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Maname nadagama going to Australia by Rodney Arambewala Hon. Consul for Sri Lanka in Melbourne Australian Sri Lankans will soon have the fortune to see the Sri Lankan performing arts legend, Maname. Maname will be on the boards on Februrary 8 in Melbourne at the Besen Centre, Burwood East. It would be presented by The Committee for Sri Lanka in order to celebrate two events namely the 56th Anniversary of Sri Lanka's Independence and The Committee's own 10th Anniversary. Dr. Rodney Arambewela, Honorary Consul for Sri Lanka in Victoria and The Committee's Chairman, points out that the Melbourne show would be a special presentation with explanations on a screen in English. "Our idea is to showcase one of Sri Lanka's great artistic achievements also to the Australian audience", Dr. Arambewela said. The Lankan troupe headed by the play's current producer, Lalitha Sarachchandra. Another performance in Sydney is also on the cards. The chorus will be picked from among local talent in Melbourne and would be trained by Jayashri Chandrajith, distinguished Sarachchandra player and Sri Lankan teacher of dramatic art, now resident in Melbourne. Mrs Malini Jayasinghe is the coordinator for the project and Transco Private Ltd is sponsoring the project. Melbourne audiences would enjoy a very special privilege of seeing Maname's original star, Shyamon Jayasinghe, peforming in his historic role as Potheguru. Shyamon is domiciled in Australia and has been active on the local stage with the famed dramatic prowess he displayed in Maname reportedly undiminished. Sarachchandra's masterpiece has stood the test of time having been staged continuously over the last 47 years. The late Professor Ediriweera Sarachchandra produced Maname in the year 1956 for the Peradeniya Sinhalese Drama Society. Critics raved over it. "Maname is not only without question the finest thing I have seen on the Sinhalese stage; it is also one of the three or four most impressive dramatic performances in any language which I have been privileged to attend in Ceylon", wrote the authoritative critic Reggie Siriwardena in the 'Daily News'. The revered editor of the Lankadeepa, Shri Chandraratne Manawasinghe, writing at the time coined a special word "Abhiranganaya" to classify this very unique form of theatre. |
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