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Young talent to shine at Cockrell Fringe Festival
View(s):Authors, poets, artists, musicians, fashion designers and performing artistes will be performing live at the Cockrell Fringe Festival which unfolds in Galle on January 13 and 14.
Author Dom Mee founded the event supported by poet Grace Wickremasinghe. Workshops will be held in drawing, graphic design, poetry and acclaimed writer Prof. Neluka Silva will be sharing her knowledge on writing short stories. Grace and American poet Sophia Deady will hold a special workshop on Performance Poetry.
‘Topless Baker’ Don Kevin Ketagoda will be joined by Jayai Senanayake and Dush Ratnayakewho will be speaking about their passion for food while Baghya Denishious and Meliza Leitch will be passing on their tips for the gym.
Sri Lanakan artist Yanti Rajap Lebbe after three decades away celebrates her return home to Galle with an exhibition of her paintings of Galle Fort.
Many young writers and poets will be using the Cockrell Fringe to launch their work: Sachinee Seneviratne her collection ‘Losing Sleep’, Grace Wickremasinghe ‘Closure’, Chamindra Warusawitharane ‘Lost Voyages’, Biman KasunWimalaratne ‘Shakespeare on Cocaine’, Imanthi Perera ‘Ink Theory’, Nadeesha Paulis ‘Water in my Grave’ a selection of Sri Lankan horror stories.
Some big names are coming along for book signing and to help the young writers. Chris Mcivor, OBE ‘The World is Elsewhere’, Dom Mee ‘Kiting The Hurricane’ and Amazon best seller Mark Time, ‘Going Commando’, ‘Going All The Way’, ‘Going Around The Bend’.
The final night event will be an open mic night for performers coming from all over Sri Lanka including comedian Shuhaib Ali, beatboxer Frizzybeat, Shehan x, Rapper Arinze, Emmanuel Eze with DJ Sajeewa.
The event is sponsored by Kew Villas in partnership with MERCMARINE Training.
The event starts 9 a.m. and continues till late at the MERCMARINE Training centre opposite Hall De Galle at the old gate entrance of Galle Fort.