'Balloth Ekka Ba', 'Bakamuna' and 'Madhura Javanika' at Lionel Wendt

he hillarious comedy 'Balloth nayake. With music of Shantha Peiris, of our time 'Bakamuna Veedi Basi' Jackson Anthony, Rodney Warnakula, Ekka Ba'written and directed by stage set designed by Luvolin Vander- (Owl in the Street) with a cast of Bandula Vijeweera, Anula Bulathsin- TRavindra Ariyarathna, Rajitha vol and stage management of Asoka experinced actors like Shyam Fer- hala, Saman Gunawardena and Rath- Dissanayake's latest political satire De Zoysa and Shantha Udaya Kumara, nando, Jayani Senanayaka, Dhar- nashila Perera. 'Bakamuna Veedi Basi' (Owl in the the drama will be an experience too mapriya Dias, Prasad Sooriyaarach- Music is composed by Rohana Street) and Dayananda Gunawarde- costly to miss, while costume design chi, Sampath Jayaweera and Pri- Beddage and Bandula na's 'Madhura Javanika' (Joyous by Gihan Fernando and Demal Fer- yankara Ratnayaka. Vijeweera.'Madhura Javanika' is an Scenes) will be staged at the Lionel nando, lighting of Upali Weerasinghe 'Bakamuna Veedi Basi' uses power- accomplished musical which includes Wendt theatre, Colombo 7 on January and make up art of Saman Hemarath- ful lines and metaphor to expose the folk music, dance, extravagant cos- 20, 21 and 22 at 3.30 pm and 7 pm. na will create an unforgettable visual audience to the diverse power strug- tumes and spectacular stage set- 'Balloth Ekka Ba' stars renowned experience. gles seen in today's tumultuous polit- ting. artistes such as Wijaya Nandasiri, Sugath Jayasinghe presents the ical arena. Jude Srimal is the chief organiser of Roshan Pilapitiya, Gihan Fernando, drama on behalf of the Easl J. Lanka 'Madhura Javanika' (Joyous Scenes) the dramas and the tickets are availa- Kumara Thirimadura, Saman Hemar- Computer school. Witness what could being a dramatised chronicle of the ble at the Lionel Wendt theatre. All athna (Leelasena) and Anusha Dissa- be the most influential political satire Hingala people, the cast includes seats have been boxplanned.

Celebrate Valentine’s Day with Billy Ocean his Valentine’s season, Gold FM, brings you a stellar concert featuring Billy Ocean, supported by his 14 member band. T The concert is to be held at the Sri Lanka Exhibition and Convention Centre (SLECC) on February 14 and will see the Grammy Award winning star perform some of his greatest hits ever. With over 30 million records sold worldwide, Billy Ocean is certain to attract quite a large number of fans at this special Valentine’s Day Concert. Ocean has collected a pile of gold and platinum records across the world and hit the number one spot worldwide on pop charts in the USA, Aus- tralia, Germany, Holland, and the UK. Some of his top-selling hits include: When The Going Gets Tough, Sudden- ly, Get Outta My Dreams - Get Into My Car, Love Really Hurts Without You and Caribbean Queen, along with songs from his much antici- pated new album, Because I Love You. Tickets for the Billy Ocean concert go on sale at the Hilton - Lobby from tomor- row (January BY SARASHI SAMARASINGHE 10). his week's `Cultural Diary' brings you details about several other fascinat ing events happening in the city. Take your pick of stage plays, exhibitions- or dance performance and add colour to your routine life. You can make T merry and enjoy the adventures or sit back, relax and enjoy a movie of your choice. Make a little space to kick into high gear amid the busy work sched Workshop on ules to enjoy the exciting events happening at venues around the city. If there is an event you would like others to know, drop an email to [email protected] Development A (Please be mindful to send only the essential details). Have a pleasant week.

s Journalism i n workshop on development g journalism will be held from- today (January 9) to Wednes - - A at the Sri Lanka day (January 11) A College of Journalism (SLCJ) at - (January 9) - 96, Kirula Road, Colombo 5. today L Organised by SLCJ in associa Talk on wild life 'Tigers in the o tion with the United Nations. ng Those interested in participating, call: 0773 411 111 wild'– by Valmik Thapar wi he Indian Cultural centre, Colombo in association with Bandaranai th ke Centre for International Studies (BCIS) will be organising a slide Ann Tlecture titled 'Tigers in the wild' by Valmik Thapar esley at BCISValmik auditorium, Thapar is BMICH, an Indian Bauddhaloka natural historian, Mawatha, wild Colombolife documentary 7 at 6.30 pm. film maker. He is the author of 14 books and several articles and has produced a range of programmes for television. For further details lobal Entertainment (Pvt) Ltd. has organised an evening 'Sing - A - Long with Annesley Male please contact the Indian Cultural Centre on telephone no: 2684698 wana' on and Email: iccrcolombo @gmail.com. Gguest artistFriday too will perform at some point of time during the event. Tickets could be purchased (January by 13)dialling 077 320 9999 and at the Gymkhana Club (CH & FC) - office whilst the club house will be openedat the Gymkhana to members, Club families (CH & and FC)guests from on 8 thepm dayonwards. of the A (January 10). event all participants will be able to enjoy the bar and kitchen facilities.

World Hindi Day celebrationstomorrow - at thendian ICC Cultural Centre (ICC), Colombo is organising the 'World Hindi Day' a full day event with the co-operation Iof the institutions that teach Hindi in Colombo as well as inThe neighboring morning session areas of the programme would be- competitions such as poetry, speech, essay, read ing, copy writing and skit. The competitions will be held at the ICC auditorium from 9.30 am to- 1.30 pm. A number of cultural programmes such as dances, rendition of songs, skits, instrumental and vocal music also will be held on the same day from 3 pm- to 6 pm at the New Town Hall Thea tre, Green path, Colombo 7. The winning Institution / individu als willFor be furtherawarded. details … please contact the Indi an Cultural Centre on telephone no: 2684698 or Email: iccrcolombo@ gmail.com.

Annie Hall Janu- nnie Hall (1977) will be screened on ary 10 at 6pm at the American Centre, No A44, Galle Road, Colombo 3. (Running Time: 93 minutes) Woody Allen’s most famous and loved film, a groundbreaking comedy about relationships. “This guy goes to a psychiatrist and says, ‘Doc, my brother’s crazy, he think’s he’s a chicken.’ And the- doctor says, ‘Why don’t you turn him in?’ The guy says, ‘I would, but I need the eggs.’ That’s how I feel about relationships: they’re irra tional, crazy and absurd, but we keep going through them because we need the eggs.” With Diane Keaton. Seating is limited and is first-come, first-served.

January L’Homme du Train (2006) by Serge Elissalde will be screened on 13 at 6 pm at the Alliance Française de Kotte,139,Jawatte he movie,L’Homme du Train(2002) by Patrice Leconte will be screened on Tuesday, Road, Colombo 5. (Running Time: 1hour and 15minutes) January 10 at 3pm and Wednesday, January 11 at 6.30pm at Alliance Française de U TColombo,11, Barnes Place, Colombo 7. A unicorn named U comes to the aid of Mona, a young girl Criminal Milan is sent to a small French town to knock off the local bank. With plans to make who has been made wretched by the cruelty of her adoptive and no place to stay, he accepts a retired poetry teacher's offer of shelter. Quickly they find that parents. Some years later, Mona has grown into a pretty young their lives might have turned out better if they were in one another's shoes,. woman, a day dreamer who is worried about what she looks The movie is most suitable for mature audience and is subtitled in English. like. One day, a family of noisy and eccentric musicians arrives in this imaginary country. Among them is the charmer Kulka...