Culture abounds - My Autopsy

My Autopsy is a poetic dark comedy, written, enacted and conceived by Hamish. Hamish’s multi-layered performance, arguably drawn from his auto-biography, has been staged at multiple venues and won rave reviews from the audience. My Autopsy, directed by Fif, was recently performed on three successive nights in February in Auroville.

Marlenka, who saw the piece twice, writes, “Hamish is a one-man show. Imagine: for 75 minutes, non-stop, this man performed energetically and continuously. He spoke, he sang, he played two musical instruments, he imitated bird and animal and motorbike sounds as well as various accents, so very smoothly transitioning from one to the other without missing a beat, one wondered when and where and if he had time to take a breath. And all of this while moving about on stage. No, he never stood still. The range of emotions Hamish expressed, humour, pathos, fear, outrage, fear was thrilling and touching. He reminded me of the brilliant Charlie Chaplin in his footwork and body movements. In my opinion, Hamish has raised the bar for theatrical talent in Auroville. It’s really a privilege to see such work.”