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Maname in Jaffna
The Centre for Performing Arts organised the staging of Dr. Ediriweera Sarachchandra's immortal play Maname in Jaffna. For the first time the Sarachchandra drama group led by Mrs. Lalitha Sarachchandra undertook the tour and two performances were held at Vembadi Girl's School while one was stayed at CPA's Open Air Theatre. This was the first time in many years that Sinhala artistes from the South had toured Jaffna and the event evoked nostalgic memories for the members of this group, whose founder had very close connections with Jaffna during his lifetime. Indeed he had a special love for the Tamil language and had lasting friendships with many Tamil people. A special ceremony was also held in Jaffna to mark the 88th birth anniversary of this eminent author and playwright of yesteryear. For the many theatre-conscious in Jaffna the opportunity to see it on stage was a fulfilment of great wish. For the many who do not understand or speak Sinhala, it was a revelation that language is indeed no barrier to human and humane understanding. It was an endorsement of CPA's deep commitment to peace through the creative arts. For the youth members of this drama group the journey was memorable. It
gave them a shattering insight into what an insensible war has done to a
land which their founder had loves so much. They resolved that as artistes
they should play their rightful roles in bringing about awareness,
understanding and healing in this wounded nation of ours. Prabhashwaree Ashoka Weerasinghe's successful stage play which portrays the crises young women face in our society, Prabhashwaree will go on the boards at the YMBA Borella on Thursday July 25. There will be two performances - a matinee at 3.30 p.m. and at 6.30 p.m. The cast include Ratnasheela Perera, Premadasa Withanage, Shantha Deshabandu, Adeesha Kanchana, Newton Katugampola, Hansanee Jayaweera, Dayananda Hewage, Chandi Amaratunga and Ashoka Weerasinghe. The drama is a production of Francis Perera. SPIDER -MAN : One who traps the heart by Daveena Pakianathan Majestic Cinema will screen this year's first international Block
bluster, the SPIDER-MAN from July 19. Spider Man is one of the The movie is a story about an ordinary teenager Peter Parker, (Tobey Maguire), orphaned at an early age, he lives in New York with his beloved Aunt and Uncle. Peter leads the life of a normal student, pining after the beautiful neighbour Mary Jane Watson (Kirsten Dunst) and hanging out with buddy Harry Obsorn. Things change, when Peter gets bitten by a genetically modified Spider, soon after he discovers that he has unusual powers, he vows to dedicate his life to fighting crime. Meanwhile Harry's father Norman Obsorn(Willem Dafoe) changes intothe Green Goblin, Spider -Man's arch-enemy. Sam Raimi, contemporary and stylish director explodes the comic-book
hero to spin on to the big screen.The movie's visual effects and sounds
has made the film more exciting and stuns to merge real life and special
effect into a flowing sense of action. State of the art techniues such as
photogammetry, motion capture, and unique to this film. Top rating for 'Ruwan Sakmana'
Dedicated in his quest to direct and act in a serialised teledrama, Ranjit Rubasinghe is extremely happy that his thirteen episode production Ruwan Sakmana has achieved top rating in dramas telecast on Swarnavahini. "This is my first production in this field and although I have no financial profit I am glad that all the hard work thrown into the production has resulted in recognition from viewers comments, Ranjit Rubasinghe when the Sunday Observer contacted him about this achievement. "I am indeed grateful to the maestro Dr. Lester James Peries for giving me the opportunity to acquire working experience in production.
I worked with him from 1986 attending to continuity details in filming and while on this job learnt all the important aspects of film directing, location choice and sets, make-up etc. associated with a production of a film. No one could have taught me the finer points better than Dr. Peries. He is a strict disciplinarian. With this firm and valuable foundation I ventured out to film 'Ruwan Sakmana'. I have also been interested in acting since my school days at Rahula College, Matara. I'm from Marambe, Akuressa but I chose Waikkal and Nuwara Eliya for most of my location shooting for this drama series." Ruwan Sakmana is a series that emotionally reaches out to the viewers.Realistic in its story-line it focusses on the vulnerability of young girls working in garment factories and how easily they are victimised by a smooth talking predator portrayed here by Rubasinghe. The female lead is played by Nimanthi Porage and with clever flashbacks the story takes a tragic twist. An effective debut production by Ranjit Rubasinghe, we hope with his
dedication he will reap success in the years ahead. (MP) Olu Malak Maurice Dahanayake, one of Sri Lanka's veteran vocalists presents his solo concert "Olu Malak" at the Town Hall in Galle on July 26 at 6 pm. The first show of "Olu Malak' was held in Colombo recently and this is his second show. "Olu Malak" is a compilation of his famous songs which he was acknowledged for in the last 50 years with a few new creations too. Latha Walpola, Angeline Gunathilleke, Daya Hemantha Abesekara, Latha Dissanayake and Kumari de Silva will be featured with him at the concert. The music will be by Mervin Priyantha. Jinadari Salgadu and her students will grace the event with their dance performances. Maurice Dahanayake has contributed hundreds of songs to the Sinhala
music industry and has also acted in number of films. An experienced music
presenter for SLBC since the 1950s. Dahanayake today is the Chairman of
the National Arts Foundation. - (DPL) Festival of choirs An ambitious yet unique event, the Festival of Choirs will be held on Thursday August 1 at the Cathedral of Christ The Living Saviour, Bauddhaloka Mawatha at 5.30 p.m. Choirs from leading schools as well as from different churches will
blend in a mosaic of rich and varied program of sacred music. The event is
organised by the women's committee of the Ceylon Bible Society. Among the
schools participating are Bishop's College, Hillwoord College, Kandy, St.
Joseph's College, Ladies College, Methodist College and St. Thomas' Prep
School. The differently abled choir of the Blind School Ratmalana will
also be participating with the others.The choirs from the AOG Church,
Christ Church Galle Face, Christian Faith Assembly, Emmanuel Memorial
Church, St. Luke's Church, Borella and St. Mathias Church, Laxapathiya
were also to participate. Indian art show in Kandy An art exhibition by young contemporary Indian painters and sculptors titled "Gangcey 13" is now on in Kandy at the Alliance Francais. Novel in their creative styles, the distinctive feature of this group of artists is that they hail from diverse parts of India and have been educated at different art universities such as Vishwabharathi University (Shanthi Niketan), M.S. University- Baroda, Delhi College of Art, College of Art - Calcutta and Jamia-Milia University-New Delhi. Their creative work has been inspired by traditional, modern and post modern styles. "The knowledge and understanding derived from collective dialogue is indeed vital and as an initial step we have arranged this exhibition and invited the Indian artists to visit Sri Lanka, and to have a dialogue to understand the artistic value and usages of the country closest to us", was the opinion of 'Gancey' a group of young Sri Lankan artists. (A.G.) |
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