Creative activities for children

Lanka Children's and Youth Theatre Foundation (LCYTF) or popularly known as Play House-Kotte will begin its next session of "Creative activities for children" program shortly.

Children from four to 14 can take part in the program. The prime objective of the program is to develop the child's mental and physical aspects and to enhance artistic taste, cheerfulness and playful sense through aesthetic experiences. Therefore, the program can be considered as an extracurricular learning that supplements the formal education the child obtains in school.

The program gives the child the opportunity to learn the basics of enjoying and appreciating music, free movement, dance and rhythmic movement, acting and language, art, singing, puppetry and handwork.

The program is conducted by Kaushalya Fernando and Dr. Chandana Aluthge under the guidance of Somalatha Subasinghe, the veteran playwright and theatre director. Somalatha Subasinghe founded Lanka Children's and Youth Theatre Foundation in 1981 to promote theatre productions and performances specifically for children and youth, training of actors, and research on theatre studies. This organisation presently is the top most institution for children's and youth theatre productions in Sri Lanka. Since 1981 the organisation has produced a repertoire of mainly musical theatre for children and youth and mainstream art theatre productions and performed them in the island as well as abroad. This institution was incorporated in parliament in January 2007 under Act No. 3 of 2007 to further its quest for the young audiences in Sri Lanka.

The program is conducted on Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Janakala Kendraya.

Great Art Festival in Kandy

The Great Art Festival opened on January 3 at the Kandy City Centre, Kandy will conclude today. It is open to the public from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. The theme of the Great Art Festival is 'Living with Art'. It is organised by the Sri Lanka Art Educationists Association and Soliyas Mendis Art Foundation.

Navanga Rengum at Bishop's College

Chamila Priyadarshani's students will present Navanga Rengum, a dance recital, at the Bishop's College auditorium, Colombo 7 on January 12 at 4 p.m.

They are students of Navanga Rangayathanaya established in 2004.

Chamila Priyadarshani is a student of Kulasiri Budawatte and Hemali Budawatte. She also taught dancing at the Budawatte Rangayathanaya.