Janakaraliya Mobile Theatre Group to perform in Kerala

Parakrama Niriella's Janakaraliya Mobile Theatre Group has been invited to participate in the sixth International Drama Festival held in Thrishur, Kerala in India from January 27 to February 3. The invitation from Kerala extends not only to the Janakaraliya drama group but also to the Mobile Theatre.

A scene from Hunuwataye Kathawa.

The Mobile Theatre will be used as one of the performing theatres of this international drama festival conducted by the Music and Drama Academy of the Cultural Ministry of Kerala Province.

The festival is represented by drama groups from Poland, Rumania, Georgia, Norway, Italy, France, Denmark, Russia and England. Sri Lanka is represented by Janakaraliya at the prestigious drama festival.

The new version of Hunuwataye Kathawa (The Chalk Circle) created by Parakrama Niriella for Janakaraliya based on the translation by the late veteran dramatist Henry Jayasena will be performed at the international drama festival.

Janakaraliya team has created the new version of Hunuwataye Kathawa with a different perspective and approach using the original text of Henry Jayasena.

It will be performed at the theatre hall of Janadhipathi Vidyalaya, Rajagiriya on December 29 at 6.45 p.m. prior to the departure of Janakaraliya Team to Kerala, India. Janakaraliya participants at the festival are Dilip Rohana, Sanjeewa Upendra, Sumudu Mallawarachchi, Nishantha Kularatne, Ronika Chamalee, Rasaiah Loganandan, Selvaraj Leelawathie, Ajantha Shanthakumar, Inoka Lankapura, Arosha Tharanganee, Thiyagaraja Sivaneshan, Palitha Abeylal, Devran Sri Livera, Sarath Banagala, Amila Dinesh Kumara, Vijitha Hettige, Janitha Dissanayake, Alaguraj Yasho Prasad, Daminda Mendis, Kumareshan Mahendran, Thilini Nimesha, Madeera Udishani, Samanlatha Disanayake, Dinusha Alahakoon, Sathis Surendra, Channa Pradeep Herath and Nipun Nirmal Bandara.