Organised by Manaveli Performing Arts Group
Date: March 26, 2006 (Sunday) ; 13.00 Hrs AND 18.0O Hrs.
Venue: Armenian Youth Centre, Ontario, Canada
Five acts in the 13th festival
The Strut starts Again (Meendum Thodangum Midukku)
Ivan Turgenev
Reality is nothing. Appearence is everything. The characters Ivan Turgenev created based on Russia of 1800's, come alive on stage in Colombo of 1960's. And we, living in 21st century Canada, are able to identify with them.Time change, Places change. Human nature and human experiences seldom do. Play by Ivan Turgenev adapted into Tamil through English and also directed by Dushy Gnanapiragasam
Creator Protector (Akkuvai Kappai)
SahapthanThe calculations based on life's learnings and the value we place on them may change. A complex page out of this unending book of calculations,unfolds on the stage as Akkuvai Kapai. This play written by Sahapthan and directed by Nagamuthu Santhinathan.
Come Oh Light (Oliye Varuga..)
This performance combines most of the different forms of Koothu performed in various part of Srilanka into a single performance and is performed by a single performer, M. Sam Pratheepan of Thirumarai Kalamanram.
A Brush soaked in Sorrow (Thuraul Thoyum Thurihai)
Sunthara Ramasamy
Bristles soaked in sorrow, a brush rises, on a canvas unseen, the brush scribbles the life of an artist. Adapted from a short story written by Sunthara Ramasamy. scripted and directed by Puranthakan.
Shy Lenses (Vetka Villaikal)
A pattern drawn by the ashen remains of the many famiies that have perished without living, under the cloak of the life that was donned on the pretext of living - without ever experiencing life. Scripted and directed by Ilaya Bharathi.
* For photos of 13th Arangadal (Click here)
* Observation about 13th Arangadal by Thirumavalavan
* An observation by Mathi Kanthasamy
* Link to Video clip of "Olieye Varuga"
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