Arts
Home » MagazineMaking America great again
Ok, so you’d be forgiven for thinking that you’ve just woken up from cryosleep into a nightmarish dystopian future where Donald Trump is President (oh, Back To The Future I love you even more now). The universe has a way of providing dark humour at times, but as Donald Trump was confirmed President-elect on the [...]
A bagful of soulful coffee to start your day
“When we started we wanted to shake up the coffee industry,” admits Rinosh Nasar, enthusiastically seconded by his university friend and head of marketing-Rameez Abdeen. Rinosh first launched “Soul Coffee” back in 2014 aspiring toward crafting the age-old pick me up beverage into an art, rooted in Sri Lanka’s 200-year coffee drinking history. Earlier this [...]
Mirror
Turkish lyricist Alper Tuzcu shares his world of music
Alper Tuzcu has studied music at Berklee College of Music in Boston, where he now resides. Having begun his music career studying classical guitar, later he crossed over to play more popular styles such as rock and blues, finally settling on jazz. Now Alper describes his style as a “fusion of his Mediterranean roots with [...]
A conversation across generations
“Dear Children, Sincerely….” is a project that collects the stories and experiences of the elders of society and takes them to young people in the form of storytelling and live performance. A theatrical production of this work has been sponsored by the Office for National Unity and Reconciliation (ONUR), and will be staged today (Nov [...]
Celeb inspired party wear
It’s the season of giving and celebration. The months of November & December are usually j packed with weddings, end of year dinner parties (work), family dinners and even batch parties. With all the invitations, come the much awaited dress shopping. So this month’s article draws inspiration from celebrity inspired party wear options to add [...]
Flash fiction
This very short story is written with punch and style. It doesn’t say much but a whole way of life – two styles of life actually, can be glimpsed through it. Please send in your works of Flash Fiction to Madhubashini Dissanayake-Ratnayake, C/o The Sunday Times, No. 8, Hunupitiya Cross Road, Colombo 2 N.B. Work [...]
Taking audiences to Neverland
Getting to Neverland has never been easier. Join St. Joseph’s College, in collaboration with Cold Theatre 7 featuring St. Bridget’s Convent as they fly in to December with Peter Pan-the Musical. At the helm of the production is Director Kevin Cruze of Cold Theatre 7. An old Josephian himself, Cruze has a number of productions [...]
Prince remembered by Revolution members after ‘bittersweet’ American Music Awards win
On January 28, 1985, at the peak of Purple Rain mania, Prince and the Revolution delivered a mesmerizing performance of the film and album’s title track on the American Music Awards, and won most of the show’s top honors that night. Thus, in the wake of Prince’s death on April 21, there was a certain [...]
TV Times
Feminine revolution in percussion art
Sri Lanka’s first ever all-female percussion band, ‘Thuryaa’, a revolutionary milestone in the history of percussion art in Sri Lanka will have their first public performance at 6.30 pm on December 6 at the Nelum Pokuna Mahinda Rajapaksa Theatre, Colombo. Winning international acclaim ‘Thuryaa’ women’s drums ensemble recently won the first place in the best [...]
REVIEW: OTSC 60 Years Family Night with Gypsies
‘I was very fortunate to join the Old Thomians’ Swimming Club (OTSC), family show so meticulously put together by a team of experts led by Tusita de Alwis and Rasika, who displayed their consistency of reaching excellence in their field of organising family entertainmentevents. We had the Gypsies in attendance led by the genius Sunil [...]
Country and Rock n’ Roll Night with ‘Crossfade’
JLO Rock & Roll and Country & Western Night will come alive at the Berjaya Mount Royal Hotel in Mount Laviania on 3rd December from 7.00pm. Live country and Western band ‘Crossfade’ will be in action at this party along with a DJ. ‘There will be lots of Country, Rock n Roll and 60’s music [...]
World premiere for ‘Aloka Udapadi’ at IFFI
“Aloka Udapadi’- ‘Light Arose’, debut direction of Chathra Weerman has been selected to represent Sri Lanka at the 47th International Film Festival of India (IFFI), one of Asia’s oldest and India’s biggest film festival held in Goa. Launched in 1952, the IFFI, one of the ‘A’ Grade film festivals has more than 300 films from [...]
Calling entries for International Theatre Festival
Application for the Sri Lankan productions for the Colombo International Theatre Festival is now being called. The productions can be either on short or long categories and the selected plays will be showcased along with the international plays at the 2017 International Theatre Festival. Only limited number of plays will be selected and the people [...]
Teledrma ‘Sonduru Dadayakkaraya’ Collapse of a clan
Thusitha de Silva’s newest teleserial ‘Sonduru Dadayakkaraya’ a story with a novel theme highlighting the downfall of feudal system and the challenges face by them, is now being telecast every Sunday at 8.30 pm on ITN channel. Starring a collection of veteran and young talented actors and actresses, the cast include Janaka Kumbukge, Nita Fernando, [...]
Theatre course by Shakespeare Centre Sri Lanka
Shakespeare Centre Sri Lanka, which promotes theatre and theatre artistes is calling for new applications to groom its 9th batch of trainees in theatre and arts.The Centre had been made an immense contribution to the theatre arts and education and has been introducing new artistes. “This course will be done as a diploma with areas [...]
Three Day Theatre Festival for children and Youth
Somalatha Subasinghe Play House Kotte presents a three-day theatre festival for children and Youth from December 1 to 3 at Lionel Wendt Theatre. This is the second theatre festival for the year organised by Somalatha Subasinghe Play House. The festival will feature three plays produced by Somalatha Subasinghe Play House: ‘Vikurthi’ (Distortion) written and directed [...]
“Sinhabahu” Epic play in town
Prof Ediriweera Sarachchandra’s epic play ‘’Sinhabahu’’ will go on the boards at 3.30 p.m. and 6.45 p.m. on December 4 at Lumbini College Theater, Havelock Town Colombo. The play is included in the G.C.E O/L Sinhala Syllabus. Tickets are available at Sarasavi Book Shop – Nugegoda and Maharagama, Sadeepa Book Shop – Borella and at [...]
Amaya Beach Tropical Haven in the East
Offering all leisure travellers with the best of the beach, the sand, the sun and of course exquisite dishes hard to resist is Amaya Beach Resorts and Spa in Passikudah. According to the release from Amaya Beach, the Resort is offering a deal that is hard to resist. There are three great holiday packages to [...]
Russel’s Group celebrates 28 years of success
Russel’s Group – a diversified group recognised for pioneering the tea service concept in Sri Lanka will be celebrating 28 years of successful operations. In commemoration of this milestone, the management and staff of Russel’s Group will come together with its partners and supporters for an Annual Conference on 12th December, 2016. Russel’s main partner in [...]
