Evita Getting the song and dance just right
Surein De S. Wijeyeratne’s little girl knows all the words to all the songs in ‘Evita’. Shanya may be just 2 ½ years old, but she’s surrounded by a theatre company in full swing. Her living room is regularly invaded by Workshop Players getting ready to stage Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s classic musical. [...]
Learn all about creative writing
The English Writers’ Cooperative of Sri Lanka(EWC) will hold its annual seminar on poetry and short story writing on Saturday, October 20 at the auditorium of the Federation of University Women at 96/25, Kitulwatte Road, Colombo 8 from 8.30 a.m. – 3 p.m. The sessions will consist of lecture/discussions on poetry and the short story [...]
Click a Wild winner
The Chaaya Wild – Etisalat Nature Photographer Competition 2012 now in its second year with the aim of advocating Conservation through Photography is inviting entries from nature photographers. For the first time in Sri Lanka, this year’s competition also allows Instagram users to submit their photographs. Commenting on the launch of ‘Chaaya Wild – Etisalat [...]
The Downton Abbey ‘phenomenon’
British period-drama Downton Abbey that became a global sensation since hitting the screen in 2010 is back with a third series set in the roaring 1920s, a new Oscar-winning star and a string of award nominations. Perhaps unsurprisingly Downton Abbey writer and co-creator Julian Fellowes feels a bit like he is “riding a whirlwind”. An [...]
