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Skirts swishing, arms swinging, an animated group of actors loudly sing the words “With a little bit of luck!With a little bit of luck”. This was the scene the Sunday Times Magazine encountered when we sat in at rehearsals for the Workshop Players’ much anticipated production of My Fair Lady which goes on the boards [...]
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A way with words
The first time Dr. Harshan Lamabadusuriya competed at a Scrabble tournament was when he represented his alma mater Royal College at the All Island Inter-School Scrabble tournament. The thrill of meeting and competing against other youngsters from across the country was accompanied by the all too familiar “butterflies in the stomach feeling”. Decades later, the [...]
ABBA planning a tour as a hologram act
Abba was one of the biggest pop groups of the 70’s until they broke up in 1982. They are now planning a tour as a hologram act live in 2019 according to reports quoting group member Benny Andersson. Music mogul Simon Fuller is working on the project where the digital members of Abba with a [...]
Introducing a Lankan legend to comic book readers
Already established in the local comic scene, Sachi Ediriweera, is a jack of all trades. From working as a designer, writer, comic book artist, and even as a writer, producer and director of short films ‘A Small Miracle’, ‘Wildings Within’ ‘HTM’ and ‘Garden of Bones’ his portfolio is vast and diverse. Sachi having tried his [...]
DISILLUSIONMENT
“Doctor, some casualties have been brought to the ward” a nurse rushed in the rest room saying so. “What has happened?” Dr. Samantha asked while looking at the wrist watch. The time was 5.00 a.m. “An Accident.” Dr. Samantha wiped his face with a towel, combed his hair and hurried towards the ward. There were [...]
TV Times
Sing-along with Anno Domini
Sing-along with Anno Domini featuring RukshanPerera, Yasmin, Yohan and Honarine will come alive at the BMICH on 7th October at 7.00pm. In a bid to raise funds to help the poor and needy, the Oblate Missions have come forward to organise this Sing-along with Anno Domini, who will be the main attraction of the show [...]
Drums and dance to charm Dubai
Two of the internationally renowned dance groups headed by Chandana Wickramasinghe and Rakhitha Wickremaratne of NAADRO fame will join hands to present an exhilarating extravagance of drums and dance for the first time in Dubai at the Sheikh Rasheed Auditorium on 6th October beginning at 7.00 pm. Chandana’s Dancing troupe and Rakhitha’s percussion outfit NAADRO [...]
nATFEST 2017
‘nATFEST’, the festival of dance by nATANDA will come alive in Jaffna on 1st December and the final stage of the festival will be held in Colombo on December 8. ‘nATANDA Dance Theatre’, founded by veteran dance guru Kapila Palihawadana in 2015 and has now reached to the pinnacle as one of the pioneering contemporary [...]
‘Nethuwa Beri Minihek’ back in town
‘Nethuwa Beri Minihek’- ‘A Man Much Needed’, the winner of seven awards including the Best Drama at the State Drama Festival produced by playwright Rajitha Dissanayake will be staged at 3.30 pm and 6.30 pm on October 6 at Tower Hall Colombo 10. The play revolves around the family of Jayantha, a Sinhala nationalist businessman [...]
COINS creates the future of cinema
The 3rd Colombo International Students (COINS) Film Festival, the first and only international students film festival held in Sri Lanka was completed recently introducing a host of young talents to the country’s future cinema. Organised as the final year project by the student who studies cinema at the Digital Film Academy of Sri Lanka Foundation, [...]
True tale of drug runner turned CIA agent
‘American Made’, latest Hollywood biopic thriller directed by Doug Liman, revolves around pilot lands work for the CIA and as a drug runner in the south during the 1980s. Starring Tom Cruise in the lead, in this international escapade based on the outrageous exploits of a hustler and pilot unexpectedly recruited by the CIA to [...]
Renowned play by Prof. Sarathchandra in Negombo
One of the renowned plays made by Prof. Ediriweera Sarathchandra, ‘Premathi Jayathi Soko’ will go on the boards on October 9 at the Rukmani Devi theatre in Negombo. The play a prescribed text for GCE Advanced level Sinhala syllabus will have two special shows at 8.15 am and 10.45 am.
‘Wassane Sanda’ goes to Sydney
‘Wassane Sanda’, the latest film by Udayakantha Warnasuriya will have its foreign premier in Sydney, Australia on October 8. The first screening will be held at 6.15 pm at Rouse Hills NSW-Reading Cinema in Sydney. Later the film will go to Melbourne and will be screened at 3.15 pm at Dandenong- Reading Cinemas on October [...]
Amaya Hills celebrates 20 years
Perched in the coziest of settings, with a perfect view of the Kandy city and the never ending Knuckles mountain range, is the palace in the sky – ‘Amaya Hills’. On September 28th, ‘Amaya Hills’ will celebrate 20 years in hospitality and preparing the countdown for the big bash, the hotel has lined up a [...]
From ‘Saltaire’ to La Belle Époque
La Belle Époque, the newest and trendy banquet facility in town, is located just next to S. Thomas’ College, Mount Lavinia. Popularly named as ‘Saltaire’, property was a famous tourist spot during the 60s era. After going through massive refurbishing and restructuring programme, ‘Saltaire’ or La Langousterie Beach heaven is now opened for banquet, MICE [...]