RUWANTHIE DE CHICKERA (1975 - )
| Nationality: | Sri Lankan |
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Plays by Ruwanthie de Chickera
Blind Poet, The |
| 1st Produced: | Colombo, Sri Lanka | 2004 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISDN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Realistic Tragicomedy | Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 3 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | based on the short story (The Poet's Wife) by acclaimed Indian writer - Mahasweta Devi. | |||||
| Synopsis: | MultiFlex' is an events promotion team struggling under the weight of an incompetent work force and a string of failed promotions. In a desperate attempt to revamp an annual felicitation ceremony, MultiFlex decides to felicitate local artists instead of glamorous stars. And so it happens that the team decide to felicitate Lionel Abeyweera - an old blind poet. Lionel Abeyweera, who lives with his wife Swarna is struggling with the reality of being forgotten, is thrilled at the unexpected honour. However, he cannot attend the felicitation ceremony and so, Swarna goes in his stead. Prepared with a moving acceptance speech she has memorised on his behalf, the timid Swarna braves the lights, loudness and chaos of the felicitation ceremony and returns home to the eager questions of her husband. | |||||
Brick Layer, The |
| 1st Produced: | 2001 | |||||
| Company: | part of ShowReal | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISDN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Symbolic/ One man/woman show | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | 1 m/f | |||||
| Notes: | Running Time 25 min | |||||
| Synopsis: | There is no obvious plot in this play. The play is only 20 lines. And it looks at the issue of child abuse in a cryptic and symbolic manner | |||||
Crutch, The |
| 1st Produced: | 1998 | |||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISDN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Realistic, dark and psychological | Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 3 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | aka Middle of Silence. Running Time 90 min | |||||
| Synopsis: | Middle of Silence is a story that revolves around a relationship between a paraplegic man and his wife. This relationship, that is disturbing and violent - hinges on conflicts of class, sexuality and gender | |||||
Jony And Urvashi Show, The |
| 1st Produced: | Colombo, Sri Lanka | 2004 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISDN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | Tragedy | Tragicomedy/Absurd | Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 6 |
| Parts Other: | ensemble | |||||
| Notes: | inspired by Mahasweta Devi's short play - Urvashi and Jony | |||||
| Synopsis: | Jony is a ventriloquist street performer. He and his irrepressible muse/voice Urvashi perform 'The Jony and Urvashi show' at the Borella bus depot every evening. This show, which is based on the chaos and humour of bus travel, has an enthusiastic and loyal following of a group of colourful regulars like Podian, Saaliya, Soosie and Jocelyn. | |||||
Middle Of Silence |
| 1st Produced: | 1998 | |||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISDN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Realistic, dark and psychological | Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 3 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | under the title ‘The Crutch’, directed by Indu Rubasingham. Translated into Pilipino by Tangalang Pilipino Foundation, 2004 | |||||
| Synopsis: | Middle of Silence is a story that revolves around a relationship between a paraplegic man and his wife. This relationship, that is disturbing and violent - hinges on conflicts of class, sexuality and gender | |||||
Mirror Making Factory, The |
| 1st Produced: | Colombo, Sri Lanka | 2003 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISDN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | Satire | Satire/Comedy/Absurd | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | 9 m/f and ensemble | |||||
| Notes: | written by Ruwanthie de Chickera, Omar Chunchi and Amal de Chickera | |||||
| Synopsis: | This play is a satire on current Sri Lanka, which hinges on popular and common beliefs, fears and subscriptions to what is normal and abnormal. Written through the perspective of 'Mental Health' it questions the constructs of 'normality' in Sri Lanka and the wider World. The play is set in the future, in a factory that creates 'Modern Men'. The play takes a group of students on a tour of this 'Modern Man Factory.' | |||||
Two Times Two Is Two |
| 1st Produced: | Colombo, Sri Lanka | 2000 | ||||
| Company: | Stages Theatre Group | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISDN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | Comedy | Surrealistic Tragicomedy | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | Running Time 75 min | |||||
| Synopsis: | a play which is made up of two mirror acts. The first is a meeting between two strangers on a park bench. An old man and a young man meet briefly and then part abruptly. The first act drags on through potent silences and half conversations. When it ends, we feel that nothing has really happened. The second Act is a word for word/action for action - re-run of the first Act. The only difference is that, now, in addition to the old man and young man, we have two actors playing their unspoken thoughts. As the action of the first act unfolds again, the audience realise, through the unspoken thoughts, what binds these two men together. | |||||