Versatility is always a key word for DWAL GODDA Theatre Group of Gharghur.  The members try to alternate their productions: between those based on scripts by well-known local and foreign writers and those resulting from collective intensive workshops. They transform a SPACE within the parish centre at Gharghur according to the production they are working on.
The script of ‘SPIRTU TAL-MELH’ is by Martin Gauci but that is only the
skeleton of the production.  This tackles our departed loved ones’ presence in our lives.
Ruth is a widow whose ‘relationship’ with David is not so rosy. Her husband
Michael’s diary is discovered after 10 years of his demise. Ruth is seen
to be acting weirdly by her children, Sara and Luke.  Her dear friend, Carmen,
suggests a traditional form of ritual (tbahhir) to cleanse the house. Ruth’s
neighbours, Pinu and Pina, give a helping hand.
What follows is all for the audience to discover.  Suffice it to suggest
that something in ‘IN-NANNA’S’ tbahhir seems to have gone wrong.  Michael’s
presence is being felt even more by Ruth: something her dear ones cannot comprehend.
Is it that difficult for someone ‘from beyond’ to explain in simple words his
version of what is life on ‘that side of heaven’?  Or … can we (on this
side) ever understand?  But Michael’s suggestion somehow seems to hold ground:  ‘Smile …and … enjoy it’.  It is not always that simple.
It may seem weird that DWAL GODDA actors are projecting ‘SPIRTU
tal-MELH’ as half-way between a play and a comedy in two acts and a half.  It will not be that difficult for their audiences to understand why.  After all, somehow, somewhere we all feel suspended between ‘there and here’ – and not only during a Halloween prank.
DWAL GODDA will present ‘SPIRTU tal-MELH’ at Gharghur on Friday 14th
November at 8.00pm and on two Sundays: 16 and 23th November at 6.30pm. Michael will finally try to explain how he used to (and is still) enjoying a (very) different kind of EUROVISION from the ‘beyond’…