{"id":5517,"date":"2026-07-31T02:25:39","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T02:25:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/citf.lk\/?p=5517"},"modified":"2026-07-31T02:26:04","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T02:26:04","slug":"rest-vs-stres-sri-lanka-22nd-august","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citf.lk\/index.php\/2026\/07\/31\/rest-vs-stres-sri-lanka-22nd-august\/","title":{"rendered":"REST vs STRES &#8211; Sri Lanka &#8211; 22nd August"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>22nd August<\/strong><br><strong>GAME OVER &#8211; Sri Lanka<\/strong><br><strong>Directed by Gamini  Wijewardana<\/strong><br><strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a complex city, a person living in a boarding room and preparing to go to work begins the day in solitude. However, before long, he is confronted through telephone calls with numerous problems, questions, challenges, conversations, and responsibilities. \nThese conversations bring assignments, obligations, complaints, accusations, orders, and even affectionate requests, leaving him feeling helpless and mentally distressed.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-1 wp-block-gallery alignleft has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"4648\"  src=\"https:\/\/citf.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/rs.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4648\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As a result, he hurriedly gets ready with a confused mind while facing endless mental and physical pressures. The play portrays how these overwhelming stresses gradually push him toward psychological imbalance and near madness. Finally, by letting go of everything and freeing himself from those burdens, he finds a path toward a life of freedom and peace.\nThis complex psychological journey forms the central theme of the play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<br><br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/tickets.lk\/EventDetails?eventId=4119&amp;name=CITF%20Aug%2026%20-%20Medea%20Voice,%20The%20Nightingale,%20A%20Journey%20of%20Despair&amp;summary=null&amp;tagLine=null\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/citf.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/tc.jpg\" width=\"800\" alt=\"citf\" title=\"citf\"><\/a>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a complex city, a person living in a boarding room and preparing to go to work begins the day in solitude. However, before long, he is confronted through telephone calls with numerous problems, questions, challenges, conversations, and responsibilities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5519,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[16],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citf.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5517"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citf.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citf.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citf.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citf.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5517"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/citf.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5517\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5520,"href":"https:\/\/citf.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5517\/revisions\/5520"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citf.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citf.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citf.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citf.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}