tickets are all priced at Rs.500/- and are unreserved.

tickets will be available from 11th november at the wendy whatmore academy.

5, 13th lane, colombo 3.

working hours – 8am to 5pm

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it’s great when people who genuinely have a love for the arts decide to take an active role in  supporting artistic ventures (in this case, adventures). Read the rest of this entry »

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photography by shehal anthony christopher

an article by gihan de chickera here.

an interview i did with sanjana hattotuwa for yatv here

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A feud that has lasted for generations

Has finally ended

A gloomy peace reigns

Any violation is punishable by death

Benvolio is in love

And Rosaline wants revenge

The days are hot

The Capulets are about

Bianca had a vision

That none would escape the brawl. Read the rest of this entry »

shots from a couple of weeks ago. we’re devising a show, which we hope to stage in early december.

the first episode was based around a story from the Mahavamsa, which chronicles the origins of the sinhala race and the birth of a nation.

for the second episode, i wanted to focus on the future and ryan came up with ‘2084′, a date which has all sorts of associations which i thought might be interesting to explore. the actors were asked to envision sri lanka in 2084 and write down their thoughts. Read the rest of this entry »

this month we have mostly been devising. after ten years of doing other people’s plays, we finally felt the time is right to do something of our own.

devised theatre is the way forward. we’re a bit in the dark at the moment, since its the first time we’ve attempted doing a show this way. fortunately, i have a strong cast, full of actors i admire and enjoy working with.

the project is tentatively titled ‘sinhabahu’, but will probably change. it began in early may when subha brought the human rights watch report of feb ‘09 to my attention. one cannot help but feel outrage and pity when reading the testimonials of people who have been caught up in the worst of the conflict, and who have had to deal with situations we will never have to face.

on reading the report, and in the aftermath of the goverment’s ‘victory’ over the ltte, i became very interested in the concept of ‘identity’. specifically, how identity is related to and used in conflict. it is the basis, after all, on which this war has been fought and won.

its a question of timing, and for us, it has been quite serendipitous. our decision to stage a devised show coincided with a visit to sri lanka of an old school friend of mine, thusitha jayasundera, who has been working in theatre in london for nearly 20 years now. she conducted an incredibly eye-opening workshop on aspects of devised theatre and story telling which has put us on the path to creating a story through which we hope to deal with several issues that we as a group feel very strongly about.

so it is with a sense of hope and liberation that we begin this new adventure.

i am very interested, and hope you can help me in relation to one particular aspect. i am looking for tamil folk tales, myths or legends in relation to sri lanka. i am not looking for those based/originated in india, as we have come across plenty of those. i am looking for something that has originated in sri lanka. an actual event, a superstition, or story or urban myth…anything really. leave your comments here, and we will contact you.