Francis de Tuem, a multifaceted tiatrist
Francis de Tuem has been a singer, musician and tiatrist who has been always centering his compositions around political events and happenings and moral awareness. He receives a rousing welcome with whistles and shouts of approval every time he takes the stage to perform, says a press release.
A trio involving him, Marcus Vaz and Xavier Gomes in "Amkam Shanti Di" reminds us of tiatrists of yesteryears. In the tiatr community he is a favourite among the fans as well as among the directors. Francis began his career from the village tiatr to Kala Academy tiatr competitions and then performed on the professional stage in tiatr written by Ximix trio titled "Kitem Hanvem Khelem".
From then on there was no looking back and he made strides in leaps and bounds. His first song on the audio CD was of C. D’Silva. He has also released two albums titled "Polkem Vodponn" and "Khursak Okman".
Francis de Tuem is a renowned Konkani tiatr artiste with an equal flair of being a top-notch singer as well a composer of panache. He has also made a name for himself as a director. His ‘Fest Korta Gaum Pirjentichem Naum’ has amply demonstrated the positive as well as the negative aspects especially of the newly arrived expatriates in the Middle East amongst the Goans.
Francis De Tuem is leaving for the Gulf to perform the tiatr written and directed by Mariano Fernandes, which recently bagged "the Dr Jack de Sequeira Memorial Puroskar" for the most entertaining drama of 2007 Amkam Shanti Di. He will be releasing his CD/audio cassette "Gulfamchem Varrem". In the month of April 2008, he will make a trip to the United Kingdom and perform at Wembley to entertain the Goans in Britain.
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