December 22nd, 2008 — Events
There have been roaring ticket sales for Kishani Jayasinghe’s Sunera benefit concert on 9th of January 2009. In fact, there approximaltely 80 balcony seats left.
Tickets have been sold at the Lionel Wendt. The ticket office will be closed from 5.00pm on the 22nd of December 2008 until 10.00am on 2nd January 2009. Anyone wishing to purchase remaining tickets may do so on 2nd January 2009.
December 22nd, 2008 — Pages
The Sunera Head Office will be closed from 23rd December 2008 to 1st January 2009. Here’s wishing all our supporters and friends a very merry christmas and a peaceful New Year!
December 19th, 2008 — Events, Media Releases, Workshops
The 6 finalists from the Samanalayaya 2008 District performances were presented at the John De Silva theatre on the 17th and 18th of December 2008. The audiences, which braved the wet weather to attend performances on both days, were greatly appreciative of all the performances.
Here’s what some of our more “recognizeable” audience members had to say about the performances.
Punyakante Wijenaike (Writer)
“I could hardly believe that these people had written and producted these plays, doing their own choreography and training the actors and actresses to nplay their parts to naturally. Also, the messages the plays brought to the audiences were to powerful and meaningful”.
Kaushalya Fernando (Theatre Personality) - “The performances were presented at a very professional level and the manner in which the directors have harnessed the talents of the disabled participants is very good. It was great to see disabled children as part of such a professional production.”
V. Kamalawathy (Disability Rights facilitator and activist) - “Had I not known of the exact nature of Sunera’ work, I would have thought that Sunera offers a residential facility to its’ participants - the performances were of that level of professionalism. Sunera carries out it’s work and workshops in such a thorough manner and the result was there for all to see at the performances last night.”
Here are a few moments…
December 1st, 2008 — Events
Sunethra Bandaranaike addressed the Rotary Club of Kandy on 3rd December 2008. She spoke on the Employment Rights of Persons Living with Disability, whilst also sharing her own insights and experiences.
Sunera is grateful for the opportunity to speak to disability issues at such venues and we wish to express our gratitude to the Rotary Club of Kandy for extending this warm invitation to us.