Dayananda Gunawardena Theatre Festival Three evergreen plays will be performed in memory of renowned playwright Dayananda Gunawardena from June 16 to 18 at the Lionel Went theatre in Colombo. Dayananda Felicitation Theatre festival will have two performances daily at 3.30 pm and 7 pm and it will start with two short plays “Nari Bena” and [...]

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Dayananda Gunawardena Theatre Festival

Three evergreen plays will be performed in memory of renowned playwright Dayananda Gunawardena from June 16 to 18 at the Lionel Went theatre in Colombo.

Dayananda Felicitation Theatre festival will have two performances daily at 3.30 pm and 7 pm and it will start with two short plays “Nari Bena” and “Jasaya Saha Lenchina” on June 16, “Madura Jawanika” on June 17 and ‘Bak Maha Dige’ on June 18.

The cast of ‘Nari Bena’ and Jasaya saha Lenchina’ will include Bandula Wijeweera, Rodney Warnakula, Sarath Kulanga, Tharanda Kumari, Rathnasheela Perera, Sunil Thilakaratne, Nilmini Kottegoda, Jayanath Bandana and Indika Jayasinghe and music direction is by Pubudu Walpita.

“Madura Jawanika” is played by Jackson Anthony, Rodney Warnakula, Bandula Wijeweera, Madhini Malwaththage, Rathnasheela Perera, Tharanga Kumari, Indika Jayasinghe, Wasantha Gunawardena, Buddhika Ranaweera and Jayanath Bandara.

Music is handled by Kapila Puugalarachchi whilst costume designing is by Irangani Gunawardena.
The main organiser of the festival is Jude Srimal and tickets are available at Lionel Wendt theatre.

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