by Wijith DeChickera | Jan 27, 2024 | DailyFT
It was an eye-opener, and an open invitation to other ethnics – indeed, the ethnic other – to similarly turn the lens of scrutiny upon themselves English-Language Theatre (ELT) in Sri Lanka has great potential as a tool for civil society to engage...
by Wijith DeChickera | Jan 20, 2024 | DailyFT
In trying times, it is theatre’s duty – and its privilege – to step up to the plate, where other actors in civil society have dropped the ball in terms of finding an alternative to our much needed ‘right of recall’ For a while now, it would seem English-Language...
by Wijith DeChickera | Jan 13, 2024 | DailyFT
In a new year ahead, we hope for a sea-change into something rich and strange It has long been the contention of this writer that English-Language Theatre (ELT) in Sri Lanka has great potential as a vehicle to engage with civics and government critically in the larger...
by Wijith DeChickera | Jan 8, 2024 | DailyFT
Not for the first time, I went to a certain graveside this warm January morning, to observe a chronic grief as the year shifts gears into election mode later in 2024.Many other fellow travellers and companionable pilgrims on journalism’s journey were there. As always...
by Wijith DeChickera | Nov 13, 2023 | DailyFT
In their vastly entertaining satire ‘1066 And All That’, presented as “A memorable history of England”, coauthors W.C. Sellar and R.J. Yeatman argue that “history is not what happened – it is what you can remember”. At...
