Two of the most electrifying events at the Fairway Galle Literary Festival this year are Luke Wright’s What I Learned from Johnny Bevan and Alison Wearing’s Confessions of a Fairy’s Daughter. Both shows represent a rare opportunity for Sri Lankan audiences to see truly world class theatre at very reasonable prices, without having to go abroad to do so at exorbitant rates. 

Wright’s marvellous solo show had a sellout three week run in London’s West End. In it he delivers a multi award winning hurricane of a performance filled with humour and humanity that tells the story of a friendship between two men against the background of British politics. 

Wearing’s play Confessions of a Fairy’s Daughter is based on her own life and brings to life the story of how she came to understand her father was gay and how she struggled to come to terms with this momentous discovery. 

This show that won numerous awards, including the CBC’s Outstanding Solo Show award and Best Dramatic Script at NYC’s United Solo, the largest festival of solo theatre in the world – is no polemic on LGBTQ issues. Rather, it is a comically touching coming-of-age story, and is visually and theatrically stunning because it weaves music and imagery into the story. Alison has done more than 100 performances of the show since its premiere in 2011 and she continues to tour the show to theatres and festivals across North America and around the world.

Buy your tickets online at mydeal.lk/fairway-glf-2017 or our box offices in Colombo, hotline – 0717040011 and Galle hotline 0717020011. Please note the Colombo Box Office will close from 8 January and reopen in Galle at 25, Leyn Bahn Street, Galle Fort on 9 January.

Please check the Festival web page for more details: www.galleliteraryfestival.com.

Fairway Galle Literary Fest opening on Wednesday

The Fairway Galle Literary Festival 2017’s opening extravaganza will be held on Wednesday, 11 January from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Law Court Square, Galle Fort.

In celebration of the 2017 Fairway Galle Literary Festival Opening, cultural troupes from the Sri Lankan Forces will bring to life the island’s diverse cultures and history through dance, music and short vignettes.

From fire twirlers, to Kandyan drummers, to gods, to dragons, to dancing swans, this promises to be a spectacle that should not be missed!