Mirror Magazine
A fun-filled lesson
Young students of Dangedara Jayawardena Maha Vidyalaya, Galle get a timely message on mobile devices through a wordless theatrical performance enacted by a team directed by Sulochana Dissanayake, well known puppeteer and founder of Power of Play The young man’s life is ruled by his phone. He wakes up, washes and picks the shirt [...]
Weaving a cultural bond
Here are two ingredients for a wonderful fashion show: a catwalk laid out on the lawn of the DBU with the historic building for a backdrop and a starry sky overhead. FUSE IT ticked off both of those last week at an event that brought together designers from the Academy of Design, Sri Lanka (AOD) [...]
Bountiful returns
Longing to make a discernible change, Charitha Rattwatte set out to take on the challenges faced by paddy farmers through his venture – Rural Returns. “I came up with the concept while studying in California” says, Charitha who graduating with honours from the Manchester Metropolitan University UK in 2002 , left to do study for [...]
3 ideas for the holiday season
Everyone understands that the price of groceries have risen to an unmanageable level. As a New Year’s gift, pick three families, ask them what essentials they need for the household (simple, imperishable items like rice, flour, dhal, milk powder, soap, toothpaste, laundry detergent), and buy the necessary quantities for the month of January. You could [...]
Meeting of minds
Exactly a month from now, on May 6 to be precise, almost 1500 foreign and local delegates will gather at the Magampura International Convention Hall in Hambantota for the opening ceremony of the World Conference on Youth (WCY) 2014. Over 2 years in the making, the conference is organized locally by the Ministry of Youth [...]
Giving stand-up comedy a boost
Comedy Night returns to the circuit today (April 6) at the Manchester, with some young comedians set to take the stage to entertain (and occasionally shock) local audiences with the good, the bad and sometimes painful. In celebration of what looks to be a regular event in Colombo, we relive last month’s Comedy Night. Walking [...]
TV Times
Inter-School Drama Competition 2014
Inter-School Drama Competition, organised by the Interact Club of Royal College will be held on the 9th April 2014 from 9.00am. The participating school teams take it in turn to step onto the stage at the Lionel Wendt theatre to present their entry at one of the most anticipated English drama competition in Sri Lanka – [...]
Another World ‘first’ for Alston Koch
Alston Koch a recent inductee as a member into the Grammy Academy in the USA and winner of 3 ARIA accredited Awards for his song writing and performance over the last 4 decades in the professional music industry will be among the world famous artists appearing at this world renown ‘Carnivale’ in Seychelles in April. [...]
The Reality of underworld
The firsthand depiction of the underworld that existed in Sri Lankan suburbs with political patronage a few decades back will be shown with ‘Gini avi saha Gini keli’, a story based on Anura Horeshas’ novel of the same title. Telecast at 9.30pm on Derana TV on all weekdays starting on Monday, April 7, the teleplay is produced [...]
‘Choro Calibre’ passion for Lent
Popular ‘Choro Calibre’, a talented choral group, who are widely known in Sri Lanka, will soon embark on a different journey, setting aside their customary glamour-filled choral concert of popular songs and dazzling dances, the recipients of international awards, will go spiritual this Season of Lent. Led by the youthful and dynamic musician Shamal de [...]
“Sihina Kumara” A Korean royal love epic
The internationally acclaimed Korean television drama “The Princess Man” titled “Sihina Kumara” in Sinhala started its telecast on Derana TV on March 31. This is the first ever Sinhala dubbed Korean drama series telecast on Derana. “The princess Man” which originally ran on Korean television, has won many awards including the Best Drama Series award at the [...]
‘Noah’ at Liberty Lite
Darren Aronofsky’s ‘Noah’ epic story of courage and sacrifice from the Bible’s Old Testament which grossed 44 million US dollars in the United States is now being released at Liberty Lite, Kollupitiya. Played by Russell Crowe, the film depict how the world is ravaged by human sin and Noah is given the divine mission to [...]
Theatre can make a change ; Shyam Fernando
The winner of Best Actor at the recently held State Drama Festival-2014 for his performance in Rajitha Dissanayake’s latest play ‘Adara Wasthuwa’, Shyam Fernando has been presented with the top award. At the end it was a long way which he came through hard work, self learning and sheer determination. Considering the award an achievement [...]
Ceylon Theatre celebrates Earth Hour with latest Spiderman
The upcoming ‘Amazing spider man’ has been the official superhero for earth hour and was celebrated by Ceylon Theatres, importers of the movie to Sri Lanka. The film is slated to be released on the Majestic Cineplex from May 2. On March 29, Ceylon Theatre team took the initial step to promote the movie by creating [...]
“Oba Nathuwa Oba Ekka” on a journey from West Coast to East Coast in USA
Prasanna Vithanage’s internationally acclaimed award winning feature film “Oba Nathuwa Oba Ekka” (With You, Without You) will participate in three film festivals across continental USA from west coast to east coast. The first stop will be at Tiburon Film Festival in California from April 10- 18. Next it will feature at Silkscreen Film Festival at [...]
‘SENKVELD’ team in Sri Lanka
Kurt Mosvold, owner Mosvold Lanka Travels and Ms Sissel Nordhagen, owner Norsk Tur Norway together with their joint venture company Sri Lanka Travel in Norway, hosted the production of Norway’s most popular TV talk show ‘Senkveld’ at Mosvold Villa by Jetwing in August 2013. ‘Senkveld’ is broadcast every Friday on TV2, the largest commercial TV [...]
Sunday Caviar and Oyster Brunch at Kingsbury
The Kingsbury now ventures to provide the perfect getaway on Sundays to its discerning guests, patrons and to all those with a penchant for taste and class. Its all new Sunday Caviar & Oyster Brunch is billed to be a gastronomic celebration every weekend, in the heart of the throbbing Colombo by the dazzling Indian [...]
Awards ceremony of IATA
International Airline Ticketing Academy held its Award Ceremony at Grand Oriental Hotel recently. Here a participant is receiving an award from the Chief Guest Ajith Weeratunga, Sales and Marketing Manager of Abacus Sri Lanka. Also in the picture, is Deepal Perera, the International Travel Consultant and Airline Professional Instructor of IATA, who conducted the course.
