CHENNAI: Children can easily be enticed, as it’s their nature to be inspired by anything. But to sustain it requires a lot of effort, because they can easily move to something else, once they feel a slight boredom. But in the case of the musical play, Atita Outta Thiz World, staged recently at Museum Theatre, Egmore, there was something to look forward to in every scene for the audiences who comprised not just children, but a lot of youngsters, grown ups and a few expats.In the first play, ‘Atita ...’ of the second edition of Little Festival, the plot — getting into a different universe altogether and encountering its ‘keeper’ — was interesting enough to grab the audiences’ attention.Tiny, a scientist, and Babu, his assistant, find a strange object near a meteorite crash site. Tiny gets excited and reels off to Babu about how he can repair the world with it, until he accidentally unlocks the object. What comes out is a community of aliens to the extreme fright of Tiny and Babu. Both of them along with the aliens get into the meteorite, which is a universe in itself with its own rules and forces.The play ceaselessly moved with the help of dances that helped to pep up the mood. It was particularly so, when Babu challenges the aliens to dance instead of silambattam, a form of martial art in Tamil Nadu, to decide the winner. Tiny and Babu are not the only humans in the new universe, but there is another girl who lost her way into it. When all three decide to escape, comes the keeper of the universe and commands that they’re going to live ‘very shortly’.Whether Tiny and Babu were able to take the girl back to their world formed the engaging climax.All the characters enacted their part fairly and among them, Dinesh, who played Babu, stood out with a masterful performance.He stole the show with his humourous ways of dialogue delivery and body language. Abishek Joseph George, who played Tiny, was equally good and the places where he gets romantic with the girl in an alien world created a laugh riot.As much as the actors, people at the backstage worked equally hard without whom the slow motion scenes wouldn’t have been possible. Lighting deserves a special mention here.Nipun Nair and Vikram Sarathy were excellent with their music. Director B Krihanakumar, who played the keeper in the play, excelled in both the roles.The second play titled, Heungbu – Nolbu, will be held on July 7, Thursday.The third play, TROI, will be held on July 9, Saturday.
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