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Young Learners of British Council presents : Mummy's Boy and Half a Chick The Young Learner's Centre of the British Council celebrates their fourth anniversary and presents two one act plays 'Half a Chick' and 'Mummy's Boy' directed by Odile Melder and assisted by Rashmi Fernando. Half a Chick, retold by Bill Stockdale from a Spanish folk tale, captures the spirit of a very young cast of over 20 members to animate the legend in song, dance and drama. The production builds on the energy and enthusiasm of the children in a sequence of scenes designed to illustrate the importance of doing to others as you would have them do unto yourself.
Mummy's Boy is a delightful and hilarious story that reveals some unpredictable consequences of family and community interaction. In this play older members of the centre combine their talent and discipline in acting out scenes from this adaptation of Mummy's Boy. The children have created the stage and costume design themselves. Both productions have afforded the children a wonderful opportunity to express themselves, harness their talents, and focus their energy into a unique theatrical experience. Music for the play spans a range of genres, including Indian soundscapes, classical pieces, folk songs from the 1960s, and other well known songs from The Beatles, songwriter Billy Joel and others.
The combined efforts of this diverse and creative cast give life to these comedies and are bound to leave the audience laughing. Half a Chick and Mummy's Boy will be performed on Sunday September 7th at 6.30 p.m. in the British Council main hall. Tickets are now available at the Information Desk (Library) of the
British Council (open from Tuesday. The Ancestral Dress An exhibition of Art Works by Pala Pothupitiya and photographs by Menika van der Poorten will take place at the Phenomenal Space Gallery, 35, Galle Face Court One, Galle Road, Colombo 3 from September 4 to 23. Combining the classical 'Fine Art' form of Sculpture with the costume and adornment making tradition of Low Country Dance - conventionally considered 'Craft' and not Art-Pala Pothupitiya creates totally unconventional and unique works of Art. With his roots dug firmly in the Low Country Dance and Costume making tradition of his forefathers in Deniyaya Pala (a sculpture graduate from the Institute of Aesthetic Studies) explores his heritage and identity through the medium of relief sculptures, adorned with the Dress and Costume of Low Country Dance - intricately created by Pala using the throw away artifacts of Urban life, pen clips, bottle tops, plastic bottles, hair clips etc. Through her black and white photographs Menika van der Poorten (Photographer and lecturer in Photography at VAFA - the Vibhavi Academy of Fine Arts) investigates the transformation of Pala's creations - from being an integral part of Pala's personal exploration - to its more functional mode of being wearable items. Through the camera lens Menika presents Palas work in a 'real' context where the dancer performs wearing Palas creations. Traditionally in Low Country Dance the dancer makes his/her own costumes and the costume therefore has sacred connotations for the wearer. One that invests its wearer with the energy and spirit of the dance and the ritual. Pala's rations draws on those traditions and re-invests them with a different meaning in an urban context. One-man art show opens on Sep. 4 by Irangika Range The ninth one-man exhibition of paintings by M. Chandrapala will be opened by Dr. Pandith W. D. Amaradeva at Alliance Francaise of Colombo at 6.00 p.m. on September 4. It will be open to the public from 9.30 a.m. to 6.00 p.m. daily from September 5 to 8.
The paintings depict love, affection, pleasure, hope and various personal bonds in human life. M. Chandrapala was born in Veyangoda and studied at Veyangoda Maha Vidyalaya and Devalapola Maha Vidyalaya. He is a graduate of the University of Kelaniya. He also studied at the Government College of Fine Arts. Since his childhood he took an interest in arts and literature. Chandrapala has participated in several major exhibitions in Sri Lanka and won awards for his paintings. His paintings have been selected for the international exhibitions in India, Bangladesh and Bulgaria.
His paintings have appealed to art lovers in many countries such as Great Britain, Germany, Austria, Sweden, Switzerland, France, Italy, Russia, Pakistan, Japan, Hungary, Korea, The Netherlands and Finland. Being a multi-faceted creative artist he takes a keen interest in literature especially poetry. He published his first poetry collection "Kulundul Belmak" in 1974. It was followed by "Mawathe Geethayak" in 1977 and "Socraties Ha Pawahan" in 1998. The Dharmapala Olcott Memorial International Research Foundation awarded him the honorary title "Lekaka Shiromani" for his contribution to literature. |
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