1,022 downed cups of tea, 940 chomped samosas and innumerable practice sessions later, the 66th Staff College Amateur Dramatics Society (SCADS) was ready to embark on its maiden voyage.
Launched on the 16th of September, the ‘naughtical’ comedy of errors, ‘ALL AT SEA’, saw fairly smooth sailing. My judgment criterion being the loud guffaws (of the men) and the more subdued giggles of their better halves
Loosely based on the mid-20th century play ‘Middlewatch’, ALL AT SEA is set onboard INS Nishaan where a party is being held to mark the culmination of the International Fleet Review. As the night progresses, the singularly mismatched set of officers are forced to grapple with unexpected overnight visitors in the form of two ladies and one crusty admiral. Add to it one grouchy chaperon, a domineering wife, a bumbling petty officer and a past that refuses to go away - and you have the perfect recipe for disaster.
The play ran to a packed house... well ahem...truth be told we had a captive audience - every officer worth his epaulets had to attend. Nonetheless it was an incredible experience and my first at helping script a stage show - worlds apart from corporate videos, AVs and Gabbar virals:)
Unfortunately there were no scandals to speak of, no torrid affairs and no heavy flirting, so all in all we were a fairly dull lot but heck we had fun, and in retrospect even the 2 AM edit of the script (that almost resulted in bloody murder ) was pretty darned funny.
Launched on the 16th of September, the ‘naughtical’ comedy of errors, ‘ALL AT SEA’, saw fairly smooth sailing. My judgment criterion being the loud guffaws (of the men) and the more subdued giggles of their better halves
Loosely based on the mid-20th century play ‘Middlewatch’, ALL AT SEA is set onboard INS Nishaan where a party is being held to mark the culmination of the International Fleet Review. As the night progresses, the singularly mismatched set of officers are forced to grapple with unexpected overnight visitors in the form of two ladies and one crusty admiral. Add to it one grouchy chaperon, a domineering wife, a bumbling petty officer and a past that refuses to go away - and you have the perfect recipe for disaster.
The play ran to a packed house... well ahem...truth be told we had a captive audience - every officer worth his epaulets had to attend. Nonetheless it was an incredible experience and my first at helping script a stage show - worlds apart from corporate videos, AVs and Gabbar virals:)
Unfortunately there were no scandals to speak of, no torrid affairs and no heavy flirting, so all in all we were a fairly dull lot but heck we had fun, and in retrospect even the 2 AM edit of the script (that almost resulted in bloody murder ) was pretty darned funny.
