Local thug and photographer Ruvin De Silva has his work featured in the Delhi Photography Festival. My pictures will cower beside his. If you catch the festival, let us know how it went, eh? Here’s hoping for nice weather.
Untitled, originally uploaded by deshan10. Tracy Holsinger receives a Bunka Award this week for special achievements in the theatre arts. She’s crafting and directing a short vignette to be performed on the night. Devised theatre calls for a production to be built through a series of collaborative experiments. In this exercise Tehani Chitty (left) plays a broom, while Subha ...
Untitled, originally uploaded by deshan10. Crowned in yellow flowers during season, the Vidalthal tree gives its name to the village of Vidalaithivu in the Vavuniya district. A favoured nesting site for bees, the tree is a one-stop honey shop for people in the area.
Garam Masala Triumphant, originally uploaded by deshan10. Benjamin, Nadim, Brandon and Sajiv delivered a visceral, funny, tightly-knit performance tonight. They went on to win season two of Act Before You Think, the improvisational theatre sport competition organised by Mind Adventures theatre company. More info soon on: www.facebook.com/mindadventures and daytripper.wordpress.com/
Untitled, originally uploaded by deshan10. Tehani Chitty constructs a dance sequence to mark the emergence of her character from puppet to sorceress. The cast and crew are two nights from the performance, which is to be broadcast nationwide on Saturday night.
Untitled, originally uploaded by deshan10. Each run-through generates possibilities for future run-throughs. ideas are added, adapted and discarded swiftly.
Untitled, originally uploaded by deshan10. On this weekend in San Francisco. If you were in the area you had no excuse not to go. It’s held on an artificial island named after Robert Louis Stevenson’s book, located beneath the Golden Gate bridge. Excellent bands and friendly, charming people.
Untitled, originally uploaded by deshan10. A new production by the gifted and inventive Mind Adventures Theatre Co. is in the works. Of course you should be worried.
Untitled, originally uploaded by deshan10. The penultimate scene of the 8-minute vignette crafted as part of the Bunka Awards ceremony. Tracy Holsinger receives her award tonight. Well done, Tracy! L-R: Nadim Akram, Tehani Chitty and Subha Wijesiriwardane.
Untitled, originally uploaded by deshan10. The screen used in the shadow-play component of the vignette is robust enough to allow actors to push into it, creating wonderfully misshaped organic forms. The show’s being filmed tonight and should be broadcast on Rupavahini next week.
