Art
Getting inside the ‘Men Without Shadows’
The France of 1944 is grim. World War II is claiming victims by the thousands. But it has been four years since Hitler’s army marched in and the French Resistance is growing strong. Young freedom fighters are on the move, gathering information and stockpiling arms for the eventual battle that looms closer with each day. [...]
One school at a time
Seeing the little ones reverently opening a book and getting lost in the story is all the inspiration you need sometimes, says Kavindya Thennekoon, the 18-year-old whose library project is a very practical -one school and one library at a time. What surprises her more than anything, though, is the enthusiasm which she is regularly [...]
Mirror Magazine
Entranced by the dramatic
They met as contemporaries at St Joseph’s College over a common ground of Shakespearean verse. One, a teenage boy entranced with the dramatic his whole life, rather in awe of the other who already had a few years of theatre under his belt. It was 2000-and Kevin Cruze was auditioning for his first stage role [...]
En Masse
The sea breeze ran through her curls causing tickles at the back of her neck. No one dared even to look at the sea, let alone coming to the beach, not after what the sea did to them yesterday. But today! Amazing Sparkling with glamour ! Not even a wave to reflect yesterday’s darkness of [...]
Going Acapella
They will sing the words and they will even sing the music. Expect nothing less than full-on, uncensored vocals at this year’s ‘Eve of Acapella’ organised by the United Students Circle of Royal College. This is the third time the school is organising the show, having previously staged ‘Eve of Acapella’ in 2010 and 2011. Performing [...]
TV Times
‘Channel One Six’ on air now
‘Channel One Six’ is the latest Television Channel to hit the Sri Lankan air. Channel One Six, going out to air through SLT’s Peo TV, was launched its beam last week at a gala event. ‘Channel One Six’ is a more featurestic channel allocated more hours to Sri Lankan productions catering to young adults. ‘Channel One [...]
Bellamy’s to live longer in Colombo
Howard and David Bellamy, popularly known as the ‘Bellamy Brothers’ will come alive in Colombo on Saturday, 8 February at the state of art Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium. The Bellamy Brothers who have mesmerized audiences over the years with songs like ‘If I said you had a beautiful body’ and ‘lovers live longer’ which are hits at [...]
‘Hanthanata Payana Sanda’
Amarasiri Peiris’ solo musical concert ‘Hanthanata Payana Sanda’ will be held at the Negombo Town Hall on Sunday, January 26 at 6.30 pm. Susil Amarasinghe will lead the backing orchestra while Wasantha Rohana will be the compere. The show is organised by the Waikkala ‘Basa Rekunoth Apa Reke’ organisation. Tickets are available at Negombo Nayomi’s, Samanala [...]
Lanka film industry in imminent danger – Arosha Fernando
Ardent fan of cinema as a child who was grown up in film screening backdrop and expertised in telecommunication Arosha Fernando revealed to the TV times the imminent danger that Sri Lankan cinema industry would face if speedy action is not taken at the decision making level specially with regard change of technology. Q:What made [...]
Dhananjaya returns with ‘Acid Wessa’
A playwright who has introduced many novel concepts specially audience participation with the theatre, Dhananjaya Karunaratne will hold a theatre festival titled ‘Acid Wessa’ with three new plays and his landmark ‘Sihina Rangahala’ which comprises five short plays. The festival will be held from January 31 to February 3 at the Lionel Wendt theatre, Colombo. [...]
Channel Eye back to cricket
Channel Eye which became popular as a sports channel will telecast Sri Lanka-Bangladesh cricket tour with live coverage from Monday, January 27. Channel Eye which became a premier sports channel run by Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation used to cover many international cricket matches here and abroad. Starting from Monday, January 27, the tour will include [...]
Mega play on Rupavahini
‘Kolamba Ahasa’, a mega teleplay is now being telecast at 9 pm primetime on Rupavahini. Started on January 23, the teleplay telecast on weekdays from Monday to Thursday. The multi-episode teleplay stars Vijeya Nandasiri, Sarath Kothalawela and Ruwangi Rathnayake in the lead roles.
Claim to Fame, as a Hollywood Film Extra!
Much has said about being at the right place at the right time, doing the right things. Isn’t that doing too many things right. What skills would require a person to do just that, I wonder. Last night, was a big event in Hollywood. The Golden Globe Awards ceremony, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly [...]
Year plan for Volkswagen Beetle Club in 2014
After a successful Diamond Jubilee of the Volkswagen Beetle Owners’ Club (VBOCSL) in 2013 and wondrous ‘Christmas Bug Get together’ with an attendance of over 180 members With an astounding success to last year’s calendar of events, the club takes pleasure in announcing the forthcoming events. The Volkswagen Beetle Owners Club who has celebrated over [...]
The Language of Peace
2014 would mark the fifth anniversary of the end of a war that plagued this nation for more than 25 years. The Sri Lankan governmenwt declared the end of the war on 18th May, 2009. People all around the country were ecstatic at the news. The war had kept everyone awake most nights, the war [...]
