A scene from Technicolour Dream 2 staged in Guwahati. A Telegraph picture

A unique musical, Technicolour Dream 2, produced and directed by Robijita Gogoi, was staged at the Kalakshetra recently.

A collaboration between Jirsong Theatre Group and Dreams Unlimited, Nagaland, the musical offered a fusion of drama, experimental theatre, manifestation of cultural habits and current socio-political concerns.

The musical was neither a political narrative nor an exclusive commentary on the contemporary scene of the trouble-torn state. What the sensitive young director tried her hand at was a bird’s eye view of the composite socio-cultural scene, represented through imaginative montage of audio-visual displays on screen and on stage.

The arresting quality of music was the key that integrated the performance. The striking baritones of rock and country music played live on the stage helped create the ambience of indigenous soil and the process of cultural assimilation. Gogoi made brilliant and meticulous use of folk and urban artefacts to capture the sensibility of the audience.

The themes undertaken were representative and contemporary — excesses of power play, corruption, growing consumerism and changing, personal and social values. The general mood of sombreness in the political part of the narrative was lightened by histrionics and humour but without spoiling the desired effect.

The striking and brilliant use of props helped create an aesthetic ambience.

The artistes performed with adroitness and swift neat movements. The youngsters showed remarkable ease and command over voice modulation and to be precise, in singing.

Actors Zhokhoi Chuzho, Mughato Chishi and Vinino Yepthomi bore potential for diverse challenges. Though restricted within the area of dumb charade and mime, Pranjal Gogoi exhibited extraordinary talent of expression, agile body movement and mono acting.