ruvin makes his directorial debut for mind adventures with ‘after class’ – a tense psychological thriller written by aspiring playwright jithendra seneviratne. set in two different times and places, ‘after class’ seeks to provoke emotional and intellectual engagement with concepts of morality and ethics. the action occurs in two very disparate atmospheres – a university and an island in the ...
Mind Adventures is pleased to be working with two actors we’ve never worked with before. Both Nushelle de Silva and Sulochana Dissanayake have extensive experience on-stage, both in and outside of Sri Lanka, and we’re delighted they’ve joined the cast of our new show, bringing to to it their experience, talent and dynamic creative instinct. Sulochana Dissanayake Sulochana Dissanayake - Actor, ...
*at least, that’s what i’m calling it for now. the trouble with having too many ideas is choosing which to keep and which to throw. so begins the process for our new show. the story doesn’t exist right now. but i have a good idea of how to start. i think i know how to tell it. last october i ...
The Bunka (Cultural) Award is awarded by the Japan Sri Lanka Friendship Cultural Fund in Sri Lanka. The Bunka Awards are presented annually by the Fund which was established in 1993, on the initiative of the Japanese Solidarity Association and the Japanese Commerce and Industry Association in Sri Lanka, in collaboration with the Embassy of Japan. It is awarded to Sri ...
what a night! great teams, a great audience and some excellent spontaneous theatricks. garam masala walked away with a grand prize from etisalat and a hot air balloon ride from airmagic courtesy of mind adventures. dishum dishum came in second, and the ahindas third. thank you to all the teams who participated, all our sponsors and to our fabulous supportive ...
The Grand Finale of ABYT Seaon II is coming up! Serve out the rifles! Man the boats! Garam Masala, The Ahindas and Dishum Dishum prepare for the final act-off at the Season Finale of Act Before You Think Season II. The theme is GREEN –
Join us on the 6th of October, 8pm at the Warehouse Project for what is a guaranteed thrilling final round between three super teams! Last week, the histrionic Garam Masala boys had to pull every trick out of the bag to win round 3 against the fabulous Retro Trucking, and make it to the final. Check out our facebook group ...
Congratulations to ‘dishum dishum!’ who beat ‘improbable fiction’ to make it to the final on the 6th of october. a hotly contested event, both teams went all out during the games and entertained the audience with some extremely spirited spontaneous theatricks! check out this link for some pictures from the evening. join us on thursday the 29th of september, 8pm ...
Congratulations to the Ahindas, who beat KG to make it into the Final on the 6th of October! The second round features Improbable Fiction against Dishoom! Dishoom! Make time to be with us on the 22nd of September, 8pm at the Warehouse Project. Tickets are priced at Rs.350/- and are available at the door. Here’s some background to the event.
we’re putting together a document on ‘the travelling circus’ to take to india with us, and found this review from ‘the nation’ news paper, and this review from ‘the colombo spirit’ online which we missed when they were first published in 2009.
here is an article published in The Hindu newspaper. we have been devising anew for this festival, as we are performing indoors in an auditorium that is about the size of the BMICH! so we have had to modify both playing style and content. although the main story remains largely the same, we have made significant changes to the production. ...
Mind Adventures has been invited to perform its original devised play, The Travelling Circus, at The Hindu Metroplus Theatre Fest in Chennai, India, on the 19th August 2011! The Travelling Circus, an Absurdist theatre piece devised originally by Mind Adventures, which was based on a children’s short story by MASii (Sri Lankan poet and writer), premiered in Colombo in November ...
Act Before You Think Season 2 is on August 2011 We’re now looking for teams to sign up for an exciting new season of Act Before You Think. Come August 2011, you can look forward to new games, new teams and all new surprises waiting for you ...
We’re now gearing up for a second season of everyone’s favourite theatre games event, Act Before You Think! Act Before You Think 2011 is a competition of live, improvised theatre, along the lines of famous TV show Whose Line is it Anyway? Here, teams can compete against each other in a series of fun, theatre-based challenges – with a winning ...
