Idea Pettiya E02 - Mithila Somasiri from Lakdasun.org

In this episode of Idea Pettiya we were able to have a brief chat with Mithila Somasiri who is one of the major contributors and founding memebers of Sri Lankan nature and travel site Lakdasun.org

The website is a thriving virtual community of people who share similar interests in travel and exploring Sri Lankan nature and wildlife. The website has now become a great destination for users to obtain free information about places to explore, get advise and share their own travel experiences. The website contains highly detailed trip reports, information about attractions and amazing trekking routes in the heart of Sri Lanka. Their ever active forum has become a  great place to seek advise and share information.

We spoke to Mithila about his inspiration behind the website and his thoughts about conservation of Sri Lankan wildlife.

You could visit Lakdasun for more information at :http://www.lakdasun.org/

Colombo International Theater Festival 2012

Colombo International Theater Festival will be held from 26th March - 2nd April 2012 at the British School Auditorium. While the main performances will be held at British College Auditorium there will be a series of workshops and lecturers at Goethe Institute in Gregory's Road.

The festival will host a number of International Theater productions from countries such as Australia,Germany, Indonesia, Iran, Pakistan, India etc. We had a little chat with the festival director M.Safeer who with is Inter Act Art Foundation is putting in an amazing effort to make this event a success. M.Safeer has been in the Sri Lankan Theater industry for over 20 years with much experience and has pioneered in this with a hope of creating a turning point in the Sri Lankan Theater industry.



We are in the process of doing a few more interviews and documenting some of the efforts that are going into making this event a success, anyways below we have shared the performance schedule and you could gain more information about ticket reservations from their facebook page.


Colombo International Theater Festival  - Performance Schedule

26th March	Changeable Cohesion - Germany             Choreographer – Gerda Konig Concept - Gustavo Fijalkow/ Gerda Konig
27th  March	The Old Man and The Sea - Iran  Director - Zahrasadat Aziminia (Iran’s Sayeh Theater Group)	Passengers – Sri Lanka  Director - Ronika Chamali / S.Leelawathi (Janakaraliya – Theater of people)
28th March	Sitabo Lalang Lipa – Indonesia Director - Muh.Saeful (UKM Seni dan Budaya Talas)
29th  March	Chutti (Story-telling theater) - Delhi       Director - Dr.Ashish Ghosh (Anant Theater Group)
30th  March	Talk is Small (a play with scrabble) -Australia      Director - Brendon O’Cannel (Big One Little One)	Elfi - Sri Lanka    Director - S.Dayalan (Inter Act Art Black Box Theater)
31st March	Akhiyan Walio (People with eyes) - Pakistan      Director - Aamir Nawaz (Maas Foundation - Pakistan)
01st April	Dangalnama – Pune, India Director - Pro. Vidyanidhee Vanarase (Flame School of performing arts)
02nd April	Caged - Sri Lanka              Director - M.Safeer (Inter Act Art Black Box Theater)

Idea Pettiya - E01 with Angam Documentary Director: Anjula Rasanga

First episode of our Tube talk show Idea Pettiya is now live!!

We spoke with Anjula Rasanga, who is a independent filmmaker and a cartoonist who recently screened his first feature documentary "Angam". The documentary goes in depth into the Sri Lankan traditional martial arts called "Angam Pora", so in this episode we discuss what inspired him to make this movie, how he went ahead with it and his insights and experiences on film-making in Sri Lanka.

One interesting point he brought forward was the use of the so called "new media" as a young film-maker to promote his work. It was indeed an interesting chat we had with him, hope it would be the same for you.

The episode is in Sinhala with English subtitles (make sure to tun that on by clicking the "CC" button on the video)

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