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Grease Yaka

an AnandaDrama Production in collaboration with Stages Theatre Group

Directed by Ruwanthie de Chickera

Synopsis         Production       Reviews         Looking Back        Devising        Rehearsals        Cast         Downloads
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SYNOPSIS

Grease Yaka is a play about fear.

Fear is fascinating. Fear is passed on. It grows through legend. Fear can be manufactured to intimidate people, cover up the truth and create hatred for others.

August 2014
Lionel Wendt Theatre
Colombo, Sri Lanka

 

Running time – 1 ½ hrs (no interval)
Language - English ; Sinhala


The opening show was supported by  Sampath Bank, Flexiprint,David Peiris Motor Company.

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production

Production 

Grease Yaka is an original devised theatre production

written by Ruwanthie de Chickera and Rajitha Hettiarachchi

It is created around the unique phenomenon of the

Sri Lankan Grease Yaka

The play grew out of the young school-boy cast’s

fascination with fear and the supernatural

However Grease Yaka also resonated with the stirrings of anti-Muslim sentiments in Sri Lanka in 2014

A sequel to the play  Grease Yaka Returns !

won 09 awards at the National State Drama Finals in 2019

Reviews

“Audacious, timely and potent, seething with energy and biting satire. Exceptional work!”

Tracy Holsinger, Facebook review 

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reflections

Looking Back

Artists involved in creating this play reflect on the creative process; explaining how the idea came about, how it grew, changed and what finally made it to the production.

Read the Resource Pack and watch the Stages Looking Back Video to gain insight into the process behind creating this play.

Looking Back

devising

Devising 

Grease Yaka was devised around the imagination of a group of school-boys.  For seven months the cast actively researched, wrote and improvised to find the beginnings of this play. 
The devising process moved through a collective fascination with legendary supernatural characters towards the captivating urban daemon - the Grease Yaka.
rehearsals

Rehearsals 

Rehearsals began after the concept of Grease Yaka had been agreed on, the journey of the play set in place and the world of the characters created.
The writers, designers and composers worked closely with the cast throughout the rehearsal process, structuring, developing and refining the play through daily experimentation in the rehearsal room.
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Cast

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Eraj Gunawardena

Cast

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Nandun Dissanayake

Cast

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Thilina Udayaratne

Cast

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Minul Muhandiramge

Cast

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Resource Pack

Looking Back 

Reviews

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