Dhawala Bheeshana in town

The play Dhawala Bheeshana will be staged again in Colombo on February 16 at Lionel Wendt Theatre after its successful performances at 15th Bharat Rang Mahotsav in New Delhi, India. This is the first time the play will go on boards the Lionel Wendt after their opening on September 1, 2012.

Dhawala Bheeshana is the Sinhalese translation of the play Men without Shadows by French playwright Jean-Paul Sartre. This play was first produced in year 1988 by acclaimed Sri Lankan theatre director Dharmasiri Bandaranayake. The original script was translated to Sinhala by Ciril C Perera and the music is composed by Dr. Premasiri Kemadasa.

The play was re-produced in 2012 and was selected as the Sri Lankan representation for the 15th Bharat Rang Mahotsav. This is an international theatre festival organised annually by the National School of Drama in association with the Indian government. Dhawala Bheeshana was selected to perform in the main festival in Delhi as well as in theparallel festival in Jaipur, Rajasthan. The two performances held in 11th and 13th January were wellreceived by the audiences earning a standing ovation for the performance held in Jaipur.

Dhawala Bheeshana will be staged at Shreepali Rangahala, Horana, on March 15, Town Hall, Panadura, on March 17, TownHall, Ratnapura, on March 22 and Weerasingham Hall, Jaffna on March 29. Tamil subtitles of the play will be displayed during the performance in Jaffna.
 

A scene from DhawalaBheeshana	Vishva Book Emporium Head Dharmadasa Panditharatne presents the Vishwa Livisera Pranama Award to Dayawansha Jayakody for his 50 year contribution to the Sri Lankan literary scene. Ven Kollupitiya Sangarakkitha thera of Kelani Rajamaha Vihara, Dr Leel Gunasekara, Jayakody Seneviratne, Prabath Mirihagalla and Jamayanthi Jayakody also took part in the event.