Dissonance: music with a difference

As a child, you clashed together pots and pans with the confidence of a clever percussionist. Later, you vented your teen angst on zinging guitar strings. Even now, you’re game for karaoke night with your girl gang even though you aren’t exactly the Pussycat Dolls.

So you understand that what may be mayhem to some can be music to your ears. Which is what theatre actor Shaun William’s Dissonance (Making some noise) is all about. Encouraging new artists and new audiences to try something offbeat. Tinged with his trademark zaniness, it’s an hour of listening pleasure that’s guaranteed to get you out of the FM-VH1-karaoke menu rut.

Folk music (mellow originals and covers) performed by two talented music makers. Imaad Shah (yes, the inimitable Naseeruddin’s son) and Gowri Jayakumar.

And then there’s 30 minutes of stand-up comedy by playwright Anuvab Pal. ‘Observations of a Fool’, about a child of the ’80s who just doesn’t get what the world is coming to, is quite a chuckle-fest.

An evening of interesting music and a lot of laughs. As long as you’re on the same wacky wavelength.

Dissonance at Banana Bar, Hotel New Castle, below Tangy Tamarind, Linking Road, Khar (W), Mumbai; Tel: 26498549; Date: Sunday, August 26; Time: 9 pm onwards; Entry free.