Thrilling his audience: Driving passion of French DJ
French DJ Ludo di Luccci who was in Sri Lanka for the month-long French Spring Festival in June/July and thrilled crowds at Café Français, Park Street and Amaya Hills, Kandy confesses that he was a shy teenager. Thus at the age of 14 with only the knowledge of playing drums, he took over playing music [...]
Sharing a love for twisted strings
“Twisted Shades brought new meaning to our lives. Even though it is a struggle to manage our work and business, it taught us to strive for something better every day,” say Lakshani Jayasiriwardena and Anuhas Jayakody, the artists behind Twisted Shades. With a shared passion for art and craft, they are among the many artists [...]
Those catchy tunes and great moves: Await Grease!
Await Grease! Cold Theatre 7 (CT7) has announced that it will present ‘Grease – The Musical’ in special association with Theatrical Rights Worldwide from August 1-4 at the Lionel Wendt theatre. This follows CT7’s string of successful productions over the last few years from And Then There Were None (2013), The Mousetrap (2015), Peter Pan [...]
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“Grease Yaka Returns“ to ride again
The thematic sequel by AnandaDrama to the bilingual play Grease Yaka which was originally staged in 2014, Grease Yaka Returns (GYR) will captivate audiences once again at Lionel Wendt with two shows on July 7 at 3.30p.m. and 7.00p.m. The prequel which focused on the evolving of societal fears, set the pace for GYR as [...]
What To Follow
Watchdog Sri Lanka With fake news and misinformation being a prevalent issue plaguing the country, a ‘multidisciplinary team of concerned citizens’ have gotten together to make some sense of it all. Enter Watchdog Sri Lanka: the new way to debunk all those Whatsapp forwards. This service aims to verify every story by fact-checking thoroughly with [...]
Elil Sethukavalar: Ready to take on the Netballing World
She is a pillar of the netball team – both figuratively and literally (she is 193cm tall). She is from Jaffna and takes pride in the responsibility that comes from being a National Netballer, in putting 200% effort into team success, and in being a role model for others to follow. Elil who is 24-years [...]
Ride hailing with SLT’s Muve
If I told you that Sri Lanka Telecom launched a ride-hailing service called SLT Muve, what would your reaction be? Well, mine was confusion mixed with a little curiosity. Here was a Telecom Operator venturing into the ride-hailing industry. Launched recently SLT Muve is almost an infant in the ride-hailing industry of Sri Lanka. Nonetheless, [...]
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MAF SILVER JUBILEE AGM
Moratuwa Arts Forum (MAF), the trailblasing arts organization of the musical city will be hosting its silver jubilee AGM in a colourfull and fitting manner. Founded in 1994 with, legendary film and teledrama award winning actor, the late Asoka Peiris as its founder president, MAF’s landmark 25th anniversary meeting will be held on 30th June [...]
The winner of Viber-Honda Sticker Download Competition
Begun in February 2019, the Honda Love Viber sticker download competition continued for a month and a half with over 200,000 Viber fans participating. From the initial entries 20 individuals were randomly selected. This was whittled down to five finalists and finally Dulma Dharmasiri of Alapane in Ratnapura was picked as the ultimate winner. Dulma [...]
Fête de la Musique in Kandy
The French Music Festival, organised by Alliance Francaise de Kandy, was held at the ‘Le Garage’ Discotheque and at the ‘pool side’ of the Amaya Hills Hotel, Kandy last week. The pictures show special French DJ li Lucci and popular Sri Lankan counterpart DJ Dayal were in action during the festival.
Kanchanamala joins Sinhabahu legacy
Following the Guinness World Record legacy by her parents who played most number of theatre performances for 31 years continuously, Dr. Kanchanamala Ranasinghe is to play Suppadevi in Prof. Ediriweera Sarachchandra’s epoch making stylised play ‘Sinhabahu’. Kanchanamala is the only daughter of Terence and Malini Ranasinghe who played the roles of Potheguru and Suppadevi in [...]
Indian cinema on ground realities
An Indian movie made based on one of the most compelling true stories in the recent history in India, rape and murder of three young girls in 2014, ‘Article 15’ is now being screened in theatres in Colombo and suburbs. Different from most of the stereotyped Bollywood movies filled with glamour and colour, ‘Article 15’ [...]
Action packed western style thriller for Lankan TV
Action packed teleserial that is produced in the style of western thriller dramas, ‘Iththo’ directed by Suneth Malinga Lokuhewa will be telecast on Siyatha TV at 8.00 pm belt from July 1st. This suspenseful tele play has 100 episodes and it divides into four different themes. The serial is to be played by a cast [...]
Exquisite new menu at 57-Jetwing Colombo Seven
57, the main restaurant of Jetwing Colombo Seven recently unveiled a new menu to highlight the restaurant’s fusion of diverse and signature flavours, to its globally inspired cuisine. Headed by Michelin star Chef Indika, the restaurant invites food lovers to set off on a culinary voyage from Sri Lanka to India, Japan to Italy and [...]
Grand Hotel among top 100 luxury Hotels of the world
The Grand Hotel, Nuwara Eliya found itself ranked among the top 100 luxury Hotels of the world in the ‘Hotel of the Year Awards 2019’. Recognised for its superior guest experience and service standards, the iconic landmark of the Hill country became the only Sri Lankan Hotel to be listed in the elite collection of [...]