‘Janakaraliya’, mobile theatre group that was going around the country with drama and film shows in and around Badulla till July 15.
For the school children and the general public, ‘Janakaraliya’ will conduct its drama festival from the June 30 to July 13 at the Central College ground in Badulla.
Considering the large number of Tamil audience in the area, Tamil dramas produced by the group will be performed during the festival. Two of the dramas scheduled for performance include ‘Charandas’ which was adjudicated the best drama at the National Drama Competition - 2006 bagging 9 awards in both Sinhala and Tamil categories, ‘Sekkuwa’ winner of six awards at the State Drama Festival in 1976.
The other dramas to be performed are “Seethambarapataya” (written by Mangala Senanayake), “Anadaramal”, “Makararaksha” (translated by Cyril C Perera), “Mayapattadai” and “Erukkulam Poo”.
In addition to these dramas Janakaraliya Children’s dramas “Soru Evilla” (Written by Sumith Samarasinghe) winner of 5 awards at the State Drama Festival — 2002, ‘Dev Lova Gamana’, ‘Thirudan Vandan’, ‘Develoha Payanam’ will also be performed.
In addition to the Drama and Film festivals, Drama and Theatre workshops and drama appreciation programmes are scheduled for the teachers and the school children of the Badulla district. And Janakaraliya stage will be opened on July 4 for the provincial artistes of the district providing them the opportunity to perform their arts.
The ‘Janakaraliya Theatre Arts Programme’ will be conducted by Parakrama Niriella, Amitta Weerasinghe, Prematilake Perukanda, and Dilip Rohana.
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