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Building a new generation of young dramatists

The 32nd Youth Drama Festival organized by National Youth Services Council together with Youth Affairs and Skills Development Ministry was held recently at Lionel Wentd Gallery under the patronage of Youth Affairs and Skills Development Minister Dulles Alahapperuma. Deputy Minister Duminda Dissanayake and National Youth Services Council Chairperson Lalith Pium Perera also participated in the inauguration ceremony.

The festival will be held till November 17.

Stage drama still remains as one of the most popular forms of art in the whole world. Drama lovers are enthusiastic and eagerly look forward to watching stage dramas.

The 32nd Youth Drama Festival organized by National Youth Services Council together with Youth Affairs and Skills Development Ministry was held recently at Lionel Wentd Gallery under the patronage of Youth Affairs and Skills Development Minister Dulles Alahapperuma. Deputy Minister Duminda Dissanayake and National Youth Services Council Chairperson Lalith Pium Perera also participated in the inauguration ceremony. The festival will be held till November 17.

This time they have increased the prizes of winners. The judges are the senior artistes, K.B. Herath, Mangala Senanayake, Piyal Kariyawasam, Rajitha Dissanayake, Gamini Sumanasekara, Kaushalya Fernando, Buddhadasa Galappaththi and Prof. Sunil Wijesiriwardene and the Tamil judges are M.M.M. Rahu, Prof Saba Jeyarajah, Anthony Jeewa and Wasanthi Dayabaram.

Throughout the festival Youth Affairs and Skills Development Minister Dulles Alahapperuma will enjoy all the dramas with the audience.

A senior artiste will participate as a chief guest everyday. Roger Seneviratne, Palitha Silva, Prasannajith Abeysooriya, Chandani Seneviratne, Manike Aththanayake, Sriyantha Mendis, Nishshanka Diddeniya, Jayalath Manoratne and P. Raja Sri are among them.

Scenes from some of the plays that will be dtaged at the event

Neranjan Chandradithya’s ‘Reality’, Smpathni Ashani’s ‘Pasmaha Balum’, Ronika Chamali and Selvaraj Leelawathi’s ‘Kurudum Nondiyanum’, Madushani Siriwardene’s ‘Thummase Danetawath’ are the short dramas.

On November 8 Sanath Kumara Karunarathna’s ‘Amandla’ and on November 9, M L P D A U Jayaratne’s ‘Sanda Ella Marai’, K.A.H. Sumeda Haggala’s ‘Lanweema’, M.A. Danapala Manchanayake’s ‘Yo Yo’, will be staged. W P T Laknath’s ‘Le Neya’ will be staged on November 11 and Tharanga Priyadarshani’s ‘Format’, Tharaka Pushpakumara’s ‘Oluwen Gahamuda’ and Malith Jayasinghe’s ‘Kuin’ will be staged on November 12.

On November 13 Vijitha Bandara’s ‘Wadakaya Wahala Uda’ will be staged. On November 14, K.A.K. Jayasinghe’s ‘Darkness’, Asith Muthukumarana’s ‘Sanwathsaraya’, H. Mohan Asanka’s ‘Mehema’ will be staged.

Gayan Hapugoda’s ‘Thawa Tikak Hithanna’ will be staged on November 15.

On November 16 Danushka Poornima and G T Laknath’s ‘Eleven Chairs will be staged. Neranjan Chandradithya’s ‘Haradanum Seedeyum’, M.C. Najumudeen’s ‘Saloomi’ and S. Waradakumar’s ‘Maname Pesu’ will be staged on the last day of the festival.

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