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Home » MagazineBarrel of laughs and even a few gasps, that’s what’s in store
Just over a year after its debut on stage, Indu Dharmasena’s 65th original play Love, Lies and Diamonds returns on September 7,8 and 9 at the Lionel Wendt to hold its audiences in fits of laughter as one man struggles to untangle the convoluted web of lies he has woven himself into. The play revolves [...]
Why Move Over, Mrs. Markham?
Ray Cooney earned his laurels as king of farce in the ’70s, and no one has managed to dethrone him so far. Jehan Bastians and Neidra Williams stand testimony to his magic. The two thespians from Silent Hands, in their young amateur days, fell under the spell of the farceur who weaved into his hilarious [...]
Getting the young ones involved in fostering peace
How can I help? – The catchphrase made famous by customer service assistants has been put into practice by Prashan De Visser for most of his life. Prashan is the founder of Sri Lanka Unites (SLU), a youth movement which has in the past 11 years grown to around 20,000 young people from different ethnicities [...]
Working towards a digital economy in Sri Lanka
The National Youth Social Innovation Challenge, a joint initiative between the Ministry of Telecommunication, Digital Infrastructure and Foreign Employment (MTDIFE) and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) kicked off in June this year, together with the National Youth Services Council (NYSC) and the Information Communication Technology Agency (ICTA). UNDP’s tried and tested social innovation hackathon – [...]
Mirror
Stirring things up at the Colombo Music Festival
The Colombo Music Festival (CMF), which concluded recently at the Havelock Sports Club Grounds, went out on a high. But the true beauty of the show lay in the message the artists spread that evening of hope, peace, love and joy. The gates opened at 3.00p.m and both local and foreign concertgoers, were treated to [...]
One Love: Colombo Music Festival artists share their thoughts, passion for music
When you think of Reggae music, perhaps the first thought that pops up would be long dreadlocks, the offbeat rhythms and to some, the beanies and funky colours. But the music represents much more than that, especially to the international artists Maxi Priest, Big Mountain, Shaggy and Diana King. The Mirror Magazine caught up with [...]
Aretha Franklin songs expected to hit the charts
The fans of Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul, who bid farewell on August 16, will have the opportunity to pay their final respects on August 28 and 29 at the Charles H. Wright Museum for African American History in Detroit, Michigan. A private funeral will be held on 31st August at the Greater Grace [...]
TV Times
Pathmanathan wins the ‘Training Leader of Asia’ Award
Popular fashion consultant, a member of the international fashion juries, Marketing and Communication Consultant Prassanna Pathmanathan, Sri Lanka’s leading Corporate Trainer and the Founder CEO/Lead Trainer of Ultimma Training, won the ‘Training Leader of Asia for 2018’award at the Asia’s Training and Development Excellence Awards organised by the World HRD Congress and held recently in [...]
‘Hawaiian Hula Night’
‘Hawaiian Hula Night’, a total festival of Hawaiian music, dance and food will come alive at the Hotel Jetwing Sea, in Negombo on 1st September from 7.00pm onwards. The main entertainment provider of the night will be the popular band ‘C Plus with Chandu’ along with Hawaiian Hula dancers and the dress code will be [...]
‘I Will Follow, I Will Lead’
Choral activity in Sri Lanka has risen to an unprecedented level during the past years, following a growing interest in the field with the student community in Sri Lanka being largely responsible for the recognition that choirs and choral events gain. Displaying a vast array of talents, innovative dynamics, creative arrangements and exploring the boundaries [...]
Kerrigan sings to the glory
Sri Lankan born popular Country and Western singer Kerrigan and Michelle La-Brooy of Australia won the 2018 Casey Volunteer Pair Award for their mind-blowing involvement in the Local Community and the amazing Gospel singing projects and community work they did for the year 2017/18. The Award Ceremony was held at Bungil Place recently. According to [...]
‘Suddek’ at Borella
“Suddek Oba Amathai”, one of the popular stage plays produced in year 2010, will go on the boards at 3.30 p.m and 6.45 p.m on September 1 at Namel Malini Punchi Theatre, Borella. The play won the awards for best script and best music at the State Drama Festival in 2010. Written and directed by [...]
Safeer shares decade’s experience of German theatre
Well-known playwright and writer M. Safeer will share his enourmous experience of German theatre with Sri Lankan theatre lovers and enthusiasts at 5 pm on August 28 at the Goethe Institute Colombo. Safeer has been engaged with German theatre for more than past 10 years. The presentation and discussion is a presented by Colombo theatre [...]
Singapore’s ‘A Land Imagined’ wins Locarno’s Best prize
The 71st edition of one of the longest running film festivals in the world, the Locarno Film Festival set in the Southern Italian speaking city of Switzerland and held in the early weeks of August, came to a close with the introduction of many new faces to world cinema. The coveted Golden Leopard award of [...]
Madhura Madhura Krishna…
Bharatanatyam and Odissi recital to celebrate Krishna Janmashtami by Thushyanthy and Gayathri will be present on Sunday, September 2 at 6 pm at Saraswathy Hall, No.75 Lorenze Road, Colombo 5. Resettlement, Rehabilitation Northern Development and Hindu Religious Affairs Minister D.M. Swaminathan will be the chief guest while Mrs. Stéphanie Périllard and Mr.Randel van Heerden, the Chargé [...]
Amagi Beach: Sun, sand and seafood
Thalawilawella, a remote fishing village off Marawila was unheard till the late nineties. Nobody was really bothered to visit this beautiful stretch of beach until the touch of star class came to the life of the village in 1996. Amagi Beach was one of the pioneering hospitality projects, that turned Thalawilawella beach and Kurusa Palliya [...]
Holiday fun with Kite Festival at PRH
Pegasus Reef Hotel is adding more excitement and colour this school holiday season with the highly anticipated Pegasus Reef Kite Festival, a fun family event all set to be held today- 26th of August 2018 from 3.00 pm to 9.30 pm. The hotel, providing the ideal location for a kite-festival right on the border of [...]