TV Times

"Jana Karaliya" launched its Drama and Theatre programme in the Puttalam District at Mary's Tamil Maha Vidyalaya Ground.

They will stay there till mid of July, engaging with Drama and Theatre activities. They have already started conducting Drama and Theatre appreciation programmes at Puttalam, Mahakumbukkadawala, Karuwalagaswewa, Anamaduwa, Vanathavilluwa, Serakkusiya, Kalpitiya and Nawagaththegama with the assistance of the Provincial Secretaries of those areas. They will start Drama and Theatre appreciation programmes and workshops for school students and teachers after A/L examinations and holidays.

"Jana Karaliya Drama Festival", the most attractive item of their agenda is scheduled to hold in the Jana Karaliya Mobile Theatre from June 23 to July 3. Jana Karaliya Sinhala and Tamil Drama productions, "Charandas", "Seethambarapata", "Andaramal", "Devlowagamana", "Charandas Kallan", "Mayappattadai", "Erukkalam Poo," "Dewaloha Payanam" and Children's Plays of Saman Pushpakumara ("Ahankara Kiribabi" and "Dangayo Ne") and Sumith Samarasinghe ("Soru Evilla") are also included in the list of Drama Festival.

All the "Jana Karaliya" plays are collective efforts of the Jana Karaliya Mobile Theatre group that consists of Sinhala and Tamil youth. Palitha Abeylal, Jayantha Kumara Muthuthanthri, Suneth Shanthapriya, Sokkalingam Krishanthan, Chaminda Prasad, Manjula Ranasinghe, Nishantha Kularatna, Sumudu Mallawarachchi, Thyagaraja Sivanesan, Muniyandi Kalidas, Verni Theresa, Ajanthan Shanthakumar, Arosha Tharanganee, Sineth Devinda, Dinesh Swarna Sri Livera, Sam Paul, Malithi Kumari, Praneeth Jeewantha, Chinthaka Kodithuwakku, Rasaiya Lohanadan, Selvaraj Leelawathi, J. Sri Devi and B.Radhika are performing artistes in all these plays.

H.A. Perera has composed music with the assistance of Sumudu Mallawarachchi and Tharindu Gamage. Ravindra Mapitigama assists in choreographing and direction. Dilip Rohana is doing the management while Parakrama Niriella and H.A. Perera leads the entire Jana Karaliya Programme.