COLOMBO INTERNATIONAL THEATRE FESTIVAL FELICITATES VETERAN PLAYWRIGHT LUCIAN BULATHSINGHALA

The Sixth Colombo International Theatre Festival, (CITF) the biggest theatre event in Sri Lanka with an international exposure will open on April 3 and performance with international theatrical productions will go on from April 4 to 9 daily at the British School in Colombo.

Started in 2012, this year’s festival will felicitate veteran theatre personality Lucian Bulathsinghala for his decades long contribution to theatre. Japanese dramatist Kenjiro Otani will be the foreign chief guest.

Representing the international theatre works, festival will include plays from theatrical Germany, Sweden-France, India and Belarus.

As an extension of the CITF’s 6th edition a parallel festival will be held in the Dr. Swami Vipulananda Aesthetic Institute of the Eastern University.

The festival will be opened at Mount Lavinia Hotel with the welcoming of Sri Lankan and foreign theatre personalities on April 3. The performances daily at 7 pm at