Inspired by events and people in our country, we are committed to creating and staging original work that explores socio-political concepts in a compelling and engaging manner. 

Established in 1999 by Artistic Director Tracy Holsinger, Mind Adventures productions have been supported by Sri Lanka’s Office for National Unity and Reconciliation, The UNFPA, The Neelan Thiruchelvam Trust, the governments of Switzerland and Germany, The British Council and by renowned philanthropist Sunethra Bandaranaike.

Mind Adventures also runs a workshop project that focuses on teaching critical thinking skills, employing drama therapy techniques and creating performances with youth around the country.

Mind Adventures has toured Sri Lanka and India with original productions and has been featured at international arts festivals such as the The Hindu newspaper's Metroplus festival, the Galle Literary Festival and Colomboscope.

The Board of Trustees

Tehani Chitty Tehani has worked with Mind Adventures for over 10 years. She has been part of a number of performances including, The Travelling Circus (2009), Rondo (2011) and Maya (2019). Additionally, she has collaborated and performed in productions such as, A Storytelling: The Skeleton Woman (2023), Lungs (2016) and Dear Children Sincerely (2016). She has worked with a number theatre companies and artists including Stages Theatre Group, Joint Effort Company, Floating Space, Arun W. Prematilleke Productions and StageLight&Magic Inc. As a Dramatherapist Tehani runs individual sessions for adults and children and designs and facilitates wellbeing workshops for companies and community organisations.

Ruvin de Silva is a Colombo based multidisciplinary artist, filmmaker, storyteller, and diver whose work moves across documentary film, photography, theatre, sound, and community arts. Beginning in theatre in 2007, his practice is rooted in human connection, memory, justice, and care. His documentaries, including In Plain Sight and State in Silence, have screened internationally. Deeply connected to the ocean, his work increasingly explores the relationship between people, storytelling, healing, and conservation. He is the founder of Humans of the Ocean and also runs Creative Chaos, a multidisciplinary arts space for children in Colombo.

Brandon Damian Ingram is an actor with 20 years of theatre experience, known also for Deepa Mehta's "Funny Boy" (2020). He is also an author and a proud advocate for the LGBTQ Community in Sri Lanka. Ingram currently serves as the Vice President of Brand Excellence for Cinnamon Hotels & Resorts.

Tracy Jayasinghe is a performer, drama teacher and voice-over artist. She holds a BA in Contemporary Arts, UTAS, Tasmania and training in Physical Theatre at LAMDA, London. Tracy has performed and collaborated in theatre work locally and internationally. Her performances on stage and film include, ‘Gruesome Playground Injuries (2024), Ken B Eniwan’s Story (2023), Tiny Beautiful Things (2022) and Maya' (2019) as well as, 'The Possession’ and ‘Faded Souls’ which were included in the Cannes Short Film Corner. As a teacher, she successfully structured and taught the IGCSE Drama syllabus at Elizabeth Moir School for 5 years. Tracy has worked with Mind Adventures since 2009.  

Associated Artists

Arun Welandawe-Prematilleke is an actor, writer and director, and a graduate in Drama and Theatre Arts, Goldsmiths College, London. Arun specializes in Immersive Theatre and has directed numerous Mind Adventures’ productions from 2013-2017. He has worked in London with several devised and immersive performance companies, such as Frantic Assembly, You Me Bum Bum Train and Retz. Arun currently lectures on film at the Academy of Design in Colombo, and is a founding member of the Hot Butter Collective, an artist collective, and Scout, a logistical management company for filming in Sri Lanka.

Vindhya Fernando is an actor and director. She received her BA in Theatre and Sociology in 2014 from Suffolk University, Boston. She received her training in performance and has also directed and stage-managed productions whilst working for Company One Theatre and Central Square Theatre in the US. She is also a classically trained singer and holds an Associate Diploma for singing (ATCL) from Trinity College London.