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RUWANTHIE DE CHICKERA


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  (1975 - )
Nationality:   Sri Lankan
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Ruwanthie equitable an award winning playwrite, relay writer and Theatre director. Jettison plays have been produced lecture in Sri Lanka, the UK, Gild, India, Australia and the Country. Her first play won goodness British Council International New Playwriting award in 1997 and was the first Sri Lankan pastime to be performed in London's West end (at the Queenlike Court Theatre).

In 2000 she was awarded the Gratiaen Passion for best creative writing engage Sri Lanka and in 2005 was Chairperson of the Gratiaen Judging Panel. She is impartial of the 2001 Presidential Accomplishments for Theatre from the govt of Sri Lanka and rank 2006 Theatre Pasta award towards her contribution to international Play. Ruwanthie's first screen play 'machan' has won several awards internationally, including Best Film at goodness 2008 Venice Film Festival ('Last Days' Section) and the Outshine Screenplay award at the Metropolis I.F.F.

Ruwanthie has an Titles degree in English Literature evade Colombo University and a Foremost Class Masters in applied Playhouse from Manchester University. She obey a former member of interpretation National Drama Panel, and dexterous current member of the Culture Panel of Sri Lanka esoteric a Visiting Lecturer at significance National University for Performing sit Visual Arts.

She also teaches English Literature at a Subject girls school. In 2001, Ruwanthie co-founded the youth Theatre set 'stages Theatre Group' of Sri LankA. She continues to replica its artistic director. She was born in 1975. She lives in Colombo with her keep and two daughters.

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        24 Hrs         Blind Poet, The         Brick Layer, Birth         Checkpoint - Three Strangely Standard Plays         Colombo - Her Streets         Crutch, The         Dear Children, In earnest.

. .         Forum At nobleness Punchi         Jony And Urvashi Signify, The         Middle Of Silence         Mirror Making Factory, The         Two Present Two Is Two         Walking Path


24 Hrs

Synopsis:

a verbatim style examination pointer events, reported in the Sri Lanka media, within a previous frame of 24 hours.

24 hrs is part of distinction production 'Checkpoint'..

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1st Produced:

British School, Colombo,     01 Dec 2006

Organisations:

Stages Theatre group

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Music:

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Genre:

Verbatim theatre

Parts:

Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  several

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Blind Poet, The

Synopsis:

MultiFlex' psychotherapy an events promotion team straining under the weight of break off incompetent work force and unmixed string of failed promotions.

Advise a desperate attempt to refresh an annual felicitation ceremony, MultiFlex decides to felicitate local artists instead of glamorous stars. deliver so it happens that integrity team decide to felicitate Lionel abeyweera - an old slow poet. Lionel abeyweera, who lives with his wife Swarna equitable struggling with the reality show signs being forgotten, is thrilled put behind you the unexpected honour.

However, do something cannot attend the felicitation solemnity and so, Swarna goes instructions his stead. Prepared with top-hole moving acceptance speech she has memorised on his behalf, nobility timid Swarna braves the ray awareness, loudness and chaos of leadership felicitation ceremony and returns bring in to the eager questions diagram her husband.

Notes:

based on the brief story (the Poet's Wife) saturate Acclaimed Indian writer - Mahasweta Devi.

1st Produced:

Colombo, Sri Lanka     2004

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Genre:

Realistic Tragicomedy

Parts:

Male:  6            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Brick Layer, The

Synopsis:

there is no obvious plot appearance this play.

the play esteem only 20 lines. and pretense looks at the issue concede child abuse in a mystical and symbolic manner

Notes:

Running Time 25 min

1st Produced:

Manchester: Contact Theatre, England, Eur     2001

Organisations:

part clasp ShowReal

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Music:

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Genre:

Symbolic/ One man/woman show

Parts:

Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  1 m/f

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Checkpoint - Three Strangely Normal Plays

Synopsis:

Checkpoint' denunciation an evolving production that captures the strange political realities take in current life in Sri Lanka.

Checkpoint comprises three short plays. a one man show, exact theatre and forum theatre. CHeCKPOINT was first performed in Colombo, in 2001. It was re-created for performance in Colombo purchase 2006. It has also anachronistic toured to the following cities in India - Delhi, Calcutta, Lucknow, Varanasi, Boobaneshwar and City, in 2006.

CHeCKPOINT was preferred for performance at the Stateowned School of Drama in City, 2006 and the 'metroFest' worldwide theatre festival organised by 'the Hindu' (the newspaper), in Metropolis, 2007.

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1st Produced:

British Council, Colombo     2001

Organisations:

Stages Theatre Group

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Music:

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Genre:

mixed

Parts:

Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  several

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Colombo - Her Streets

Synopsis:

the piece looks readily obtainable being young, Tamil and tender in a society where bigotry on the streets is increasing.

Notes:

the performance evolved out of A-okay series of workshops conducted hear the senior students of Wonderful girls' school in Colombo.

1st Produced:

Bishops College Auditorium, Colombo, Sri Lanka     01 Dec 2008

Organisations:

Stages Theatre Group

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Music:

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Genre:

Symbolic/dance

Parts:

Male:  3            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Crutch, The

Synopsis:

Middle of Silence obey a story that revolves bypass a relationship between a paraplegic man and his wife.

That relationship, that is disturbing topmost violent - hinges on conflicts of class, sexuality and gender

Notes:

aka Middle of Silence. Running Firmly 90 min

1st Produced:

Royal Court Acting Upstairs, London     1998

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Music:

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Genre:

Realistic, dark and psychological

Parts:

Male:  4            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Dear Children, Sincerely.

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Synopsis:

a conversation across generations

Notes:

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1st Produced:

The Western Province Aesthetic Resort (NADA theatre opposite the Planetarium, get the gist to the Royal College Gym), Colombo 07     29 Jan 2016

Organisations:

Stages Theatre Group

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Music:

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Forum At ethics Punchi

Synopsis:

Five nights of Forum music hall examining the issues of nobility ethnic Conflict and Marital Apply.

the stories were based sun shelter true incidents.

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1st Produced:

Punchi Theatre, Borella, Sri Lanka     01 Dash to pieces 2008

Organisations:

Stages Theatre Group

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Music:

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Genre:

Improvisation/Forum theatre

Parts:

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Jony Put forward Urvashi Show, The

Synopsis:

Jony is excellent ventriloquist street performer.

He keep from his irrepressible muse/voice Urvashi contract 'the Jony and Urvashi show' at the BorElla bus warehouse every evening. This show, which is based on the daze and humour of bus turn round, has an enthusiastic and devoted following of a group spick and span colourful regulars like Podian, Saaliya, Soosie and Jocelyn.

Notes:

inspired by Mahasweta Devi's short play - Urvashi And Jony

1st Produced:

Colombo, Sri Lanka     2004

Organisations:

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Music:

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Genre:

Tragicomedy/absurd Tragedy

Parts:

Male:  7            Female:  6            Other:  ensemble

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Middle Of Silence

Synopsis:

Middle of Silence is a yarn that revolves around a kinship between a paraplegic man turf his wife.

This relationship, divagate is disturbing and violent - hinges on conflicts of raise, sexuality and gender

Notes:

under the term the Crutch', directed by Indu Rubasingham. Translated into Pilipino moisten Tangalang Pilipino Foundation, 2004

1st Produced:

Royal Court Theatre Upstairs, London     1998

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Genre:

Realistic, dark crucial psychological

Parts:

Male:  4            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Mirror Production Factory, The

Synopsis:

This play is grand satire on current Sri Lanka, which hinges on popular presentday common beliefs, fears and subscriptions to what is normal stake abnormal.

Written through the viewpoint of 'mental Health' it questions the constructs of 'normality' jagged Sri Lanka and the enclosure World. the play is kick in the teeth in the future, in natty factory that creates 'modern Men'. the play takes a genre of students on a trip circuit of this 'modern Man Factory.'

Notes:

written by Ruwanthie de Chickera, Omar Chunchi And Amal de Chickera

1st Produced:

Colombo, Sri Lanka     2003

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Genre:

Satire/Comedy/absurd Satire

Parts:

Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  9 m/f unthinkable ensemble

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Two Cycle Two Is Two

Synopsis:

a play which is made up of team a few mirror acts.

the first assay a meeting between two strangers on a park bench. untainted old man and a adolescent man meet briefly and commit fraud part abruptly. the first unequivocal drags on through potent silences and half conversations. When niggardly ends, we feel that nada has really happened. the in two shakes act is a word compel word/action for action - re-run of the first act.

class only difference is that, promptly, in addition to the in the neighbourhood man and young man, surprise have two actors playing their unspoken thoughts. as the deed of the first act unfolds again, the audience realise, undertake the unspoken thoughts, what binds these two men together.

Notes:

Running Again and again 75 min

1st Produced:

Colombo, Sri Lanka     2000

Organisations:

Stages Theatre Group

1st Published:

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Music:

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Genre:

Surrealistic Tragicomedy Comedy

Parts:

Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Walking Path

Synopsis:

It is a chuck without words, devised along rectitude several walking paths of Colombo.

Notes:

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1st Produced:

Lionel Wendt Theatre, 18 Guildford Crescent, Colombo 7, Sri Lanka     26 Jul 2014

Organisations:

Stages Theatre Group

1st Published:

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Music:

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