Wednesday, 16 July 2008
Sunday, 22 June 2008
sOmething sweet (2008)
sOmething sweet
by
Ishwar Maharaj
Directed
by
Victoria Di Pace
Milan (2008)
Ishwar Maharaj as Death
Ishwar Maharaj as Mother of Death
Friday, 15 February 2008
Thursday, 14 February 2008
RIGOLETTO (2002/2005/2007/2009)
Ishwar Maharaj as The Duke's Plaything
'The orgy that opens the opera was much more graphic than I recall. A lengthy all-male ménage à trois (Ishwar Maharaj, Jonathan Fisher and Jochem Van Ast) takes place at an open, upper window, whilst below the Duke discusses his new ‘interest’, Gilda.'
Friday, 1 February 2008
Reviews
Storm In A Teacup
“ISHWAR MAHARAJ (Ferdinand) and Ruth Harris (Miranda) manage to rescue the magic. “ THE LIST
Antigone
“Ishwar Maharaj strikes the right casual and slightly sinister note as the narrator and observer.” TIME OUT
Sweetest Gift
Ishwar Maharaj and Daniel Mckenna; a fatal attraction which is quite convincing.” THE PINK PAPER
“Ishwar Maharaj catches the nervousness of Jeremy, in contrast to the apparent placidity of Daniel McKenna Colin.” WHAT’S ON
Hamlet (The Royal Opera)
“The banquet, in which The Players, (Toby Sedgewick, Clive Mendus and Ishwar Maharaj), perform the murder of Gonzago in pantomime [is] both funny and creepy.” THE SUNDAY TIMES
“The best bits are the foot-tapping drinking songs and the only notable scene, The Players panto.” THE TIMES
‘There is little that is visually striking in the production, the chief exception is the play scene, where the players' dumb show - in which they are in effect acting out the murder of Hamlet's father - casts monstrous shadows over the perpetrators sitting behind’. MUSIC OMH
Cosi Fan Tutte
In a role that was created specially for Ishwar
“Hunky actor, Ishwar Maharaj shimmies in and out of the action looking good enough to eat." THE IRISH TIMES
Shakespeare For Breakfast: The Lost Musicals
“The cast of five, Angela Bleasedale, Rebecca Cooper, Mark Gibbs, Ishwar Maharaj and Tegwen Tucker, were obviously having huge fun with the singing, dancing and multiple action and it infected the room. I wasn’t Bard once.” THE SCOTSMAN
“A selection of fine young actors, Angela Bleasedale, Rebecca Cooper, Mark Gibbs, Ishwar Maharaj and Tegwen Tucker put a spin on the works of William Shakespeare. They employ every known device to entertain and succeed big style.” WWW.ONE4REVIEW.COM
nO-bOdy nOse
"Ishwar Maharaj gives a wondering optimism to his role as Man With Box." TIME OUT
I Can't think Straight
"One thing the film does do well is feature a subplot in which Tala’s sister Zina (Kimberly Jaraj) is heartbroken because she loves a Jewish guy. Zina also befriends Sami (Ishwar Maharaj), a gay relative who arrives for the wedding. Both of these developments—a secret “forbidden” love and another gay Muslim character—positively underscore the central storyline and show that Tala’s situation is not an isolated one." SAN FRANCISCO BAY TIMES
Lohengrin
'what are we to make of the impassioned kiss between Elsa (Edith Haller) and Gottfried (Ishwar Maharaj), her young brother’s return to human form at the close? Has Ortrud’s paganism infected Brabant after all?' THE INDEPENDENT
'In the closing moments of Lohengrin at the Royal Opera House, the heroine, Elsa (Edith Haller), engages in a frankly intimate kiss with her long-lost brother Gottfried (Ishwar Maharaj), the new ruler of Brabant who until recently was a swan. Crowds rejoice. She swoons. The curtain falls. THE OBSERVER
'Elijah Moshinsky gives us the fetishism, taboos and conflict between old and new religions, and even possibly dwells on other prohibited behaviour, if we consider the lingering kiss between Elsa (Edith Haller) and her brother Gottfried (Ishwar Maharaj) after his reappearance at the end of the opera.' SEEN & HEARD INTERNATIONAL
A Child Of Our Time
'Timothy Robinson and Ishwar Maharaj on an operatic journey from darkness into light' The Times
'Only a slim young man (Ishwar Maharaj) advertising Y-fronts remained to take the burden of Tippet's portentous vision.' Evening Standard
'Gym bunny in Y-fronts' The Independent
'When things turned nasty, the crowd stripped and killed a group of refugees; one young man, (Ishwar Maharaj) clad only in a pair of dingy underpants, survives and becomes the young man who commits the assassination which is at the heart of the oratorio. But he also represents a sacrificial victim. At the end of part 2, after the assassination, he is buried only to be reborn with a tree at the opening of part 3.' ENSEMBLE
Rigoletto
'The orgy that opens the opera was much more graphic than I recall. A lengthy all-male ménage à trois (Ishwar Maharaj, Jonathan Fisher and Jochem Van Ast) takes place at an open, upper window, whilst below the Duke discusses his new ‘interest’, Gilda.' CLASSICAL SOURCE
Arabian Nights: The Tales Of Sheherezade
“A pair of actors (ISHWAR MAHARAJ and Antona Mirto), climb on two others’ shoulders and circling, in the moonlight, magically become whispering deities of the night.” THE TIMES
All Things Asian and Not'
"A hot, new act providing musical and thought-provoking banter on role reversal, drugs and mixed marriages."EASTERN EYE
“ISHWAR MAHARAJ (Ferdinand) and Ruth Harris (Miranda) manage to rescue the magic. “ THE LIST
Antigone
“Ishwar Maharaj strikes the right casual and slightly sinister note as the narrator and observer.” TIME OUT
Sweetest Gift
Ishwar Maharaj and Daniel Mckenna; a fatal attraction which is quite convincing.” THE PINK PAPER
“Ishwar Maharaj catches the nervousness of Jeremy, in contrast to the apparent placidity of Daniel McKenna Colin.” WHAT’S ON
Hamlet (The Royal Opera)
“The banquet, in which The Players, (Toby Sedgewick, Clive Mendus and Ishwar Maharaj), perform the murder of Gonzago in pantomime [is] both funny and creepy.” THE SUNDAY TIMES
“The best bits are the foot-tapping drinking songs and the only notable scene, The Players panto.” THE TIMES
‘There is little that is visually striking in the production, the chief exception is the play scene, where the players' dumb show - in which they are in effect acting out the murder of Hamlet's father - casts monstrous shadows over the perpetrators sitting behind’. MUSIC OMH
Cosi Fan Tutte
In a role that was created specially for Ishwar
“Hunky actor, Ishwar Maharaj shimmies in and out of the action looking good enough to eat." THE IRISH TIMES
Shakespeare For Breakfast: The Lost Musicals
“The cast of five, Angela Bleasedale, Rebecca Cooper, Mark Gibbs, Ishwar Maharaj and Tegwen Tucker, were obviously having huge fun with the singing, dancing and multiple action and it infected the room. I wasn’t Bard once.” THE SCOTSMAN
“A selection of fine young actors, Angela Bleasedale, Rebecca Cooper, Mark Gibbs, Ishwar Maharaj and Tegwen Tucker put a spin on the works of William Shakespeare. They employ every known device to entertain and succeed big style.” WWW.ONE4REVIEW.COM
nO-bOdy nOse
"Ishwar Maharaj gives a wondering optimism to his role as Man With Box." TIME OUT
I Can't think Straight
"One thing the film does do well is feature a subplot in which Tala’s sister Zina (Kimberly Jaraj) is heartbroken because she loves a Jewish guy. Zina also befriends Sami (Ishwar Maharaj), a gay relative who arrives for the wedding. Both of these developments—a secret “forbidden” love and another gay Muslim character—positively underscore the central storyline and show that Tala’s situation is not an isolated one." SAN FRANCISCO BAY TIMES
Lohengrin
'what are we to make of the impassioned kiss between Elsa (Edith Haller) and Gottfried (Ishwar Maharaj), her young brother’s return to human form at the close? Has Ortrud’s paganism infected Brabant after all?' THE INDEPENDENT
'In the closing moments of Lohengrin at the Royal Opera House, the heroine, Elsa (Edith Haller), engages in a frankly intimate kiss with her long-lost brother Gottfried (Ishwar Maharaj), the new ruler of Brabant who until recently was a swan. Crowds rejoice. She swoons. The curtain falls. THE OBSERVER
'Elijah Moshinsky gives us the fetishism, taboos and conflict between old and new religions, and even possibly dwells on other prohibited behaviour, if we consider the lingering kiss between Elsa (Edith Haller) and her brother Gottfried (Ishwar Maharaj) after his reappearance at the end of the opera.' SEEN & HEARD INTERNATIONAL
A Child Of Our Time
'Timothy Robinson and Ishwar Maharaj on an operatic journey from darkness into light' The Times
'Only a slim young man (Ishwar Maharaj) advertising Y-fronts remained to take the burden of Tippet's portentous vision.' Evening Standard
'Gym bunny in Y-fronts' The Independent
'When things turned nasty, the crowd stripped and killed a group of refugees; one young man, (Ishwar Maharaj) clad only in a pair of dingy underpants, survives and becomes the young man who commits the assassination which is at the heart of the oratorio. But he also represents a sacrificial victim. At the end of part 2, after the assassination, he is buried only to be reborn with a tree at the opening of part 3.' ENSEMBLE
Rigoletto
'The orgy that opens the opera was much more graphic than I recall. A lengthy all-male ménage à trois (Ishwar Maharaj, Jonathan Fisher and Jochem Van Ast) takes place at an open, upper window, whilst below the Duke discusses his new ‘interest’, Gilda.' CLASSICAL SOURCE
Arabian Nights: The Tales Of Sheherezade
“A pair of actors (ISHWAR MAHARAJ and Antona Mirto), climb on two others’ shoulders and circling, in the moonlight, magically become whispering deities of the night.” THE TIMES
All Things Asian and Not'
"A hot, new act providing musical and thought-provoking banter on role reversal, drugs and mixed marriages."EASTERN EYE
Tuesday, 15 January 2008
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