Lanka Children and Youth Theatre Foundation (LCYTF) or popularly known as Somalatha Subasinghe Play House commences its next session of “Creative Activities for Children” on May 5, 2018. Children from ages four to fourteen can take part in the program. The prime objective is to develop a child’s mental and physical aspects and enhance his artistic taste, cheerfulness and playfulness through aesthetic experiences. Therefore, this program can be considered as an extracurricular learning that supplements the formal education a child obtains in school. The program gives a child the opportunity to learn the basics of enjoying and appreciating music, free movement, dance and rhythmic movement, acting and language, art, singing, puppetry and handwork.
The program is conducted by Kaushalya Fernando, Dr. Chandana Aluthge and Thiwanka Ranasinghe.
The late Somalatha Subasinghe founded LCYTF in 1981 to promote theatre productions and performances specifically for children and youth, training of actors, and research on theatre studies. This organization at present is the topmost institution for children’s and youth theatre productions in the country. Since 1981 the organization has produced a repertoire of mainly musical theatre for children and youth and mainstream art theatre productions and performed them in the island as well as abroad.
This institution was incorporated in Parliament in January 2007 under the Act, Lanka Children’s and Youth Theatre Foundation No. 3 of 2007 to further its quest for the young audiences in Sri Lanka. The program is conducted on Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 11.30 a.m. at the Battaramulla Lion’s Club Activity Centre situated in Jayanthipura. For details send in a stamped envelope addressed to, the Coordinator, Lanka Children’s and Youth Theatre Foundation, No. 166/1, Buddhist Institute Avenue, Parliament Road, Kumbukgahaduwa, Kotte 10100. Details of the program are also available on www.playhousekotte.org, and FB/playhousekotte.org. or Tel number 075 9858001.