'Poth Gullee', newest stage play by award-winning dramatist and journalist Nalaka Swarnathilake to be premiered on August 16, 2017 at Bishops College Auditorium, Colombo.
Nalaka Swarnathilake, the Founder and Director of Whyteleafe Performing Arts Academy, who is the creator behind successful and much popular children’s productions like Dangamalla (based on Enid Blyton’s Naughtiest Girl in School), Anne(based on Lucy Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables) and Mama Wenama Malak. His stage plays & tele-dramas have won several awards at national events such as the State Children’s Drama Festival, State Tele Awards and State Tele Awards. In 2011, he was awarded the prestigious ‘Bunka Cultural Award’ by the Japanese Embassy in recognition of the contribution made to children’s drama and programs in Stage, Television and Radio mediums.
Cast of the 'Poth Gullee' includes Kusum Renu, Ama Wijesekara, Sankara Wijerathne and about 30 child actors of Whyteleafe Performing Arts Academy.