Musaeus sits pretty with Best Drama (‘Chairs’), Best Child Actress
Musaeus College, Colombo 7, won ‘Best Drama of the Year’ in the English Drama- Limited Category, and many more awards for their drama ‘Chairs’ at the State Children’s Drama Festival Awards Ceremony held recently at the Nelum Pokuna Auditorium.
‘Chairs’ was directed by Mrs Nimasha Fernando of the Musaeus College teaching staff.
Grade 8 student Imaya Bogoda won ‘Best Child Actress’.
At the beginning of 2017, the drama ‘Chairs’ began with the auditioning of over 150 Musaeites of whom 9 were selected. They are Imaya Bogoda, Sadhara Iddamalgoda, Menuki Wickramasinghe, Kaushalya Weerasinghe, Dilansa Amarasekara, Umeda Ranuluge, Chanduli Rubasinghe, Sasheni Fernando and Naduni Jayasena.
- State Children’s Drama Festival 2017- Awards won by the drama ‘Chairs’ in the English Drama- Limited Category
- Best Drama of the Year- Chairs
- Best Child Actress- Imaya Minduli Bogoda
- Best Choreography- Nimasha Fernando, Kaushalya Weerasinghe
- Best Lighting- Nimasha Fernando
- Best Music Direction- Kaveesha Ihalakodippili, Sajani Senadeera, Ruvini Alwis
- Merit Award for Acting- Kaushalya Weerasinghe
- Best Script (3rd place) – Nimasha Fernando, Imaya Minduli Bogoda, Dilansa Amarasekara,