WEDNESDAY, 10 JUNE, 2015

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Story time comes to Ninewells

Children, parents and staff were treated to special performances of Beauty and the Beast, the Jungle Book and the Wizard of Oz at the Tayside Children’s Hospital in Dundee.

Starlight Children’s Foundation is taking the stories performed by The Panto Company on the road and over the course of the eight-week tour it will be visiting 100 hospitals and hospices across the UK.

Starlight Children’s Foundation visited Tayside Children's Hospital at Ninewells and entertained children and their parents to a magical performance. The actors acted out the enchanting stories of Beauty and the Beast, the Jungle Book and the Wizard of Oz.

Every year, Starlight provides entertainment and distraction to children in hospital and the Starlight panto will give sick children the chance to laugh and cheer without leaving a hospital ward. 

May Duncan, senior play specialist at the hospital, said, “Entertainment and play can improve a child’s hospital experience by providing a welcome distraction from their illness and treatment. 

“It was really lovely to see the children from Ward 29 and the paediatric outpatient clinic enjoying the show. Starlight is a fantastic charity and each year we look forward to the arrival of the Starlight Foundation performances that bring fun and laughter to our young patients.”

The spring show is just one way that Starlight brings fun, laughter to children in hospital across the UK. The charity also grants once-in-a-lifetime wishes to children with serious and terminal illnesses. For more information on Starlight Children’s Foundation visit http://www.starlight.org.uk/

Contact:

Lyndsey Daun

NHS Tayside Communications

(01382) 424138