Play House productions in Peradeniya university
Two popular Play House Kotte productions will be on boards at the
University of Peradeniya Annual Theatre Festival 2012. On March 15 will
e Gladiator Premaya (Gladiator Love) directed by Namal Jayasinghe and
Prasanna Mahagamage and on March 16 will be Vikurthi (Distortion),
written and directed by Somalatha Subasinghe.
Gladiator Premaya was created by the youth theatre artistes who have
successfully completed the Diploma Programme in Drama and Theatre
conducted by Kaushalya Fernando in 2009. The Diploma programme entails
all round training such as acting, script writing and analysis,
directing, movement and vocal training. The play was first performed in
Colombo in 2010 and was well received by the audience as well as theatre
critiques.
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Vikurthi |
Gladiator Premaya was adjudged the Best Play of the year at the Youth
Theatre Festival, 2011 and won several awards on Acting, Direction,
Writing, Stage Management, Lighting, etc. The play also won awards more
or less for the same categories at the National Drama Festival 2012.
The storyline and the script of the play have been developed by the
young theatre artistes, who have completed the training in Drama and
Theatre arts at LCYTF. Gladiator Premaya is based on a certain Sri
Lankan contemporary social issues.
The play is co-directed by Prasanna Mahagamage and Namal Jayasinghe
Gladiator Premaya cast includes wishvajith Gunasekera, Priyantha Siri
Kumara, Nadishani Weliwita, Harsha Thennekoon, Sulochana weerasinghe,
Nadishani Padmasiri, Geetha Alahakoon, Mayura Perera, Nilanka
Dahanayake, Dilip Kumara.
Costume Designed by Namal Jayasighe, Kaushalya Fernando and Prasanna
Mahagamage, Stage sets designed by Namal Jayasighe and Prasanna
Mahagamage, Stage Lighting is designed by Chandana Aluthge, Stage
management is by Isuru Kashyapa and Lahiru Nimantha. Production Manager
is Thilina Perera.
Make-up is by Priyantha Siri Kumara and Bhanu Prasanna. The play is
co-directed by prasanna Mahagamage and Namal Jayasinghe. Kaushalya
Fernando and Chandana Aluthge are executive producers of the play.
Vikurthi (Distortion) is a satirical exposure of hapless generation
of youth whose lives were dominated by incessant struggle between the
parents' aspirations and the youth's abilities and preferences.
In the 1980s, at the time the drama was conceived, the wide spread
social tendency was that the aspiring parents trying to achieve the
missed opportunities of their own lives through their children.
Vikurthi cast includes Kaushalya Fernando, Namal Jayasinghe,
Prasannajith Abeysuriya, Geetha Alahakoon, Mayura Kanchana, Sanjaya
Hettiarachchi, Wickrama Seneviratne, Sulochana Weerasinghe, Dilum
Buddhika, Palitha Abeyratne, Mihiri Priyadharshini, Harsha Tennekoon and
Dilip Kumara. Music is composed and directed by M R Chulasinghe.
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