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Ever popular classic, Jane Eyre to be staged

Jane Eyre presented by the Shared Experience Theatre company from London, will go on the boards at the Bishop's College auditorium on Nov. 4, 5 and 6.

Shared Experience are renowned the world over for breaking boundaries and creating highly charged physical performances and they have transformed Charlotte Bronte's great novel into an extraordinary and deeply affecting drama.

Polly Teale has worked for the Shared Experience Theatre for the past four years and has directed a number of their productions with a large measure of success. To Jane Eyre can be added The House of Bernarda Alba, Desire Under the Elms together with War and Peace and Mill on the Floss, a production that toured to Sri Lanka in 1995 with Nancy Meckler. Some of her other theatre credits include The Glass Menagerie at the Lyceum Edinburgh, Miss Julie at the Young Vic, Babies and Uganda at the Royal Court and A Taste of Honey for the English Touring Theatre. She has also written plays for BBC Screen on Two and for the Traverse Edinburgh and Drill Hall.

The Shared Experience Theatre Company has been in existence for nearly twenty five years. Throughout that time the company has always remained true to its core philosophy that each and every performance is a 'shared experience' between the actors and their audience and that each production is a genuinely collaborative effort.

This sense of democracy permeates every aspect of the production. Although with each production it is often difficult to work out exactly who has ben responsible for anyone particular piece, this aspect is unimportant. What is of great importance is the undeniable theatrical effectiveness of the whole. Productions are started many months in advance and an extended period of enquiry and research is undertaken by all involved.

When many other companies would be sitting back and relaxing, Shared Experience are carefully balancing the old and the new. They have responded to popular demand with new highly acclaimed productions of Anna Karenina and Jane Eyre as well as creating new works such as The House of Bernard Alba.

Their performances in Sri Lanka are sponsored by the British Council in association with the Taj Samudra Hotel, Sirasa TV, MTV and Yes FM.

On Thursday, November 4 there will be a matinee performance at 2.30p.m. and another at 7.30p.m.

On Friday, November 5 the show will be at 7.30p.m. and on Saturday, November 6 the matinee performance will be at 2.30 p.m. followed by another at 7.30 p.m.

Tickets are available at the British Council's Cultural Affairs Office, the Taj Samudra and Bishop's College Auditorium.

The Shared Experience Theatre will also conduct a drama workship on Friday, November 5 from11.00 a.m.-1.00 p.m at the British Council hall.

The workshop will illustrate Shared Experience Theatre's innovative working methods. It is for those above 16 years of age and with acting experience and is open to 20 participants only.

A registration fee of Rs 100/- will be accepted on a first come first served basis at the Cultural Affairs Office of the British Council from Monday October 25.

Dilki's Wedding

Sans fuss and fanfare, popular model Dilkie Weerasinghe, daughter of screen star Anoja Weerasinghe tied the knot last week with Samin Attanayake, son of veteran singer Sujatha Attanayake and music director Navaratne Attanayake. The ceremony took place on October 11 at the Dhamma Viharaya, Kalapaluwawa, Rajagiriya. Dilkie wore a white Indian saree for the registration, which was attested by Mrs Norma Nanayakkara and Major General Shantha Kottegoda.

The next evening, accompanied by their retinue of four flower girls and four page boys, the couple held a reception for close family and friends at the Trans Asia Hotel's Earl's Court. Dilkie made a radiant bride in off-white Kandyan saree worked by Yolande Aluvihare. She was dressed by Shobi of Salon Naresh and carried a bouquet created by Veena of Supreme Flora. Pix by Dayan Witharana.

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