Mirror Magazine
‘And Then There Were None’
T en different individuals will go missing at a mysterious house party, when two weeks from now Cold Theatre 7 presents ‘And Then There Were None’, the timeless mystery masterpiece by Agatha Christie. The Christie original was first published in Britain, a good seven decades ago and continues to hold sway over readers as one [...]
Action, intrigue and dancing
There’s mayhem at Bishop’s College. “Put a bunch of 11-14 year olds together and what do you expect,” grins Claire De Silva, teacher in charge of drama and director of the school’s latest production – ‘Shake, Ripple and Roll’. “This has been my life for the last 45 years,” Claire beams, looking around at the [...]
Meditation on wheels
Darcy Steinhardt didn’t get on a mountain bike till he was 30 years old but when he did it changed him forever. Then recovering from a very serious cancer scare, the off-road motorcycle racer desperately needed something new to focus on. In an email interview to the Mirror Magazine, Darcy reveals: “Little did I know [...]
Modern music with a choral twist
It was a humble beginning which started the journey for ‘Vocal Enigma’ – the brainchild of Maneesh Dasanayake, who formed the choir as part of the performing arts society at St Joseph’s College Bangalore, in 2010. Little did he imagine that an initial head count of the twenty would grow to 270 members in Bangalore, [...]
Christmas comes early
To raise the curtains for the upcoming festive season, the Dance Works Centre will present, “So… This is Christmas?” a dance show that promises an evening of free movement, classical and jazz ballet, hip hop, tap dance and contemporary dance. “I have had a production every two years since 1979 when I started this academy [...]
Getting the message across through Reggae
As the head of Sri Lanka’s Survival Reggae Club, Sunil Pathirana likes to keep his motto simple: ‘Sri Lanka Unite, One Nation, One Flag, Peace and Love.’ Sunil has been organising reggae gatherings in Sri Lanka since 1997. He believes reggae music is both innovative and traditional and is rightly termed ‘the music with a [...]
