<b>My Own Invention</b> - Telling Tails: Children's Literature Goes to the Hospital

Gideon Koren

<b>My Own Invention</b> - Telling Tails: Children's Literature Goes to the Hospital

Gideon Koren

Abstract

Gideon Koren describes the foundation and ongoing work of the Bear Theatre at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, and its presentation of his play Tails.

Author Biography

Gideon Koren

Gideon Koren is an Israeli-Canadian pediatrician, clinical pharmacologist, toxicologist, author and a composer of Israeli popular music. In 1992 he founded the Bear Theatre at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, the only such theatre worldwide where health professionals perform weekly for hospitalized children and their families. The musical "Tails" — script, songs, direction and children's book by Koren — has served as a model for other hospitals. In July 2007 the theatre celebrated 15 years and 750 shows. At the hospital, Koren goes by the nickname "Gidi" and takes pride in wearing eccentric hats to the performances of "Tails."

Published

2018-11-27

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 4 (1997)

Section

Curiouser and Curiouser

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