As the Yohanka School of Speech, Drama & Performing Arts in Kandy celebrates 25 years, she takes us down memory lane. Soon after she finished her Ordinary Level exams, Yohanka put her school uniform aside and thought “what am I going to do next?” She wanted to become an air hostess, but didn’t get her parents’ consent. “I sent her for one of the speech and drama exams and she got 100 out of 100.”The girl’s parents were amazed. She got herself a small table in a corner of her mother’s dressmaking school and got on with her work. I have to get myself qualified first.” So she started learning Speech and Drama under Varuni Jayasekara in Colombo.

Source: Sunday Times June 22, 2019 18:56 UTC