Treya's Last Dance
Feb. 21st, 2016 05:52 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lathanyLast week, I visited the Bridewell Theatre for another lunchbox performance. This time of Treya's Last Dance. This is a show that premiered at the Hollywood Fringe Festival 2015.
This performance was 45 minutes of what the website, fairly accurately, describes as: "A side-splitting, heartbreaking story of life, love and loss."
The full(er) blurb is: "Treya (played by Shyam Bhatt) openly explores LGBT-related issues, feminism and discrimination in a hilarious and poignant way, within the context of the second generation immigrant experience, where the struggle to preserve cultural identity within the midst of change is real and still ongoing. (Warning: contains very strong language.)"
By the way, they're not joking about the language - the four letter C word made an appearance, to some shocked gasps in the audience.
I thought it was both funny and tragic and considered it really excellent. It's entirely a one-woman show (the writer and actor is Shyam Bhatt and she's brilliant) and she acts, mimics several accents and also dances (a little, right at the start).
It was only supposed to last for four performances last week - but it's been extended by a couple of performances on Wednesday and Thursday this coming week if anyone wants to/is able to see it.
This performance was 45 minutes of what the website, fairly accurately, describes as: "A side-splitting, heartbreaking story of life, love and loss."
The full(er) blurb is: "Treya (played by Shyam Bhatt) openly explores LGBT-related issues, feminism and discrimination in a hilarious and poignant way, within the context of the second generation immigrant experience, where the struggle to preserve cultural identity within the midst of change is real and still ongoing. (Warning: contains very strong language.)"
By the way, they're not joking about the language - the four letter C word made an appearance, to some shocked gasps in the audience.
I thought it was both funny and tragic and considered it really excellent. It's entirely a one-woman show (the writer and actor is Shyam Bhatt and she's brilliant) and she acts, mimics several accents and also dances (a little, right at the start).
It was only supposed to last for four performances last week - but it's been extended by a couple of performances on Wednesday and Thursday this coming week if anyone wants to/is able to see it.
