From Hikkaduwa to London
Perhaps too little is spoken of Sri Lanka’s own Lahiru ‘Larry’ Jayasekara, whose dream of becoming a chef led him to earn a Michelin star and also work at some of the best restaurants in the world. In an exclusive interview, we spoke to Larry, who visited Sri Lanka for just a few days to train [...]
The making of Grease–the Musical with all its highs and lows
The first time Nishantha Warnakulasuriya met Kevin Cruze, the only things they knew about each other were that they were from the same school and that Nishantha had a talent for music and Kevin for theatre. They’ve combined this to direct Grease –the Musical which is presented by Cold Theatre 7 and takes the stage [...]
Mirror
Capsule hotels opening up a new avenue for young budget travellers
Sri Lanka was ranked one of the top countries to visit in the world earlier this year by Lonely Planet and to no surprise. With our luscious beaches, rolling hillsides and magnificent rainforests who wouldn’t want to visit our little island. It is the ideal spot for travellers galore. It has become a recent trend [...]
Tharjini Sivalingam: 100 Caps for the Sri Lankan Netball Team
For over a decade Tharjini Sivalingam has been putting on the Goal Shooter bib and doing what she does best: Shooting extremely accurately for the Sri Lankan Netball Team. She seemingly effortlessly puts the finish on her teammates’ hard work in bringing the ball down the court to the scoring area within the goal circle. [...]
Making the cut
In December last year, 18 year old Ramudi Samarasekera was praying to ensure that her documents were in order as she submitted her application for the Karen McKellin International Leader of Tomorrow (ILOT) Award offered by the University of British Columbia (UBC) — a Canadian public research university ranked among the top 20 public Universities [...]
Headphone Mania
Headphones, headsets and earphones have become a staple part of our day-to-day lives. Whether it’s for listening to music or recording songs in a studio.In case you didn’t know, the difference between headsets and headphones are that the former has a microphone attached to it. So what’s the best? Well, that depends on what type [...]
Music News
‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ by Queen first pre- 1990’s video to pass one billion plays on YouTube The video clip to the song ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ by Queen has become the first pre- 1990’s video to pass one billion plays on YouTube. To mark the occasion a re-mastered high definition version of the clip was released to YouTube [...]
Beatlemania is back with ‘Yesterday’
Beatlemania is recreated worldwide on the silver screen again with the release of the movie ‘Yesterday’. Following the immense success of the musical movies featuring legendry Fred Mercury in ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ and Elton in ‘Rocketman’, much awaited ‘Yesterday’ revolving around the ever popular British rock n roll band ‘The Beatles’ is now being shown in [...]
TV Times
Fingers to ‘Sing with Moratuwa’
The band ‘Fingers’ from Moratuwa is the latest addition to the music industry. The band ‘Fingers’ first came into limelight in the mid 2016, with their maiden concert ‘Sing with Moratuwa’. ‘Sing with Moratuwa’ was their official induction party in July 2016, where all members of the band initiated their professional career as musicians. After [...]
‘Vijayaba Kollaya’ on screen
Prof. Sunil Ariyarante’s much awaited film ‘Vijayaba Kollaya’, screenplay written by the late writer Tissa Abeysekara based on the novel written by a best-selling author of Sinhala literature, W. A. Silva, will be on screen from August 1. Produced by H. D. Premasiri for Sarasavi Sine Ru, the film will be released on EAP circuit [...]
“Guttila Kaavya” at Punchi Theatre
Theatrical production, “Guttila Kaawya”, made based on poetry written by Waththawe thera, directed by award winning playwright Akila Sapumal will go on the boards at 3.30 pm and 6.45 pm on August 4 at Namel Malini Punchi theatre in Borella. Guttila Kaavya is a prescribed text for both GCE Ordinary and Advanced Level Sinhala syllabi. [...]
Bringing world theatre to Sri Lanka
Bringing a rare opportunity for Sri Lankan theatre lovers to experience foreign theatre and witness an international theatre festival, Colombo International Theatre Festival (CITF) 2019 will be held from August 3 to 9 at the Elphinston theatre, Colombo. Organised by Inter act Art, this year festival will felicitate actor and playwright Dr. Jayalath Manoratne who [...]
Seafood Thursdays at Mövenpick
Seafood lovers are in for a treat every Thursday night at AYU as they introduce ‘Seafood Thursdays’ from 7.00 pm – 10.30 pm. From seafood chowder to chunky tuna salads, shrimp cocktail, cured marlin and fish tikka salad, are some of the dishes from the great blue sea available at the centrally located Mövenpick Hotel [...]
RC Yacht Club boosts East coast tourism
A record number of 55 sailboats participated in the tenth RCYC Trinco Blu Annual Sailing Regatta recently held in Trincomalee. It was the largest participation ever in what came to be the island’s flagship sailing event, organized by Royal Colombo Yacht Club (RCYC). The blue seas off Trincomalee offered perfect conditions on the day, with clear [...]