new year gifts
Long-overdue journey to give gifts to the children of Chiraddikulam and Kakkaiyankulam, in which I discover that I cannot count, and that I appear to be Vavuniya’s rainmaker.
Category: kakkaiyankulam
Building Bridges featured on Voices for Reconciliation blog
Voices for Reconciliation is a multi-ethnic, multi-religious group of young British Sri Lankans that facilitates dialogue workshops and promotes discussion on reconciliation within and across Sri Lanka’s diverse communities, civil…
Building Bridges featured in the Sunday Times!
Smriti Daniel has written a really beautiful piece on Building Bridges, featured in the Sunday Times Mirror Magazine. You can read it online here: http://www.sundaytimes.lk/130623/magazine/using-theatre-and-laughter-to-bring-communities-together-49246.html Again, thank you so much…
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BB10: a good rehearsal
A much better rehearsal – these children are quick learners! The addition of Ishara as translator was also very helpful. The workshop comes to an abrupt end when we learn that the water under the Chiraddikulam bridge is rising, and I regretfully decide to postpone the final performance again.
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BB9b: rusty thespians
With no Kamal on hand and no helpers who can speak Tamil, this workshop is a bit of a nightmare, but let’s be honest – if these children weren’t as nice as they are, it could have gone a whole lot worse. As it was, I feel sorry for the children; that must have been a gruelling workshop.