Author: Katha Kiyanno

  • ඔබේ සිහින අරන් එන්න! – පලමු සැසිය

    ඔබේ සිහින අරන් එන්න! – පලමු සැසිය

    This is a short note on the successfully concluded ‘Come with your dreams!’ workshop aiming to engage in collective exercises to create theatrical dialogue. Our writing exercise is now open for submissions. ‘ඔබේ සිහින අරන් එන්න’ වැඩමුලුවේ පලමු සැසිය පසුගියදා පැවැත්වුනා. ඒ තුලින් කලාව, සමාජය, සහ ලිවීම තුලින් කලාත්මක ප්‍රකාශනය වගේ කාරනා ගනනාවක් ගවේශනය කෙරුනා.…

  • Batticaloa Conversations

    Batticaloa Conversations

    Our recent discussions with Prof. Sivagnanam Jeyasankar from the Department of Fine Arts, Eastern University of Sri Lanka centred around poetry, performance, writings in Tamil, translations between Tamil and Sinhala, and building partnerships for better interaction and understanding. Above are some of the books and pamphlets that he shared with us at one of our…

  • A Good Many Books

    A Good Many Books

    A couple of weeks ago, on an excursion to get some books on the secondhand market, we ended up with way more books than in the list we had in hand (as predictable of course). (Maybe the right term here is bargain books, those that are shop-worn or otherwise damaged or had too long a…

  • Create. Engage. Stimulate.

    We have established this space on the world wide web for the Katha Kiyanno Collective to share our thoughts and also as a space to explore new ways of engagement. Some scheduled activities within the next quarter are theatre script writing workshops and interactive sessions on literary appreciation. We also have some interesting meetings scheduled…