Premiere for newest children’s play
Award winning playwright Sachithra Rahubadda’s newest children’s play “Mama Kamathima Chocolate, Meya asa Biscuit” will have its premiere show at 6.30 pm on August 10 at Bishops’s college Colombo.
Produced by Thimira Rajapakse, the play features some renowned stars like Chandani Seneviratne, Sanath Wimalasiri and Jayanath Bandara. It also has a number of young and talented children cast including Imaya Bogoda, Navindu Manathunge and Daminda Nandarathna.
Revolving around a family, the play highlights the impact a family has on children and specially about the love and bonds which prevail among the members of the family.
Thimira Rajapaksa, the producer is of the view that there is a serious dearth in children’s play in the country.
“I hope that we could be able to take this play to the rural areas and create opportunities for the children there also to see it,” the producer said.
The Muhurath ceremony for the play was held in April with the participation of academics and renowned artistes such as Prof. Patrick Rathnayake, Dr. Somaratne Dissanayake, writer and poet Buddhadasa Galappaththi, S.H. Sarath, Jayanath Bandara and actor Udeni Alwis.