auroville references with global ecological implications and a hint of pantomime, it was delivered with funky music, dances, story line, and a moral to boot.
Describing itself as an adventure comedy thriller, telling the story of four river-dwellers in a desperate race against time to save their river from being blocked by a soft drink company, the plot involved an imprisoned Cassandra sending a message in a bottle which travelled all the way down to Waterville (sound familiar?), the sleepy river town. She appeals for help to be rescued in the village of Effluviam by the next full moon in order to succeed her recently departed teacher as the next Oracle. The antagonists were the power hungry – and imprisoning – Pompous Crumpet, who ...
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