From 1st to 3rd December 2016 Lionel Wendt at 3.30 p.m. and 6.30 p.m.
Somalatha Subasinghe Play House Kotte presents a three-day theatre festival for children and Youth from 1st to 3rd December 2016 at Lionel Wendt Theatre. This is the second theatre festival for the year organised by Somalatha Subasinghe Play House.
The festival will feature the following three plays produced by Somalatha Subasinghe Play House:
- Vikurthi (Distortion) on 1 December. The play is written and directed by Somalatha Subasinghe
- Dutu Thena Allanu (Wanted) translated and directed by Kaushalya Fernando on 2 December
- Punchi Apata Dan Therei (We Know It Now) and Thoppi Velenda (The Hat Seller) written and directed by Somalatha Subasinghe on 3 December.
All these plays are semi-musical types. The production style of the plays has been developed so as to give the audiences an aesthetic journey of entertainment. The play ‘Vikurthi’ is a prescribed text for GCE O/L Drama and Theatre. Punchi Apata Den Therei is a prescribed text for Grade 6 Drama and Theatre and Grade 9 Sinhala Language. Thoppi Velenda is a prescribed text for Grade 7 Sinhala language.
Therefore, the festival provides a valuable opportunity for students to watch the play as part of their studies. '