During the mass protest on fateful Saturday morning when almost everyone in Sri Lanka was on the roads against the regime blaming it for putting the country in massive economic turmoil, one thing that connected the country was the angst against a single name that ended with ‘Rajapaksa’.

The thousand-year-old culture of Việt Nam is so rich in theatrical tradition – be it plays, comedies, tragedies or musicals – that each region seems to have its own operatic form.