Return from Oman!

Playtime Theatre Company returned from it’s second successful tour to the Sultanate of Oman.

Taking an environmental play called Big Red, the actors Corinne Heritage and Ilona Kent and tour manager, Nickolas Champion, did fourteen performances at venues in and around the Muscat area, including one for a UNESCO project at which they performed in front of representatives from all corners of the world including members of the Omani royal family.

Later in the tour, we had the opportunity of performing before nursing staff and children at two of Oman’s leading Hospitals. Many of the children there had never seen live theatre of any kind before so, despite being ill, they left us in no doubt about how much they enjoyed the performances and the actors themselves, very used to performing to children in schools, found the experience of performing to children in hospitals both moving and rewarding.

Getting up at 5.30 am every morning and performing in temperatures of 35 C + is not easy, especially when you are wearing a thick furry rabbit suit, as Corinne had to, but the reception the Omanis gave the Playtime group made it well worth while and we look forward to further visits to Oman.

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