Akalanka Prabhashwara

Akalanka is a multiple award-winning Sri Lankan actor working across theatre, television, and film. He is also the ensemble leader of Stages Theatre Group. He has performed in numerous Stages productions over the years, both locally and internationally, including Dear Children Sincerely: 7 Decades of Sri Lanka, DCS Rwanda-Sri Lanka Collaboration, and Patterns of Our Genocides. Outside of Stages, he has worked across a wide range of productions as both performer and choreographer. Akalanka sees art as a way of living—an ongoing act of sharing feeling, thought, and experience. His passion for art is rooted in both the informal education he’s received through his craft and the remarkable individuals he’s encountered along his artistic journey.