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The teapot You know this one — you’ve probably done it yourself. One hand on the hip, one leg jutting forward, knee slightly bent. ‘This is a classic model pose from the Twenties,’ says celebrity snapper Dave Benett, a red-carpet regular who has photographed everyone from Madonna to the Queen. ‘The reason it works is because [...]
Keep a date with Date Bar
Nishreen Savanghan and her sisters grew up accustomed to eating what might very well be the best date and lime chutney in Colombo. Their mother, Roshan Ibrahim would make it in a claypot, cooking the dates down till they were soft and yielding, the slivers of lime adding a lovely note of sourness into the [...]
The Noise is back
‘NOISE 2016’ scheduled to take place in April and organised by the Rotaract Club of Colombo East is expected to leave fans enthralled. As a spin-off of the main concert, ‘NOISE Unplugged’, an acoustic night featuring NOISE finalists took place on February 3 at The Shore by O! with a crowd of more than 250 [...]
Mirror
Raising the bar for the local cinema industry
Young director Daevinda Kongahage’s debut movie, ‘Bhavatharna’ (Crossing Sansara) was adjudged the Best Film at the 2015 Delhi International Film Festival recently and ushered in a new era in the local cinema industry. Born in Colombo he spent his time between Colombo and Kandy. A Trinitian and a Royalist, Kongahage was exposed to both politics [...]
Severely warned
“Silence!” The mudliar shouted. The judge sat in his seat and looked at the case files piled up for the day. “Hendrik Appuhamilage Nandawathi Subasinghe.” The mudliar shouted again. A middle-aged but good-looking woman wearing cloth and jacket stood on the deck. “My lord, this woman was found loitering in the streets at 12.30 a.m. [...]
Postive space for free expression
The 80 club was loud for a Sunday, last week. Drum sticks and open guitar cases sat propped against the few empty chairs as bands lined-up to perform at the first event of its name – “Sundown Jam.” To call it just another concert, is to miss at least partially, the point of Devinda Amarasuriya’s [...]
TV Times
‘Sinha Wisea’ Cricketers sing for their Cup
‘Sinha Wisea’ (lion’s roar) is the latest World Cup song to hit the Sri Lankan air waves. Produced by popular singer Yashan de Silva, this ‘2016 World Cup’ song was released last week and it was an overnight hit. The unique feature of this song is, apart from the popular singers in the music scene, [...]
Grammy winner Hussain Jiffry at Curve Tapas Bar
Hussain Jiffry, Grammy award winner and internationally recognized bassist was hosted for cocktails by Harpo at the Curve Tapas Bar recently during his brief visit to Sri Lanka, to meet up with a few friends and musicians. Jiffry’s group won the Grammy award in 2014 for Best Pop Instrumental Album for their album ‘Steppin’ Out’ . [...]
‘Segawunu Mitiyawatha’ Experimenting on a new cinema
Young filmmaker Nirmal Rajapaksa who came to the limelight with his maiden experimental film Pitasakwala Abhirahasa’ (The Mystery of ET), a story warning on the dangerous threat of aliens to the humanity, is to make this second film ‘Segawunu Mitiyawatha’. With an innovative mind Nirmal developed his own technology with whatever he could collect from [...]
Applications calling for theatre workshop
Applications are now being called for the theatre workshop with the participation of international theatre artistes which has been organized in parallel to the 5th Colombo International Theatre Festival 2016. The workshops from April 2 to 6 from 9.00am to 5.00pm will be held at the Indian Cultural Centre, Gregory’s Road, Colombo 08 and an [...]
In search of real lovers
‘Pem Yuwalak Ona Kara Thibe’ (Wanted: A real couple), in which Udayasiri Wickramaratne transforms the romance of the 1970s film into a unique 21st Century theatrical experience, will be staged at 3.30 and 7 pm on March 13 at Lionel Wendt Theatre, Colombo 7. The theme of this play is how the world of love [...]
A play on a taboo theme ‘Gabsawa’, a new production
After a long silence Gabsawa, (Abortion) the play that won State Awards as well as Independent Jubilee Awards will be staged again at 3.30 and 6.30 on March 12 at the Lionel Wendt Theatre, Colombo. The play which won the attention of both the audience and critiques is a stage play by Thilak Nandana Hettiarachchi. [...]
Jetwing Jaffna: The splendour of the North
The A9 road runs smooth for miles down the middle of Sri Lanka, bursting forth from the jungles of the Wanni to cross the Elephant Pass causeway over a shining lagoon before it comes to a stop in the historic Jaffna town. Constantly abuzz with energy, it still maintains a sense of calm that is [...]
First ‘Cinnamon products’ Boutique inaugurated
‘Cinnamon Legends Boutique’, Sri Lanka’s very first desinged cinnamon gallery, was opened recently at Lotus Road, Colombo 1. Owned and managed by ‘Cinnamon Legends’, an International ISO 9001:2008 Quality Systems Management Certified Company. This is the first company in Sri Lanka that developed value added products in Cinnamon and from now onwards providing the essence [...]