A team of 74 students and the language teachers of IGCSERangashankara to watch the play: The Snow Queen

The Snow Queen is an adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen’

Chennai-based playwright Anupama Chandrasek

the journey of Gowri, a girl from a village in the southernmost end of India, to find her friend

Kumar, who is lost in a freaky snowstorm and impriso

she meets and transforms different people and their lives, learning many things

At the end, she finds Kumar in the palace of the Snow Queen

solve a riddle the Snow Queen gave him, for which the Queen herself does not know the

answer.

Various aspects of Indian culture such as the Bollywood, city life in Mumbai, a village in

Kanyakumari, socio-political aspects like the Chambal valley bandits were depicted in the play.

The children seemed to be totally enthralled by the excellent action of Amaka Okafor, the actor

who was playing the protagonist, Gowri. They, as well as the teachers appreciated her skills

very much.

The children enjoyed the play thoroughly and they liked the

manipulation of the director on stage. At the end, the children had a discussion with the director,

and asked interesting questions. This was a good literary and cultural exposure for the children.

A team of 74 students and the language teachers of IGCSE and GCE A Levels The Snow Queen.

adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen’s fairytale by the renowned

playwright Anupama Chandrasekhar, directed by Rosamunde Hutt. It

the journey of Gowri, a girl from a village in the southernmost end of India, to find her friend

Kumar, who is lost in a freaky snowstorm and imprisoned by the evil Snow Queen. En route,

she meets and transforms different people and their lives, learning many things herself

At the end, she finds Kumar in the palace of the Snow Queen and frees him by helping him to

n gave him, for which the Queen herself does not know the

Various aspects of Indian culture such as the Bollywood, city life in Mumbai, a village in

political aspects like the Chambal valley bandits were depicted in the play.

children seemed to be totally enthralled by the excellent action of Amaka Okafor, the actor

who was playing the protagonist, Gowri. They, as well as the teachers appreciated her skills

play thoroughly and they liked the colors, stage management and

manipulation of the director on stage. At the end, the children had a discussion with the director,

and asked interesting questions. This was a good literary and cultural exposure for the children.

and GCE A Levels visited

by the renowned

har, directed by Rosamunde Hutt. It deals with

the journey of Gowri, a girl from a village in the southernmost end of India, to find her friend

ned by the evil Snow Queen. En route,

herself, as well.

and frees him by helping him to

n gave him, for which the Queen herself does not know the

Various aspects of Indian culture such as the Bollywood, city life in Mumbai, a village in

political aspects like the Chambal valley bandits were depicted in the play.

children seemed to be totally enthralled by the excellent action of Amaka Okafor, the actor

who was playing the protagonist, Gowri. They, as well as the teachers appreciated her skills

colors, stage management and the

manipulation of the director on stage. At the end, the children had a discussion with the director,

and asked interesting questions. This was a good literary and cultural exposure for the children.

“THE SNOW QUEEN”

Jain International Residential School