Sri Lanka, Feb. 8 -- The BELL Theatre Festival organized by the Stages Theatre Groupwas recently staged at the Sudarshi Main Hall, Colombo 7. Children from Bogawanthalawa, Kahapola, Galle and Colombo participated in this theatre festival directed by veteran playwright and theatre director Ruwanthie de Chickera.

It started with a performance by children from Galle. Initially there a group of children performed to a heart melting song. This play mainly focused on the current education system in the country while highlighting the plight of Sri Lanka's schoolchildren. From the bed to the classroom it is a war that these children are faced with. These actors showed the audience how these children are forced by their parents to wake up in the ...