Sydney Kolam Maduwa drama group Archives

Sunil de Silva: A Tribute by Ernest Macintyre He was a distinguished Attorney General of Sri Lanka and served that society in associated areas, such as being the chairman of the group that drafted the Convention on the Prevention of Terrorism for SAARC and Presenter of Sri Lankan Reports to UNHCR. Sunil was given The Award of Excellence, Colombo Plan. What appeared to be a sideline, but was not, was his passionate involvement in theatre. Sunil, after discovering that the theatre and the world were integrally connected, treated Australia as just another part of the large stage of mankind. “All the World’s a Stage” he realised, “And all the men and women merely players”, who have their entrances and then their exits. I have it etched in my memory how Sunil, in a major early Sydney performance, The Theatre of Migration, sang with other actors: Toorali, Yourali, Yamu Dhang Toorali Yourali Yea Toorali Yourali Yamu ...

Sunil de Silva: A Tribute by Nalini MacIntyre I first became acquainted with Sunil not as a former Attorney General of Sri Lanka and individual in his own right, but as the husband of Senanie a former pupil of mine, after they migrated to Australia in the early ’90s. It did not take long for him to demonstrate that he was his own person and unlike any other, with a quirky sense of humour and decided views on anything under discussion. He was also a source of sound advice to anyone in a quandary, legal or otherwise, which I personally found invaluable on more than one occasion. Sunil was an accomplished actor on stage. Before I became aware of Sunil’s histrionic talents which were inherited by both his children, Sidat and Samanti, he demonstrated his interest in drama when Samanti played a leading role in Let’s Give Them Curry. He was ...