Can anyone predict his death time before he dies? Or can anyone learn to live pretending it to be his last day?
O’ Hennery’s The Last Leaf was like a sheer treat for the theatre buffs on Monday evening. The play was performed at the two-day Theatre Fest 2020 at Shaheed Bhavan.
It was performed by MPSD artists. The Last Leaf play left an impact over the audience. It narrates the story of Amy who suffers from cancer and death is near to her. She lost her will to live. She lives with her friend in an apartment.
Her friend is a happy go lucky girl, knows how to live each moment of life. She always stays playful and cheerful. She believes that each moment should be lived as the life has no guarantee.
Outside the window of their room, leaves fall from an old tree. Amy believes that when the last leaf will fall, she will die. When she shares this with her friend, she scoffs at her foolishness.
There lived a painter and was waiting to create his masterpiece. He brings out the life in Amy with music and with love. Amy was counting the leaves and now there was last leaf left on the old tree.
When Amy wakes up the next morning, she sees the leaf doesn’t fall overnight or the next morning. The leaf stayed there to show how wicked she was wishing to die. She begins to live.
But, the painter dies with lung failure.
Utilising O’ Hennery’s wise and poignant manner, Director showed that how love and care can beat the disease like Cancer.
During the whole play, audience watched each scene with rapt attention. Music and light design added zest in the moods of the scenes. The moving dialogues and the expressive performance captured the eyes of the audience towards the characters.