News updates from November 2009 ↓
November 23rd, 2009 — Pages
British Director and Playwrite, William Scott Richards was recently in Sri Lanka, directing and producing a play for the British Council in Colombo. This play, which consisted of short scenes from larger productions, was performed at Westminster House on 4 November 2009, and at the British Council on the 6th of November.
Two of Sunera’s hearing and speech impaired trainers, Indika and Chatura, auditioned for parts in this production and we are please to say that they got in and did a fabulous job.
Congratulations to them, William and the British Council for a great production!
November 23rd, 2009 — Pages
On 14th November, Sarvodaya organised a series of events and ceremonies to commemorate this day of international significance.
The event, which was held at the Nawarangahala Royal College, was well attended and Sunera was very pleased that our Kurunegala workshop performed a play at the event to mark this important day.
Participants on stage on 14th November
November 23rd, 2009 — Pages
INGO, Caritas, which has a strong community based presence in Sri Lanka, recently held a drama competition in the Kegalle District. We are proud to report that our Mawanella workshop placed second in this contest.
Hearty Congratulations and well done to our team in Mawanella!
November 5th, 2009 — Pages
Sunera’s performances on 28 and 29 October, at the Bishops College Auditorium proved to be a real hit with the substantial audiences that attended both performance evenings.
Audience members expressed how moved they were by both these different, yet equally effective performances. Sarath Sathiamoorthy, who attended the performance on the 29th said, “I was totally blown away. We should all support these endeavours more in the future”.
Jehan Aloysius takes his cast of Swans through the moves
Nalinda Premaratne’s cast expresses the importance of A Human Touch
Eva De Silva, who played the female lead in “An Inspired Swan Lake” told us - “It really has been a wonderful experience. I have learned so much from the Sunera cast members. We just taught them to dance, but the have taught us so much more.”
