Art
Young and ready for the world
Rolene Strauss walks into the room quietly and without pomp but it’s impossible to not notice that the 5 ”8’ South African beauty is in your presence. Within seconds the reigning Miss World has smiled and made her introductions, charming the entire room before a word has been said. “I have wanted to do this [...]
Asiri finds himself with ‘Lost’
The best stories are the ones that start at the middle. Looking back, the little insignificant events suddenly make so much sense, and although things up ahead aren’t perfectly clear, you know the journey is going to be great. This is exactly how singer/songwriter Asiri’s story goes. Asiri Fernando released his debut solo album “Lost” [...]
Mirror Magazine
Making inroads into city traffic
What you know Road.lk for is not exactly what Raditha Dissanayake had in mind for the site. After a fair share of glowering in traffic, his intention was to reduce the number of vehicles on the streets. “I read that young people in Europe would rather buy a phone than a car,” which in turn [...]
Creating opportunities for young performers in Kandy
The Open Mic at Castelo, Kandy, recently has opened up a great opportunity for all young performers in the city, as many budding musicians see it. Organisers Kishin Siva and Adrian Selvarajah have sparked a fever for some good entertainment among the hill-city dwellers, and Mirror Magazine caught up with some of the artistes behind [...]
Giving card games a burst of enthusiasm
The most-backed Kickstarter project of all time is a simple card game. Matthew Inman, the creative genius behind the online comic The Oatmeal, initially asked backers to come forward and raise $10,000 to bring the Exploding Kittens card game to life. The game, co-developed with Elan Leeand Shane Small, features all the stuff the three [...]
Submissions for Annasi & Kadalagotu Vol V
Submissions for the Annasi & Kadalagotu Vol V are open until March 15, 2015. Poets are encouraged to send in their most recent, previously unpublished work to publisher@kadalagotu.com Annasi & Kadalagotu, coined by Capt Elmo Jayawardena, author of Sam’s Story (Gratiaen Prize 2001) and co-founded by Imaad Majeed, is a small-press publishing house based in [...]
TV Times
Celebration for Dushyanth
Popular singer dancer and actor Dushyanth Weeraman will celebrate his tenth year as a successful showbiz personality with a mega concert at the Musaeus College Auditorium on the 1st of March from 7.00 pm onwards. Having excelled not only as a singer but as a dancer, an actor, a dramatist, a music producer, and a choreographer, [...]
‘Kala Pola’ 2015 concludes with highest visitor turnout
Organised by the George Keyt Foundation in association with the John Keells Group, the 22nd Kala Pola, Sri Lanka’s annual open-air art fair which was held on Sunday 25th January 2015, brought together 292 artistes and over 22,000 estimated visitors in a vibrant explosion of colour along Nelum Pokuna Mawatha. Gracing the official ceremony as Chief [...]
‘Sarasavi Gee Sisila 2015’
The annual musical event ‘Sarasavi Gee Sisila’, organised by the Moratuwa University’s Building Economics Students’ Society for the past 19 years, will be held on March 25 from 6.00 pm onwards at the University premises. This musical concert will feature Sanath Nandasiri, Victor Rathnayake, Sunil Edirisinghe, T.M. Jayarathne, Edward Jayakody, Karunarathna Divulgane and Deepika Priyadarshani. Wasantha [...]
British Classic Car Day at Kingsbury
February 15th was dedicated to showcasing and celebrating a spectrum of British classic vehicles at the Kingsbury. This British automobile extravaganza was brought to life by the Classic Car Club of Ceylon together with Land Rover. 84 British-manufactured classic cars participated in this rally to celebrate British Classic Car Day in Sri Lanka, which began at [...]
Reporter turned star of his own story
Academy award nominated ‘Night crawler’, Hollywood crime thriller directed by Dan Gilroy is now being screened at Empire Deluxe at Arcade Independence Square and Superior Majestic Cineplex, Bambalapitiya. Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo, Riz Ahmed, and Bill Paxton starring in the stellar cast, the film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay at [...]
Shakespeare Centre celebrates Silver jubilee
Celebrating the 25th anniversary, the Shakespeare Centre Sri Lanka has made arrangements to promote drama, theatre and cinema by organising a training programme. Applications are called for the 10th such programme held for the year 2015-2016 and this year special attention will be given to cinematography. The trainees who successfully complete the programme will be [...]
‘Kema Lasthi’ in Kuliyapitiya
“Kema Lasthi”, latest play written and directed by Ajith Mendis, will go on the boards on Saturday March 7 at 3.30 and 6.30 pm at Central College Theatre, Kuliyapitiya. The play stars Madini Maiwattege, Janaka Kumbukage, Wasantha Wittachchi, Saman Hemarathne, Keerthi K. Ratnayake, Pradeep Arugama, Samantha Paranaliyanage and Sriyantha Mendis. Behind the screen music composition, sound [...]
‘Sergeant ge nandamma’ at Navarangahala
‘Sergeantge Nandamma’, a comedy written and directed by well known Sinhala film stunt actor Sando Harris, who ventured into the world of Sinhala theatre, which features him playing the role of Sergeant and Susila Kottege, otherwise known as Dayawathi, briniging to life the character of the mother- in –law, will go on the boards on [...]
Comedy in a living room
Actor Ananda Athukorale’s hilarious theatrical production ‘Kotakalisankaraya’ will go on the boards at 3.30 pm and 6.30 pm on March 7 at New Town hall, Colombo. Rodney Warnakula, Ananda Athukorala, Anusha Dissanayake, Sanjula Divaratne and Eric Abeywardena star in the play. The play is set in the living room of Sisilin Nona Weerasena, yesteryear film [...]
Lawrence’s Bride in town
“Lawrencege Manamalee” a popular play by Sujeewa Priyal Yaddehige will be staged at 3.30 pm and 7.00 pm on Saturday March 7 at the Lionel Wendt theatre, Colombo 7. Written by Hemantha Prasad, the play stars a talented cast including Duleeka Marapana, Sampath Jayaweera, Maali Jayaweerage, Sujeewa Priyal Yaddehige and Hemantha Prasad. Produced by Praveen Kulasinghe [...]
“Saadaya Maarai Salli Hamari”
A Sinhala adaptation of British playwright Ray Cooney’s ‘Funny Money’ goes on the boards under the directorial vision of Dharmapriya Dias as “Saadaya Maarai Salli Hamarai” at 3.30 and 6.30 on March 1 at Town Hall auditorium, Puttalam. The play is organized by the welfare association of Balasuriya Private Hospital – Puttalam. The cast will [...]
Mahoora Yala in world’s top 10
Sri Lanka’s very own Mahoora Tented Safari Camps in Yala made it into a list of the world’s top 10 most romantic safari lodges recently, marking yet another memorable milestone. Mahoora was picked by Huffington Post, a premier global online news site, in an article featuring the 10 most romantic safari lodges in the world. The [...]
OZO Colombo receives Golden Pillow Award
OZO Colombo was recently recognised as the Best Newly Opened Hotel in South Asia by one of China’s leading hospitality industry awards, the Golden- Pillow Award of China Hotels 2014. The ‘Award project’ is organised by China’s top financial publication, ‘21st Century Business Herald’. The prestigious award began in 2004 and is currently amongst the top [...]