22nd February 1998

"At Your Service"

The latest comedy by Indu Darmasena,"At Your Service" will go on the boards of Lionel Wendt on February 27th and 28th. It was initially performed at the Wendt in October last year. Indu has decided to run the play again as a result of numerous requests by those who missed it the first time.

The play is set in a little hotel in the cool hills of Sri Lanka named "Hill Star". The Manager, Mr. Perera is an utter moron! He talks big and dreams high. His only ambition is to make Hill Star a five star hotel (Poor Mr. Perera!). Apart from Mr. Perera the hotel is manned by a massive staff of 2! Chris and Tony. They basically fill all vacancies in the hotel trade... Receptionist, Housekeeper, Public Relations Manager, Waiter, Porter, Cook, etc.

Now everyone's all agog for the arrival of the so called 'Hong Kong Agent' who is supposed to represent a Hong Kong investor interested in Hill Star!!! Poor Mr. Perera is at the height of insanity when he receives a phone call informing him that an international drug pusher is among the guests of the hotel! From there onwards, its confusion, confusion and more confusion!

Indu Dharmasena claims to have been greatly influenced by the hilarious British tele series, "Fawlty Towers''.''At Your Service" however is far from being a copy of "Fawlty Towers" with its absolutely localised and hilarious twists. The origin of the play is a comic skit performed at a leading five star hotel in Colombo revolving around certain funny incidents that took place there. It's fresh, and funny!!

Mr. Perera is played by the inimitable Indu Dharmasena. The rest of the cast consists of some fresh young faces. The beautiful Chris and the beleagued Tony are played by Ramali Fonseka and Pubudu Jayawardena respectively. Hill Star's long suffering guests are played by Mariza Jansz, Christaleeta Soza, Lasantha Rodrigo, Charmaine Tillekeratne, Dulantha de Silva and Ramesh Navaratne.

Song and Dance

Love God - Love your motherland, an evening of song and dance presented by - Manique Bahar was held at the Lionel Wendt Theatre, last week. Proceeds were in aid of the "Ranaviru Sevana" Rehabilitation Centre, Ragama.

Calling all DJ's

The Cafe@internet, the most exciting internet place in town presents 'DJ of the Year 1998' at the Sri Lanka Exhibition and Convention Centre on March 7 from 6.30 p.m onwards.

The contest will be a wonderful opportunity for all those versatile DJs out there to really show their stuff and gain recognition.

The organisers believe that a contest of this nature would set a high standard among the DJs and give them exposure, not only to audiences but also to the international judge who will be present along with the four local judges.

All DJs who enter will have to bring their own CDs or records and they will be provided the equipment they need. They will be given a half hour slot to perform during which time they will be judged on how they motivate the crowd, their mixing abilities and their creative flair.

Those interested in taking part should contact the organisers, the Cafe@internet, 491, Galle Road, Colombo 3 for more details. Tickets for the grand show on March 7 will be available soon, so keep the date free.

The event is co-sponsored by TNL Radio and The Sunday Times. Look out for more news next week

Wonders of Nature

Wildlife photographer Vimukthi Weeratunga will present his second exhibition 'Wonders of Nature' from February 27 to March 2 at the Art Gallery. Vimukthi who works as a research assistant and photographer at the Dept. of Forest Conservation will have on display around 70 pictures.

It was Valentine's night and time to party for these youngsters who let their hair down at the Hotel Sapphire. Mirror photographer Ranjith Perera captured the action.

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