Sri Lanka constantly had a big variety of playwrights and phase drama actors and actresses. What they introduced in front of us generally took us into the very imaginary worlds and thoughts of the writer without having any problems. The accomplishing arts sector always had the lack of a properly geared up and very well “technically fortified” theatre for their methods, rehearsals, and for grand scale occasions which expected the provider of condition of the artwork audio units, innovative lighting methods and a sizeable quantity of seating amenities. In other phrases, we failed to have a put to be identified as the crown jewel of performing arts, until eventually the Lotus Pond was opened on the 15th December 2011, for the Sri Lankans.
The Lotus Pond, or the standard Sinhala Translation “Nelum Pokuna” was an strategy of the President Hon. Mahinda Rajapaksa. The thought was to make a theatre to go well with all the higher than described wants of the undertaking arts sector. The goal of presenting and exchanging the performing arts of Sri Lanka with other international locations and nationalities was also in the priority checklist. The Lotus Pond is the realized aspiration that will convey the carrying out arts sector to new heights and open doors to newer paths and variants of the sector promptly.
The obvious framework is similar to a lotus of 5 petals in bloom. The construction of the theatre was a breakthrough in the Sri Lanka real estate progress sector and Sri Lanka engineering technological know-how. The Lotus Pond was a final result of Sri Lanka and China friendship system which reached the expenditure top of 3.8 million Sri Lanka rupees upon completion. The Unique style to some degree resembles the Opera Household Australia or the Bird’s nest China alone was a style of the Beijin Institute of Architectural Models. China furnished with 2.4 million Sri Lanka rupees out of the full price tag.
The construction commenced in the yr 2006 and the land utilized for the theatre was the former Nomad floor on at No.110, Ananda Coomaraswamy Mawatha, Colombo 07 and took four decades to full. The theatre was opened by the President of Sri Lanka, Mr. Mahinda Rajapakse and the China’s Vice President of the Chinese Republican Committee, Sang Chiang.
The making has two flooring beneath the floor and five floors above the floor. The theatre handles an area of 15562 sq. meters and the key auditorium delivers seating capability to 1228 spectators. The theatre is also loaded with rehearsal rooms, two extra phase doing halls, a library and an open up air stage has to seating ability for about 3 hundred spectators on the leading ground.
Until this was developed, the authentic estate developers under no circumstances realized that some thing like this was at any time achievable in the region. It is noticeable that this masterpiece will absolutely uplift the executing arts sector of our country as well as the Genuine estate development.
