Information on Country: Srilanka & Rwanda Group Name: Stages Theatre Group & Mashirika Play Name: Dear Children Sincerely Director Ruwanthie De Chickera & – Scriptwriter Ruwanthie De Chickera – Introduction to Play: Dear Children, Sincerely… is a play that was devised by Sri Lankan and Rwandan artists through interviews conducted with elders of both the countries born in the 1930’s.Part of a wider ongoing theatre project initiated by Stages Theatre Group, the first performance and international collaboration took place in Kigali, Rwanda at the Ubumuntu Arts Festival held in commemoration of the Rwandan Genocide. Three stories were created for this play, which examine key events in the two countries. Country: Armenia Group Name: Theatre for Changes Play Name: At a Dead End in the Open Sea Director Hayk Sekoyan – Scriptwriter Hayk Sekoyan – Introduction to Play: at peaceful conflict resolution and friendship building across borders, the forum theatre play a Dead-End in the Open Sea” tells a “At story of two young men Armenian and Turkish, who have appeared on a small – boat after a Ship wreck in the middle of nowhere in the sea. Both of them have negative prejudices towards each other, but still they ought to find a common language
Information on Country: Srilanka & Rwanda Group Name: Stages Theatre Group & Mashirika Play Name: Dear Children Sincerely Director – Ruwanthie De Chickera & Scriptwriter – Ruwanthie De Chickera Introduction to Play: Dear Children, Sincerely… is a play that was devised by Sri Lankan and Rwandan artists through interviews conducted with elders of both the countries born in the 1930’s.Part of a wider ongoing theatre project initiated by Stages Theatre Group, the first performance and international collaboration took place in Kigali, Rwanda at the Ubumuntu Arts Festival held in commemoration of the Rwandan Genocide. Three stories were created for this play, which examine key events in the two countries. Country: Armenia Group Name: Theatre for Changes Play Name: At a Dead End in the Open Sea Director – Hayk Sekoyan Scriptwriter – Hayk Sekoyan Introduction to Play: at peaceful conflict resolution and friendship building across borders, the forum theatre play “At a Dead-End in the Open Sea” tells a story of two young men – Armenian and Turkish, who have appeared on a small boat after a Ship wreck in the middle of nowhere in the sea. Both of them have negative prejudices towards each other, but still they ought to find a common language
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