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Evergreen Jim on SLBC
A special commemorative programme on the 53rd Death Anniversary of Gentleman Jim will be broadcast over Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation-SLBC, one of the World’s longest-running radio stations, on Monday at 2.00pm to 4.00pm. James Travis Reeves popularly known as Jim Reeves was an American country and popular music singer-songwriter. Known as ‘Gentleman Jim’, his songs continued to chart [...]
HERITAGE OF SONG BOOK 2 released in Sri Lanka
The second book in the series was launched at a very simple ceremony at the Margarita Blue on the 17th of July 2017. This book too features a compendium of the “musical journeys of musicians with Sri Lankan roots who performed mainly in English”. A Heritage of Song Book 2, follows on the first volume [...]
Children’s play for the August vacation
A two-day theatre festival for children and youth, presented by Somalatha Subasinghe Play House (Kotte Play House) will go on the boards during the August school vacation on August 5 and 6. Three popular plays “Vikurthi”- August 5, ‘Punchi Apata Den Therei’ and ‘Toppi Welenda’ on August 6 will be staged at 3.30 p.m. and [...]
COINS to create country’s future cinema
In a country which lacks a film school and a proper cinema education system, the Digital Film Academy (DFA) of the Sri Lanka Foundation (SLF) has come forward to lay the foundation to cinema education for many a budding filmmakers and enthusiasts. The DFA has not only created a platform for student filmmakers to learn [...]
‘Banku Weeraya’ at Punchi Theatre
Veteran playwright, director, journalist Kapila Kumara Kalinga’s newest stage play Banku weeraya will go on the boards at 3.30 and 6.45 pm today, July 30 at Namel Malani Punchi theatre, Borella. The cast consist of Dharmapriya Dias , Kelum Gamlath , Janaka Kumbukage, Ajith Lokuge, Prasad Suriyarachchi, Wasantha Wittachchi , Ganga Jeewani , Nimal Yatiwella [...]
Literature on Vimukthi’s cinema
‘Vimukthi Cinema’ a book written by Eranda Mahagamage based on a discussion with the award winning filmmaker Vimukthi Jayasundara was launched at the National Library and Documentation Services Board last week. The book launch was held with a panel discussion conducted with the participation of filmmakers Ashoka Hadagama, Prasanna Vithanage and actress Kaushalya Fernando. The [...]
‘Lady Macbeth’, a tale of a bride sold into marriage
‘Lady Macbeth’, British movie based on the novel ‘Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District’ by Nikolai Leskov is now being screened in theatres in and around Colombo. Directed by William Oldroyd, the film stars Florence Pugh, Cosmo Jarvis, Paul Hilton, Naomi Ackie and Christopher Fairbank in the stellar cast. Set in 19th century rural England [...]
Amari enters Sri Lanka with new resort in Galle
ONYX Hospitality Group, one of Asia’s leading hotel management companies, has launched a brand-new Amari property in Sri Lanka’s historic southwest coastal city of Galle. The 172-room Amari Galle, located a short distance from the UNESCO World Heritage Galle Fort, is ONYX Hospitality Group’s third hotel in Sri Lanka. This hotel is also the Group’s [...]