Saturday Night's Alright for Kvetching

Went to watch MADC's 'Kvetch' (comedy by Steven Berkoff) last night . Maltagirl and Mike were there too , as well as the Pea and her hubby *waves*. It was fun and very 'naughty' (one scene in particular!)! Alan Montanaro, Izzy Warrington, Vanessa Attard, Edward Degaetano and Chris X. Grech all did very well. Edward was a bit young for the role he played but I was quite impressed to see him carry it off nonetheless!

I love Berkoff and always make it a point to watch any of his plays presented locally. 'Kvetch' is very well-written and funny in a 'black, wicked humour' kinda way. It is also very, very technical. Or rather, the director Frederick Testa chose to direct it in a way which really made the lighting essential. Basically, whenever the characters were 'thinking' to themselves, the light changed completely. Sometimes we only knew that a certain character was thinking (ie) not talking aloud because of the light changes. Which meant that they had to be perfect. However, especially in the first act, they very often weren't perfect, which spoilt it a bit for me. Basically, I am of the opinion that if you are going to rely so heavily on the light cues, they have to be 100% perfect. (90% is good... but not good enough!) Yes, I am a stickler for these things.

Anyway, that bugged me! Otherwise, I found the direction tight (although I do think it was played too much for laughs) and the acting good. Oh, and the way they turned the table into a bed was pure genius!

Yesterday, we were also invited to the opening of Lisa Falzon's exhibition at St James Cavalier so we went there straight after the Manoel. I love Lisa's work - it is so refreshing to find an artist of her age with such an amazing 'black' sense of humour. We had never met face-to-face (ony through email), so it was really nice to meet her 'properly' at last!

Her exhibition is fantastic. It is called 'The Secret' and runs until the 5th May and I really, really suggest you check it out. Hubby fell in love with one of her paintings called 'The Green-Eyed Monster' but it was already sold. However, there is another one we both fell in love with and really want to get. But *sigh* we have the spiza of the blessed bathroom (one week to go!) this month. So, if there are any benfactors out there who would like to get me a Lisa Falzon original for Easter... hehehe just joking (unless Bill Gates is reading this, in which case, he can get me the whole exhibition).