Colombo Theatre Forum is a space created for those who are seeking new dimensions in Sri Lankan Theatre. Directors, Script writers, actors & actresses, critics, lightning directors, stage managers, students and spectators can join this forum in order to widen their horizons in the field of theatre.
Colombo Theatre Forum is organized by InterActTheatre and the Goethe-Institut Sri Lanka. It was re-commenced in July 2017 with the participation of many young theatre lovers and foreign delegates. The forum will be held every last Tuesday of the month at the Goethe-Institut Hall from 05:00 pm. onwards.
Film:
The Farewell
It is one of the last days of an exceptionally hot summer in 1956. Bertolt Brecht is about to leave his lakeside house among the tall birches in Brandenburg to return to Berlin for the upcoming theater season. Most of the women in his life are there: his wife, Helene Weigel; his daughter, Barbara; his old lover Ruth Berlau; his latest flame, the actress Käthe Reichel; and sensuous Isot Kilian, whose affections and body he shares with the rebel political activist Wolfgang Harich. The friends and lovers swim, write, eat, drink, and philosophize about art, politics, and life as the Stasi lurks all the while on the sidelines, waiting. The serenity of the country on this summer day stands in marked contrast to the storm of jealousy and egomania, betrayal and dashed hopes at whose center Brecht is trapped, struggling to make plans for a future that fate will end only days later. A brilliant ensemble cast and music by John Cale complement this fascinating portrait of one of Germany's leading modern artists.
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