A dull rainy start to the day - with the rain washing away my tennis game - turned so cheerful as my 10-year old niece and I watched "Once Upon A... Tiger" at Prithvi this morning. Just what was needed to liven up two weary faces (her tennis semi-finals match at the academy had been washed away as well).
"Once Upon A... Tiger" is a free-flowing fun-filled play that attempts to educate kids and adults alike about the urgency of saving the tiger, saving the forests and restoring environmental balance. Three youngsters go on a jungle safari with their families accompanied by two forest guards. As the forest guards educate the kids about the dependence of human survival on the survival of forests and wildlife, the safari turns adventurous as the kids find themselves in heroic boots with a mission to save the tigers.
The simplicity of the script and the universal appeal of the theme ensured that everybody from the age of 5 to 50 was riveted to the action on stage. The show was full of singing and dancing and funny banter and the 100-plus kids in the audience had a ball of a time. Guard Chacha was the daaarling of the crowd and the children (Gauri, Mani and Baboushka - all played by grown-ups) lit up the jam-packed auditorium with their boundless energy. By the end of the show the entire audience - children and grown-ups had joined the chorus of "Will you? Won't you? Will you saaaave the tiger?"
More importantly, the show achieved its educational purpose. I know it worked coz my niece decided to forgo her usual cola (the burpy-cola factory takes away the water of the forest land) after the show and settled for a brownie (which, by the way, was left untouched as she scooped just the chocolate sauce off it).
Showtimes @ Prithvi
June 8, 28, 29 - 11.00 am
Go at 10 am - you WANT to be on the first row
Saturday, June 07, 2008
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