Academic Players presents great Greek plays
View(s):The Academic Players Theatre Festival, a theatre festival with productions by Priyankara Rathnayake presented by the Academic Players Club of Drama and Theatre and Image Art Unit, University of Kelaniya will be held from October 26 to 28.
‘Ada Wage Dawasaka Antigani’
Three plays based on great Greek plays ‘Oedipus’ (Sophocle’s Oedipus The King) translated by Siri Ediriweera, ‘Visekariyo’ (Aristrophanes’ Lysistrata) translated by Aruna Premaratne and ‘Ada Wage Dawasaka Antigani-A Day Like Today Antigone (Sophocle’s Antigone) translated by Ariyawansa Ranaweera would be staged on October 26, 27 and 28 at 3.30 pm and 7 pm at Lionel Wendt theatre, Colombo.
‘Oedipus’ which celebrates its tenth anniversary brings the tragic tale of King Oedipus and is played by Thumindu Dodenthenna, Samadhi Laksiri, Prasadini Atapattu, Saman Malalasekara, Nayomi Samudrika, Dawupadhi Wickremasinghe, Akila Sapumal, Vijitha Bandara, Rasika Bandara and Rangana Wannakuarachchi.
Considered as the greatest comedy play in Greek theatre, ‘Lysistrata’ revolves around the women of Athens and Spata who started a protest against their husbands who were involved in an unending war. Frustrated by a long drawn out war which loses them their husbands and sons, women of both warring parties decide to start a sexual protest by refusing to sleep with their men.
‘Ada Wage Dawasaka Antigani-A Day Like Today Antigone is a musical play and is a story about a king who is maddened by excessive power. A play revolves around a conflict between the man’s law and the law of nature, Sophocle’s set ‘Antigone’ in a post-war period in Greek. Recovering from nearly three decades civil war, the play is timely and suits contemporary Sri Lankan society more than at any other time.
Starring Gihan Fernando, Thumindu Dodenthenna, Samadhi Laksiri, Prasadini Atapattu, Saman Malalasekara, Nilmini Wijesinghe, Nalin Lusena, Harshika Ratnayake and Vijitha Bandara, ‘Ada Wage Dawasaka Antigani’ is presented by Academic Players and the FLICT Institute.
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