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Jerome L. de Silva is best known for his contributions to Sri Lankan theatre, with a theatrical career spanning over 50 years. In 1992, he founded The Workshop Players, which is the largest Sri Lankan theatre company to date. The company is dedicated to promoting and developing new talent in the Sri Lankan theatre industry. He has directed and produced a wide range of productions in Sri Lanka, including traditional plays, contemporary dramas, musicals, and experimental works with over 375 productions to his name. He has also collaborated with international theatre groups and artists, bringing new ideas and approaches to Sri Lanka's theatre scene.
Notable Productions
Notable Productions
The Royal Hunt of the Sun
The Royal Hunt of the Sun
October/November 1997
Play by Peter Shaffer
West Side Story
West Side Story
September 1998
Musical by Leonard Bernstein with lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Macbeth
Macbeth
November 2000
Play by William Shakespeare translated to Sinhala by Bandula Vithanage
Oliver!
Oliver!
October 2006
Musical by Lionel Bart based on the book Oliver by Charles Dickens
Blood Brothers
Blood Brothers
September 2007
Musical by Willy russel based on the book The Corsican brothers by Alexander Durmas
Bugsy Malone
Bugsy Malone
February 2008
Musical by Alan Parker
The Sound of Music
The Sound of Music
October 2008
Musical by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein
Evita
Evita
October 2012
Musical with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Tim Rice
Phantom of the Opera
Phantom of the Opera
October 2014
Musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber, based on the book Le Fantôme de l'Opéra by Gaston Leroux
Les Misérables
Les Misérables
October 2015
Musical based on Victor Hugo’s novel of the same name, with music by Claude-Michel Schönberg, original French lyrics by Alain Boublil and Jean-Marc Natel, and the English-language libretto by Herbert Kretzmer.
My Fair Lady
My Fair Lady
October 2017
Musical based on the play Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw with book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lemer and music by Frederick Loewe
Akuna
Akuna
March 2022
A Sri Lankan theatre production written by Jerome L. De Silva and Mahesh Wickramasinghe
Production Archives
Production Archives
A pageantry of theatrical splendour couched in classicality embellished the Lionel Wendt Auditorium, as My Fair Lady came to life, to jubilantly mark the 25th year of The Workshop Players who have now been at the forefront of providing quality entertainment in the art of stage drama for a quarter century.www.sundayobserver.lk/2017/10/22/arts/feast-theatrical-pageantryInternational Theatre
International Theatre
Apart from being recognised for his talents in Sri Lanka, Jerome L. de Silva's artistry has also been appreciated internationally. One prominent instance is when he was a fellow at the Salzburg Seminar, Austria in 1996, in which the Course Faculty included Arthur Miller, Ariel Dorfman, David Thacker, Andre Brink, Benedict Nightingale, and Christopher Bigsby. While in Salzburg, he also participated in Master Classes with Andre Brink and Ariel Dorfman, both Royal National Theatre Actors. His notable fellow actors included Alun Armstrong and Mark Strong.
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