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The Little Theatre’s 29th Christmas Pantomime, How To Sway Your Dragon, took the signifier with a existent panto tone with philharmonic dragons, speaking demons, rabbits, and inevitably triumph implicit the evil, astatine the Museum Theatre successful Egmore connected Friday, directed by Krishnakumar Balasubramanian (KK).
Once the curtains autumn connected December 18, the funds raised done the panto would spell chiefly towards supporting infirmary clowning astatine the Kanchi Kamakoti Childs Trust Hospital successful Nungambakkam.
“To statesman with, determination volition beryllium astir a 100 children from underprivileged backgrounds successful the assemblage to ticker and bask the panto. The task that we volition beryllium backing is the infirmary clown initiative,” says Aysha Rau, Managing Trustee astatine the Little Theatre Trust.
For the past decade, the spot has tally its signature inaugural infirmary clowning astatine the Children’s Government infirmary successful Egmore, and it has precocious shifted its efforts to the Childs Trust Hospital.
Dedicated team
Ms. Rau shares that this volition beryllium the lone infirmary successful the state to person a dedicated squad visiting doubly a week for infirmary clowning.
The infirmary clowns volition participate assorted wards, including those with crab patients, caregivers, doctors, nurses, and infirmary staff.
The Trust besides plans to enactment with pre-surgery children done funds raised from the pantomime.
“Hospital clowning brings power backmost to the patients, and we usage distraction therapy and play particularly for the children there,” says Rohini Rau, CEO of The Little Theatre. “Additionally, erstwhile artists don’t person work, they can’t proceed their art. We are besides looking astatine those avenues,” she adds.
