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Love and Other Objects
Directed by Jayampathi Guruge
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SYNOPSIS
Love and Other Objects is a play created on true love experienced and expressed
8-9 November 2018
Goethe-Institut
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Running time – 2 hours (no interval)
Language - English ; Sinhala
The opening show was supported by the Goethe-Insitut.
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Production
This is a devised play produced by the 2018 batch of the Stages Senior Ensemble. Its cast included members of the Senior Ensemble as well as guest artists.
The production set out to reduce the divide between art and real life, creating a shared experience between people, rather than a performance viewed by an audience. It used real love letters and true experiences of the artists. It was performed in an intimate space with actors mingling and interacting with the audience.
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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.
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devising
Devising
This play emerged from a devising process led by the members of the Stages Theatre Group Senior Ensemble. It was the culmination of a 15-week actor-training workshop. The devising process began during a residential retreat when artists decided to use their own love letters as a starting point.
‘Love’ has great potential to bind people in vulnerability. This aided the devising process, which pushed actors to strive toward sharing truth and genuine emotions, instead of hiding behind a character.
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Love and Other Objects
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Rehearsals
After the concept of Love and Other Objects was agreed on, the team worked on developing the script derived from their own love letters.
For three months the ensemble experimented with how their love letters could be performed. The young artists were given the time and space to experiment with the art of devising so that they may own the process themselves. The leaning towards a sharing of experience rather than a performance became something the group wanted to pursue.
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Dilrukshi Fonseka
Guest Artist
Nipuni Sharada
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Palitha Abeyrathne
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Pathum Dharmarathna
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