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Any comments on the play?
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Tickets are almost sold out for today and tomorrow.. so you might want to grab yours for the next three days. Wishing the cast the very best of luck!!! Yes… may they kick some righteous ass… (er… will I get chastised for the use of mild profanity in my over enthusiasm???)
All of you going for the play… enjoy!!!! And feel free to post me any comments you may have on the plays.
Flowers for the cast from the blogger!
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Considering the number of inquiries we have received by thosw who have (somehow) missed our earlier (and we might we add) very prominent posts…. we have decided to be kind and add ANOTHER post on the availability of tickets.
Available at :
the KPMG Head office (Near Zanziba)
Food City – Thimbirigasyaya, Staple Street and Nawala.
Now dont say you never saw…..!!!!!
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thats seven days… 168 hours… er.. some big amount of minutes and a bigger amount of seconds…before Checkpoint hits the boards! Rehearsals are in full swing, the cast is on the verge of hysteria induced by insomnia and tickets are going like hot cakes! (who came up with that phrase anyway huh?) But the point of this post is… to… tell you to QUICKLY buy your tickets! And the cast wants you to know that they have been working very very hard and would love the general public to show their appreciation of this… BLOG by offering gifts of chocolates (Maltesers please) or cash to the blogger. Please put the gifts in envelopes addressed to the blogger… and drop them in the box clearly marked “Blogger”… Shower gel will also be much appreciated… (well… it MIGHT work…)
Go go…. buy! buy!
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… is the title of the play that Stages Theatre Group will be performing in place of the 24 Hour Store that was performed in 2001 at the British Council and subsequently taken to India. The entire cast felt that the undertones and mode of the 24 Hour Store was inappropriate given the prevailing situation and atmosphere in the country.
The motive of ‘24 hours’ is simple: to capture the events of 24 hrs in current
Sri Lanka. Researched, written, workshopped and acted by the entire cast, ’24 hours’ is a window into the happenings in Sri Lanka from 7am 14th of August to 7am 15th of August 2006.
‘24 hours’ is a collection of reported events in
Sri Lanka from the 14th to the 15th of August 2006. Stages collected the information, and will share it with the audience, through theatre. Not a single word has been inserted into the information collected, and what will be performed is what has already been reported to the public in newspapers, radio and the internet.
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Our tickets are out as of today (17th AUgust) and we’re giving you a head start by telling you about it here FIRST! If you haven’t looked at our sidebar… tickets are available at Cargills Food city outlets at Staple Street, Kollupitiya, Nawala and Thimbirigasyaya and at the KPMG head office….
Tickets are priced at Rs 250/- 500/- and 1000/-.
So what are you waiting for??? Go on then… get ‘em!
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Go on take a look… we dare you! Its our newest page and by far the scariest….
no no… they all look very pretty! Please tell them that… PLEASE!
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Now that you have read the cast profiles (and if you haven’t you most certainly should…) go on and give them something to think about! Check out our forum theatre page – get involved in the making of our play. Go on! HURRY! (Sidebar – pages – forum theatre - over cast profiles – which you should ideally read first…)
And we present to you (with drum roll and trumpet fanfare) …. THARA KUMARASINGHE! Writer of The 24 Hour Store! Here she tells us a little bit about the writing of her play…
I’ve always believed in the concept of Time Travel. Of course they argue that people in the future never confront us in the present, we all know the reason for that. Just think how many of us would be clamouring for the opportunity to get out of our current mess?
Is the play about time travel? No. It might be more about the ‘current mess’.
And, no, I don’t believe in time travel; but see how easily you believed? I think the play has to do with what you believe in.
Who were my guinea pigs? You were.
Why the department store? It’s true isn’t it? It’s where we buy everything – from the latest gismo to the brand new ideas. It’s where everything’s shiny and nice, and you feel like every tagline, every product was made…just for you. It’s all about you. Or do they just define who you want to be? Now, that’s a thought.
Why mannequins? They see everything. Yes, they really do. You looking in the mirror, you pretending not to look at that gorgeous human being down the isle, you burying something you don’t want to be caught dead with at the bottom of your cart, your elation when you find that product that’s just right for…you.
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Check out our NEW PAGE! (its on the side bar – scroll down a little and you will see it… Under PAGES – click “Meet the Cast”) Get more information about our highly talented, yet extremely worried cast who havent seen their profiles yet!!!
Feel free to leave your comments – they all appreciate the attention.
