“I’m reviewing the situation” I was lucky enough to be granted the role of Fagin after a competitive audition process. Honestly said I was really nervous on playing this role as I have never really played an older gentleman, let alone a father figure. So I was unsure about how I wanted to tackle this…
Category: Creativity
ISTA TaPS 2019 – Kuala Lumpur (A Theatrical Roller Coaster)
I learned much more than I thought I could have in such a short span of time. Simply said I was a snot-nosed teenager who thought that they knew everything when it comes to theatre. But boy oh boy was I wrong! There are so many more things I have to learn. I learned what…
OSCars 2019 – SGA
“All the greatest men are maniacs. They are possessed by a mania which drives them forward towards their goal. The great scientists, the philosophers, the religious leaders – all maniacs. What else but a blind single of purpose could have given focus to their genius, would have kept them in the groove of purpose. Mania…
SAISA Music 2019 – Kathmandu, Nepal
True… music is an art, however, to me now it is a way of life. I didn’t know what singing was or how to sing until I came here. I was even awarded a solo part that I auditioned for the song “Homeward Bound”. Which of course came as a surprise. I started off by…
Gecko Factor – Host/MC
This event was organized and hosted by the SGA (Student Government Association), of which I am the president. This is a major event in the form of a talent show that the SGA organized and that I myself MC’d. We the SGA structured it in a way that the people could perform and enjoy skits…
WWW Jaffna Northern Narratives 2019
First and foremost what is Week Without Walls (WWW)? To be frank, it is a programme in the IB which gets us the students out of our comfort zone, think in different ways, communicate with teammates and make bonds of friendship that will last a lifetime. For us, in Sri Lanka, we could choose to go…
Kambala School Visit from Australia – TOK
On the 7th December 2018, a group of 13 female students from the Kambala all girls School joined us for a day of TOK sports and. Kambala School is a girls’ school in Sydney, Australia that had come to Sri Lanka on a school trip. We started off by playing a few games in order to…
Boys voice – Winter Gala 2018
After practising on Thursday lunchtimes for nearly a semester, the big performance came up. We were singing two songs, one was “Feels Like Home” by Brighter Days ft. Sean Paul. The second song was “Get Down On It” by Kool & The Gang. The performance I perceived to be a success, even though I was really…
Duke of Edinburgh – Preliminary Adventurous Journey – Sinharaja Forest
“Through the forest have I gone” – Puck, A Midsummers Nights Dream – William Shakespeare That’s exactly what happened when we went on the Duke of Edinburgh preliminary adventurous journey to the Sinharaja Forest for two days and 1 night. Before we even went there we learnt how to read and understand maps and what key…
A Midsummers Nights Dream – Senior Production 2018
In this senior High School production of A Midsummers Nights Dream, written by William Shakespeare I play Puck, also known as Robin Goodfellow. A Midsummers Nights Dream, in a nutshell, is a comedy that induces a mix of emotions and connection towards characters and the overall, over the top synopsis and storyline. I believe Puck is one…