Art
The French connection
Major fashion houses around the globe that have just unveiled their summer collections have gone back into hibernation to work on their fall pieces. Designers in training at LIFT have also had an adventurous season of appliquéing, beading and creating couture pieces. Their brief was to create a garment inspired by hallmark names in the [...]
TV Times
They all love to dance
The cast of ‘Genesis: the Awakening’ come from all walks of life. There’s Tarja, who has danced competitively all her life, Udesha, the Chemistry undergraduate, Ashwini, the marketing researcher, Sandarangi, the journalist and entrepreneur, Pradika, the architect in training and Thanuja, the IT professional. They are just a few faces from the group of dancers [...]
Mirror Magazine
TNL Onstage gets underway for its 15th edition
Starting out as the stage local talent aspired to be on, 15 years later this hasn’t changed for the iconic talent competition, ‘TNL Onstage’. Over the years, broadening their recognition of talents to include DJs and soloists along with their best band title, this year’s batch of artists are already under careful considerations with the [...]
Comic twist in an eerie tale
What happens when the dark, gothic Dracula you know sets out to deliver a few laughs? We’re not sure yet, but Ananda Drama’s newest undertaking aims to do exactly that and the premise sounds exciting. Prepare yourselves for the Count as you’ve never seen him before, when ‘Dracula!’ goes on the boards of the Lionel [...]
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‘Ruwan Wenuwen’: Let’s save Ruwan
‘Ruwan Wenuwen’, a musical evening featuring cream of Sri Lankan musical talents, organised by the talented musician Mahesh Denipitiya will come alive on Sunday, July 5 at 7.00 pm at the Auditorium of Maharagama Youth Centre. ‘Ruwan Wenuwen’ is a musical event to save the life of extraordinary violinist Ruwan Weerasekara, who has mesmerised the [...]
International MUSIC DAY 2015
On Saturday, 20th June 2015, International Music Day 2015, organised by the Embassy of France to Sri Lanka and the Maldives and the Alliance Française de Kotte was celebrated in Colombo at the BMICH. Launched in France for the first time in 1982 by Jack Lang, then Minister of Culture, Music Day is today an [...]
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Grandpa
On the sunny verandah, Grandpa lays back in his recliner, shakily grasping its wide wooden handles with bony, arthritic fingers, stiff and gnarled with age. He wants to call his granddaughter Nadisha, to help him sit upright, but he cannot speak, since he had had a severe stroke. Now she enters with his afternoon Nestomalt [...]
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Rukshan creates history in music industry
Talented Young Rukshan Sachintha, who launched his latest music video ‘Dinawai Mea Lowe’, recently has been featured at the ‘Iraj online’ musical programme on Swarnavahini last week. While featuring on Saturday’s programme, Iraj named him as this young talented singer as the most creative person to spend the lowest ever budget on a music video in [...]
‘Pravegaya’ on the run
Experienced assistant director Donald Jayantha’s maiden film ‘Pravegaya’, influenced by the box office hit South Indian movie will complete a successful run of one month. Based on a young man from a middle class family who spends time wandering in the streets with his friends it was released on June 12. The film stars Hemal [...]
IIFA Awards 2015 on Sirasa
One of the much awaited cinema award ceremonies in the Bollywood, IIFA Awards 2015 that was held in Malaysia recently will be telecast today, July 5 at 7.30 pm on Sirasa TV and at 9.30 pm on Shakthi TV. The 16th IIFFA award ceremony is one of the cinema award ceremonies organised to recognise talents [...]
French film dramas at AF Colombo
French drama film ‘Choses Secrètes’ (Secret Things) directed by J. C. Brisseau will be screened at 3pm on July 7 and at 6.30pm on July 8 at the Auditorium of Alliance Française de Colombo, 11, Barnes Place, Colombo 7. Sandrine and Nathalie, two girls from less comfortable backgrounds, are using their power of seduction to [...]
Award winning radio drama on mini screen
Somadasa Abeywickrema screenplay written and directed one episode telefilm ‘Prathicharaya’ was telecast on the Heritage (H.T.V) channel recently. A story based on an award winning radio drama written by P. Welikala, it cast includes Premakumara Hapugoda, Rasika Chandani, Sudarma Gunasekara in the lead roles and Mahinda Dodangoda, H. B. P. Sunil and Somadasa Abeywickrema himself [...]
‘Kottukal Beach House’ Beach holiday at its best
The world renowned scientist Arthur C. Clarke noted that a ‘lifetime’ would not be enough to explore the ‘people, history, nature and art’ of Sri Lanka. However one has to start somewhere and what could be a better starting point than Jetwing’s Kottukal Beach House which is located on the unspoilt beaches of Sri Lanka’s [...]
Halgolla Plantation Home wins TripAdvisor Award
Halgolla Plantation Home (HPH) has been declared a 2015 Winner of the coveted Certificate of Excellence awarded by TripAdvisor, the world’s largest travel website. While the award speaks for itself, it should be noted that HPH, situated in the Kandyan Foothills had already been declared Sri Lanka’s best ‘Homestay’ of 2013 by the internationally-famed travel [...]