HSBC Colombo Fashion Week 2019

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Colombo is set to rock with fashion.

Keeping it Real with the De Lanerolle Brothers

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Beginning this year in the most significant way possible, the ever famous duo - The De Lanerolle Brothers, hosted the first of ten conc...

The Revelations Academy delivers again!

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Under the masterful direction of the highly acclaimed Sanjeev Jayaratnam, the Revelations Academy of Performing Arts put forth a stella...

Colomboscope - An Interdisciplinary Arts Festival

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Hosted at three extraordinary historical and cultural venues - the Rio Complex, Barefoot Gallery, and the Grand Oriental Hotel Colombo;...

“Love Sri Lanka Festival” to celebrate Independence Day

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Today, if you walk around the country, whether it’s the cocktail circles in Colombo or the ‘kopi kade’ in the village, you mostly...

Voice Print - Replay

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Having emerged silver and bronze medalists at the world choir games in 2010, the gifted local Boy Band “Voice Print” needs no furth...

Inextricably Bound Futures - Colomboscope 2019

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The Sri Lankan coast is in part, defined by struggle. The struggle between gravity and sea water as it is evicted to invent terrestrial...

Anita Dorai presents ‘KUMARSUTRA’ to Sri Lankan audience...

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Singaporean born Anita Dorai presents a comedy show like no other, “KUMARSUTRA”, which will be staged for Sri Lankan audiences on t...

The Three Musketeers- Race For The Valmont Necklace

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The English Drama Society of Royal College in association with the Old Royalists’ Association of Dramatists brought to life ‘The T...

Keeping it Real with S Thomas’ College

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Keeping it Real with S Thomas’ College will be the first show in the line up of 10 concerts in Sri Lanka by The De Lanerolle Brothers...

The Three Musketeers

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The Three Musketeers - Race For The Valmont Necklace

FGLF Day 5 - HOME FIRE: KAMILA SHAMSIE

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Kamila Shamsie’s book Home Fire was the winner of the Women’s Prize for Fiction of 2018. It takes the shape of its story from Sopho...

Signed, Sealed and Delivered

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Brace yourself for a journey through the Motown era of R &B, pop and soul music when the students of the Revelations Academy take the s...

FGLF Day 4 - LANDSCAPES AT SUNSET: SIR DON MCCULLIN

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Sir Don McCullin is the world’s greatest photojournalist and there is no doubt about it! At this session, he spoke about his most re...

FGLF Day 4 - POETRY PERFORMANCE: NICOLE MAY

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Nicole May is a new upcoming performance poet from the UK. She read a few of her poetry pieces and spoke about her youth and her writ...

FGLF Day 4 - REEF TURNS 25: ROMESH GUNESEKERA

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Romesh Gunesekera’s first novel ‘Reef’ which won the Booker Prize in 1994 celebrates 25 years! A book that has been read and admi...

FGLF Day 4 - YOU CAN GO HOME AGAIN: SENTHURAN VARATHARAJAH

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Senthuran Varatharajah is an award-winning German novelist of Sri Lankan origin. His debut novel Vor der Zunahme der Zeichen won severa...

FGLF Day 4 - A LIFE ON STAGE: SIMON WILLIAMS

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Simon Williams’ is one of UK’s most renowned actors whose had an extensive acting career both on stage and in film. His recent film...

FGLF Day 3 - VOICE AND SPACE: KAMILA SHAMSIE AND TISHANI DOS...

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Does gender bias remain? Two celebrated writers, Kamila Shamsie and Tishani Doshi discussed the nature, scopeand impact of gender bias ...

FGLF Day 3 - TRIGGER MORTIS: ANTHONY HOROWITZ

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“You first priority should be to never upset the people who love your characters!” As one of the most prolific and successful wri...

FGLF Day 3 - MY MOTHER’S WEDDING DRESS: JUSTINE PICARDIE

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“Don’t buy clothes that make you feel bad about yourself. Don’t buy clothes thinking you’ll wear it when you lose weight. Don�...

FGLF Day 3 - KATHMANDU: THOMAS BELL

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In this solo performance, Thomas Bell spoke about his highly acclaimed book ‘Kathmandu: The Biography of a City” and the backstory ...

FGLF Day 3 - MAPPILLAI: CARLO PIZZATI

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“Someone called me a reverse coconut; white on the outside, brown on the inside!” said Carlo Pizzati as he spoke about his book ‘...

FGLF Day 3 - THE TEA PLANTER’S WIFE: DINAH JEFFERIES

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The Tea Planter’s Wife is set in 1920’s Ceylon and follows the story of 19 year old Gwendolyn Hooper as she steps into Sri Lanka to...

Keeping it Classical and Cool with Gehan Cooray

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An evening of ’Classical and Cool’ music, featuring the Classical Baritone Gehan Cooray and Soprano Dinushka Jayawickrama, was held...

FGLF 2019 - THE PLAY’S THE THING – SIR DAVID HARE

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David Hare is one of Britain’s best-known screenwriters and playwrights, with over 30 plays and 25 screenplays for film and televisio...

FGLF 2019 - IS THIS A DAGGER? : ANTHONY HOROWITZ AND CHARLES...

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Anthony Horowitz and Charles Cumming are two masters of the detective and espionage genre and in this duet, they spoke extensively abou...

FGLF 2019 - JUST LIKE US: TASSIE SENEVIRATNE AND SARAH KABIR

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Two writers, Tassie Seneviratne and Sarah Kabir discussed their work in an engaging duet.