A dramatised narration of Sybil Nenda’s Vesak lantern

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An interactive performance of Sybil Wettasinghe’s classic, Vesak Lantern dramatised by Sulochana Dissanayake will be held on Saturday 18th May at 10.00 a.m., in the Expographic Bookstore located at Pelawatta. This is the 4th programme of this nature hosted by Expographic Bookstore. This month’s story will feature a giant, interactive Vesak lantern depicting various scenes of the story. The participants will also get the opportunity to make their own unique Vesak lantern during the programme.

Founder and artistic director of Power of Play (Pvt) Ltd., Sulochana Dissanayake is a graduate of Bates College, USA in Economics and Theatre ‘09 and a Watson Fellow ‘09/’10 (Thomas J. Watson Foundation, USA).

She studied contemporary theatre and puppetry in South Africa and Indonesia and is currently promoting theatre as a dynamic tool of communication in educational institutes/corporate organisations while producing original works.

An internationally renowned children’s author, Sybil Wettasinghe has written and illustrated over 300 stories that have won her numerous national and international awards. Vesak Lantern was first published in 1965, based on the author’s real life experience. She successfully portrays the real meaning of Vesak through this story. Vesak Lantern was awarded the Isabel Hutten prize by the Women’s Council of England for Asian Women writers in 1965, and was also awarded the state literary award for the best Children’s English Book in 1996. It has also been included in anthologies of stories published in Japan and Spain.

For more details of the event, please contact Expographic Books on 0112787140 – 141, 0773165894