Consider a confused soon-to-be husband who is forced to sit through the trauma of listening to half-baked counsel from two friends. One is an irritating stutterer who needs a kick in his groin to be able to “communicate” or “relate” a simple word like COME. The other is a bald headed young man who is quick tempered to a fault.
Even the smartest guy will dread such a company.
The first showing of Uncle Ebo Whyte’s “He-Loves-Me-He-Loves-Me-Not” was riveting, side-splitting and most importantly, thought-provoking.
It is an unending cycle of humour, intrigue and suspense laced with brilliantly woven dialogue that deserves to be watched again and again by everyone who wants a reason to quit a relationship and a those who want a reason not to.
If you want to have a feel of the various types of prayers, that is, the catholic, orthodox, pentecostal and charismatic, then Uncle Ebo Whyte serves it almost perfectly in his second installment of plays for the year.
The performance was so engaging that after the show, Uncle Ebo Whyte announced that a gentleman had expressed interest in proposing marriage to his fiancée on stage.
It was quite out of the ordinary but when the gentleman went on stage, it was clear that he meant business. It took a great deal of nerve to propose to his fiancée in front of a packed National Theatre auditorium. That was real fun.
He-Loves-Me-He-Loves-Me-Not will not tell you which decision to take to make your relationship better but will present you with an image of yourself that you do not want to see. This image of your self will make you drop your jaw and get you to do something about it.
As usual, Uncle Ebo touched on the values and attitudes of people.
These values are manifest in a well selected cast that interpret the dilemma between the soon-to-be couple, Fiifi and Naa in the most exciting manner.
Naa is a sweet lady with an alter ego that can even scare a lion. When she is having a bad time, you better watch your back and Fiifi (her fiance) cannot make up his mind unless he has conferred with his even more confused friends.
His situation is so precarious he needs the services of a patois-speaking angel to have a semblance of peace of mind, or so it seems.
This might be whetting your appetite but rightly so because you cannot miss out on this well-written piece by Ghana’s finest playwright.
He-Loves-Me-He-Loves-Me-Not will be showing again on this Sunday at 4pm and 8pm and on 11th and 12th June at 4pm and 8pm each day. Get a ticket and enjoy the bliss of comedy and drama on the same platter.
Story by Derick Romeo Adogla/Myjoyonline.com/Ghana
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