Janakaraliya Drama Festival
From 23rd June to 13th July in the Janakaraliya Mobile Theatre
Installed on the New Urban Project Grounds – Homagama
Charandas
Adapted & Directed by
Parakrama Niriella
(Awarded Best Drama at the State Drama Festival 2006Winner of
09 award Represented International Drama Festival New Delhi 2008)
23rd Thursday 9.30am /6.30pm
Sekkuwa
(Oil Press)
Written & Directed by
Parakrama Niriella
(Most Outstanding Drama in State Drama Festivals 1976 & 2010
Winning 11 Awards for Sinhala and Tamil productions)
24th Friday 9.30am /6.30pm
Andara mal
(Andara Flowers)
Directed by Parakrama Niriella
('Andara mal' is one of the most performed popular Janakaraliya dramas)
Short Plays
Samanthara
(Parallel)
Directed by
Rathna Pushpa Kumari
Thavama
Merila ne
(Not Yet Dead)
By the drama group of Jaffna State Security Headquarters
25th Saturday 6.30pm
Short Plays
Thaniyek Visishtai
(A Loner is Great)
Written & Directed By
Aloka Sampath
Kochchiya Enkan
(Awaiting the Train)
Written & Directed by
Lasantha Francis
Dinosaur Premaya
(Dinosaur Love)
Written & Directed By
Nuwan Dharshana
(Three of the Best Short Plays Winning number of awards
at State Drama Festivals and Youth Drama Festivals 2003 through 2010)
26th Sunday 2.30pm/6.30pm
Metikaraththaya
('The Little Clay Cart' of Shudraka)
Directed By
Parakrama Niriella
(Adjudicated the best non original drama in
the State Drama Festival, 2010 winning 06 awards)
27th Monday 9.30am/ 6.30pm
Soru Evilla
(Thieves are Here)
And
Devlova Gamana
(Journey to Heaven)
Children’s plays created by Janakaraliya Drama Group
('Soru Evilla' Awarded ‘Best Children’s Drama’
at State Children’s Drama Festival 2001
-Written by Sumith Samarasinghe)
28th Tuesday 9.30am/6.30pm
Seethambarapata
(Heavenly Clothes)
and
Andara Mal
(Andara Flowers)
Directed by
Parakrama Niriella
(Two of the most performed popular Janakaraliya plays
– Heavenly Clothes written by Mangala Senanayake)
29th Wednesday 9.30am/6.30pm
Sekkuwa
(Oil Press)
Written & Directed by
Parakrama Niriella
(Most Outstanding Drama in State Drama Festivals 1976 & 2010
Winning 11 Awards for Sinhala and Tamil productions)
30th Thursday 9.30am/6.30pm
Charandas
Adapted & Direct red by
Parakrama Niriella
July 1st Friday 9.30am -6.30pm
Hunuwataye Kathawa
(Caucasian Chalk Circle
of Bertolt Brecht)
Adapted & Directed by
Henry Jayasena
(Most performed drama throughout more than 40 years
and a land mark in the history of the Sri Lankan drama.)
2nd Saturday 6.30pm
Short plays of Janakaraliya
Siththarage Sihinaya
(Artist’s Dream)
Andura Saha Eliya
(Gloom and the Light)
Madhura Jame
(Sweet times)
Thaham
(Thirst)
(A series of experimental short dramas and performances by Janakaraliya team)
Ape Kalaye Weerayek
(Hero of Our Time)
(Best Short Play Winning 6 awards at Youth Drama Festivals in 2010)
3rd Sunday 6.30pm
Eheth Ehemai
(There’ too like ‘Here)
By Sunil Chandrasiri
(An Adaptation of Nikolai Gogol’s Drama ‘Government Inspector’)
4thMonday 9.30am – 6.30pm
Metikaraththaya
('The Little Clay Cart' of Shudraka)
Directed By
Parakrama Niriella
5th Tuesday 9.30am – 6.30pm
Thoppi Welenda
(Hat Seller)
And
Punchi Apata Den Therai
(Little Us Know that Now)
Directed By
Somalatha Subasinghe
(These children’s plays have made representation at International Children’s Drama Festivals
in France, Korea, Australia and India. Two very popular and precedential Children's drams performing
for over 20 years by the ‘Children's & youth Theatre Foundation.’)
6th Wednesday 9.30am – 6.30pm
Colombo Colombo
Directed By Indika Fernando
(Adjudicated Best Drama at the State Drama Festival 2010 Winning 10 awards
Represented New Delhi Drama Festival on Asian Women – 2009
and International Drama Festival – Kathmandu, Nepal – 2010)
7th Thursday 9.30 -6.30pm
Bernadage Sipiri Ge
(House Bernada Alba)
Directed By
Priyantha Sirikumara
(Adaptation of French playwright Fredrico Gartia Loca's play)
9th Saturday 6.30pm
Sekkuwa
(Oil Press)
Written & Directed by
Parakrama Niriella
10th Sunday 6.30pm
Metikaraththaya
('The Little Clay Cart' of Shudraka)
Directed By
Parakrama Niriella
11th Monday 9.30am/6.30pm
Soru Evilla
(Thieves are Here)
and
Devlova Gamana
(Journey to Heaven)
Children’s plays created by Janakaraliya Drama Group
12th Tuesday 9.30am/6.30pm
Charandas
Adapted & Direct red by
Parakrama Niriella