Magazine
Home » Magazine » TV TimesTV Times
Long live ONJ
Popular singer Olivia Newton-John is receiving an outpouring of heartfelt messages online after she recently posted a video on Twitter addressing rumours that she was on her deathbed. In it, the 70-year-old ‘Grease’ actress wished everyone a happy New Year and, sadly, had to clarify that ‘the rumours of my death have been greatly exaggerated.’ Olivia was referring [...]
Bohemian Rhapsody and Malek win at Golden Globe
Queen movie Bohemian Rhapsody was the surprise winner of two major prizes at last Sunday’s Golden Globe Awards. The Freddie Mercury biopic took home the trophies for ‘best film drama’ and ‘best drama actor’ for its star Rami Malek, who played the late front man of the popular band Queen. Despite being heavily tipped and [...]
‘Manikarnika’ to lead more biopics on Indian women
Both Bollywood and South Indian cinema kicked off the New Year with much awaited biopic movie ‘Manikarnik’, a story on Rani Laxmibai, one of the leading figures of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 and her resistance to the British Raj. Indian period drama based on the life of Rani Laxmibai of Jhansi is directed by [...]
Cinema in memory of Marxist founder
Having celebrated the 200th birth anniversary of Karl Marx, the marxist founder, the German Cultural Centre, The Goethe-Institut has been featuring a series of films about Karl Marx. 2017 film, ‘The Young Karl Marx’ directed by Raoul Peck will be screened at 7 pm on January 18 at the Goethe Hall. Co-written by Peck and [...]
Rajitha’s ‘Hithala Gaththu Theeranayak’ returns to the Wendt
Rajitha Dissanayake’s newest play ‘Hithala Gaththu Theeranayak’, (A well-made decision) returns to the Lionel Wendt stage on January 19 Saturday, at 7.00 pm. The play, which premiered in November last year, explores the consequences of decisions made by people in the name of love, and how they react when such decisions go wrong. The plot [...]
‘Sinhabahu’ in Maradana
‘Sinhabahu’, one of the epoch-making plays of Prof. Ediriweera Sarathchandra, will be staged at 3.30 pm and 6.45 pm on January 19 at Tower Hall theatre, Colombo. The stylised play which has won the hearts of many theatre goers of all ages is a prescribed text for the GCE Ordinary Level Sinhala syllabus.
Thornton Wilder in Lankan theatre
The maiden show of ‘Premaye Nagaraya’, a Sinhala play based on American playwright Thornton Wilder’s well-known drama “Our Town” will go on the boards at 3.30 pm and 6.30 pm on January 19 at Lumbini theatre in Colombo. To a script of Randeera Fernando, the theatrical adaptation is directed by Asanka Gurusinghe and it is [...]
Thaproban Pavilion: Heaven by the Unawatuna waters
Listed as one of the seven most beautiful beaches in the world, the fishing village of Unawatuna is the magnificent beach frontage mysterious Rumassala Forest, the beautiful hill off renowned Galle harbour, which was known as ‘Buono Vista’ (magnificent view). Unawatuna is an ideal holiday destination for both the budget minded as well as the [...]