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Masterchef Sri Lanka is here
The question had all foodies and amateur cooks buzzing; ‘Are you ready to turn your home cooked passion into a Masterchef title?’ Now after months in the making, the show is finally here- the much-awaited Masterchef Sri Lanka! Launching last weekend under the theme ‘Taking Sri Lanka on a Plate to the World’, viewers are [...]
When Shakespeare spoke in a Sri Lankan voice
Gateway College Colombo’s recent staging of Much Ado About Nothing – a production that boldly reimagined Shakespeare through a Sri Lankan cultural lens was set in an early 20th-century Kandyan milieu. Presented by the Secondary School Drama Club at the Kamatha theatre at the BMICH last month, the interpretation transformed a well-known Shakespearean comedy into [...]
TV Times
Return of Epic Elvis
‘EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert’ By Susitha R. Fernando ‘EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert’, a docudrama on the King of Rock & Roll, Elvis Presley directed by Baz Luhrmann is now being screened at Scope Cinemas Multiplex and IMAX: Havelock City Mall in Colombo. Started on February 20, this follow-up film to Luhrmann’s 2022 biopic [...]
British play ‘Black Prince’ with Lankan touch
Sinhala stage play ‘Pawulkana Minihek’ produced by veteran playwright E.M.D. Upali will go on the boards on February 28 at 3.30 pm and 6.45 p.m. at Punchi Theatre, Borella. Based on a famous British play ‘Black Prince’, written by Scottish novelist and playwright Iris Murdoch, which was translated into Sinhala by Prof. J.A.P. Jayasinghe, ‘Pawulkana [...]
‘Api Mirisse’ unfolds the reality of beach destinations
By Sanath Weerasuriya Sri Lankan television continues to explore socially relevant themes through compelling storytelling, and the upcoming teledrama ‘Api Mirisse’ emerges as a timely addition to this trend, shedding light on the growing menace of drugs within a popular tourist destination. Set against the vibrant coastal backdrop of Mirissa, a location celebrated for its [...]
Advertising veteran KayJay (Keith Jayasekera) transpose himself as a storyteller
The inaugural, one of a kind ‘paired book launch’ a fortnight ago at Barefoot Gallery Café, Colombo 3 saw many advertising stalwarts of the present and legendary bygone era coming together in support of ‘one of their own kind’ repositioning himself in his retirement years as a storyteller. The launch event was all the more [...]