The Play

Parents must go to see their children’s theatrical events. Nandita is in a children’s theatre group where adults go even when their offsprings aren’t part of the performance. The troupe is put together by a man who works with the kids for a year. They write the play, contribute to ideas for set design and costumes, and select the music. They appear in a number of performances around the area. As a friend in Ste. Cergue says, she wouldn’t dream of missing it.

I’ve watched Nandita mature as a performer, but she always had great stage presence from the time she terrified an audience as a jaw-snapping crocodile although she was much smaller than any self-respecting frightening crocodile would be.

This is her last year with the group. As she goes into her teens her life is filling up with other things. I will probably go to next year’s play, but it won’t be quite the same without her.