Moratuwa Methodist Church To Stage Play

Ishara Jayawardane

The Moratuwa Methodist Church supported by other churches in the circuit along with a few Buddhists, plan on staging a play touching on the Suffering Death, and Resurrection of Christ. Moratuwa Methodist church has done similar plays but not on such a grand scale. The stage will of course be larger than life- a huge stage. There will be seven stages. When a scene on one stage is over the light over that stage will go off closing the end of that scene, and the lights above another stage go on beginning another scene. There will be a cast of 300 thespians. This is the first time something like this is taking place. There is a seating capacity of around 6000. Everything is free.

A lot of Television stations have promised to cover the event. Tennyson Cooray and Sriyantha Mendis, Jagath Chamila will be acting on stage. The entire cost of the production is One million rupees. The show is being sponsored by certain organizations and certain banks and furniture shops. The biggest feature of the show are the stages that have been positioned in a different way giving a novel effect. The organizers are expecting a crowd of around 10,000.

The Moratuwa church is of course attempting a show like this because of the variety of talent they have in their church who have some theatrical experience. The stages itself cost four lakh and they are in desperate need of funding. It will be staged at Moratumulla High School. The idea of holding a play like this was conceived three to four months ago.

The play will be staged on 30th March at 7pm at Methodist College.