Article by Nimuthu Pathiraja (Web Content Team) “To enter a theatre for a performance is to be inducted into a magical space, to be ushered into the sacred arena of the imagination.” The words of esteemed British writer Charles Dickens perfectly encapsulate the essence of the Inter-House Drama Competition held at Trinity College’s Main Hall
Review by Mrs. Shyamali Ranaraja I have a bone to pick with the title of this production, because it was completely misleading: what the audience experienced on a drizzly and drear Kandy evening, was not anything as meagre as a glimpse, but a full-throated, foot-stamping, lion-hearted theatre spectacle. As one young spectator expressed it, this
2020 was a year where Covid-19 restrictions had greatly affected the theatre scene. Performing arts in general have taken a drastic hit. Social distancing guidelines made any sort of large performance or competition near impossible. The Trinity College Drama Society planned on hosting a competition during the first few months of 2020 but the pandemic cut short any possibility of