Janakaraliya and Interact Art drama groups in Ampara

Janakaraliya has arrived in Ampara after successful tours in Galle and Puttlam districts. A drama festival will be held from October 2 to 16 at the ‘Mobile Theatre’ assembled at the Ampara Town Council Grounds. Parallel to the drama performances in the mobile theatre, there will be drama performances in the schools and villages coming under the Maha Oya, Navindanveli and Irakkamum divisional secretariats.

The exceptional feature of this drama festival is that it will be held as a joint drama festival of Janakaraliya and the Interact Art drama group directed by A M Safeer. From October 2 to 12 Janakaraliya dramas will be performed while Interact Art dramas will be performed from October 13 to 16 as a single drama festival. In addition children’s dramas, long and short dramas of external drama producers are also scheduled to be performed in this drama festival.

Dramas to be performed in this joint drama festival are Parakrama Niriella’s Charandas,Andaramal,Seethambarapata (written by Mangala Senanayake) and Devlova Gamana, Ajanthan Shantha Kumar’s Parasthava (translated by Professor Tissa Kariyawasam), Suneth Shanthapriya’s Andura Saha Eliya, Selvaraj Leelawathie and Ronika Chamalee production Payanihal, Dharmasiri Bandaranayaka’a Dhavala Bheeshana, M D Ranjith Silva’s Galu Nade Nirmana, Nandana Alagewatta’a Polgediyata Jara Mare and Sade Nade Karadare (Children’s Drama), Chalaka Ranasooriya’s Hello, S I Samarakkodi’s Konkreet Adare, S M Safeer’s Cage and Creeps, Nadeeka Tharanganee’s Pompeeniya and Stand Up, Samantha P Liyanage’s Man Vitharai, Aruna Priyantha’s Me Obada?, Thivanka Ranasinghe’s Dennek, S Dayalan’s Benikku Vendum and The Run and Shamika’ Dilshan’s Yathura.