Carolyn Johnson, Freelance Writer
Left: Robert is dismayed when his son Karl proposes to Sam, the woman with whom he had an extramarital affair. Right: Sam chats with Maria Walters, played by Grace McGhie in the play 'True Colours', playing at Pantry Playhouse, Dumfries Road, New Kingston. - PHOTOS BY WINSTON SILL/FREELANCE PHOTOGRAPHER
TRUE COLOURS, written by Nyanda Cammock and Douglas Prout, is a typical tale of a love gone bad.
The play, directed by Prout, is staged at the Pantry Playhouse, New Kingston, and features actors Grace McGhie, Maria Walters, Alwyn Scott and Max Woodham.
The play's plot is similar to a Lifetime movie - a married man has an extramarital affair with a woman who turns psycho when he ends the affair.
Alwyn Scott plays Robert Webster, the married man sleeping with Mantha, played by Walters.
The plot travels the typical route of what happens when a woman is scorned. At the begining of the play, Mantha is a happy, adventurous women who is obviously in love. However, her romance has no happy ending.
The action and humour of the play begin when Mantha starts to get her revenge. And the mantra 'All's fair in love and war' seems to apply here.
GOOD FAMILY PLAY
Although the plot is predictable, True Colours is a good family play. It teaches that love overcomes all.
Where True Colours lacks originality it makes up for in production. The set design and colour are realistic and creative.
The set is so designed to easily make the transition from an office to the Websters' and Mantha's living rooms.
With the exception of Woodham, the acting is also commendable. Scott and Walters were good. They were even more convincing when they got upset and had heated arguments. McGhie was believable as the prim, upper middle class wife, clueless to the world around her. Only when she defended her husband did we see any fire in the character.
Woodham, however, was weak. He was unconvincing as the young metro-sexual professional.
