LITTLE THEATRE

Aysha Rau puts it across emphatically, "Theatre aids in the child's personality development. Our educational system is too stressful on kids, as a result of which they squash all creativity. Schools don't help build the child's self esteem".

Little Theatre, was formed by Aysha Rau in May 1991, to promote the cause of theatre for children and tap their creative potential.

Little Theatre aims at promoting creative aptitude and talent through workshops conducted by professionals who are child-friendly; adults in dance, drama, art and craft, mime, music, pottery, puppetry, magic, photography and 3-D projects. The children are taken for educative excursions. The key word in Little Theatre is 'to have fun'. It has a membership of around 70 children between the ages of 5 and 14. The children, besides being in the workshop, also get to participate in their annual pantomime. Among the pantomimes staged so far are 'Mermaid' in 1995, 'Snow White and the Travelling Circus' in 1996, 'Frog Prince and the Royal Catwalk' in1997, 'Puss in Boots' in 1998, 'Oddbods' in June 2000 and the most recent 'Cleopatra' in December 2000.

Aysha Rau affirms - "Half the delinquency on the streets is due to untapped talent." Towards remedying this situation, Little Theatre conducts creative workshops once a week on a Wednesday afternoon at the Corporation Middle School, Chetpet. The children from the adjoining slum attend the school. In May 2000, the children from this programme did five street plays at five slums within the city and received tremendous response.

Registrations for Little Theatre open for the year on March 14th, 9.00 am.
Call: 827 4983

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