Performance for National Creative Co-educational School (NCCS), Chandol, Kathmandu, Nepal | July 7, 2025

About the Performance

We are happy to have performed the play ‘Croc, Let’s Talk!’ for around 40 students of Grade 1 at NCCS school in Kathmandu on July 7, 2025. The children discussed, debated, got a chance to reflect and share their ideas. This play gave a platform where children could voice out their opinions safely and saw the outcome of their ideas. This not only is essential for their learning but much needed to build confidence and work as a team.

Feedback from the teachers of NCCS school

“The show was very fun and enjoyable. All the students participated as well and they were very engaged and interested. They learnt how to take care of our nature. Overall, we all enjoyed the show. Very creative and impressive.”

“The show was very interesting. The students’ involvement was fantastic. The team was very active and awesome. The students were engaged during the entire program. Thank you for this lovely work.”

After an interactive session of Storytelling, the kids participated in an art workshop led by The Joy House team where they created invitation cards for the crocodile to come back to their pond and be their friend. The children showed empathy and forgiveness for the crocodile who had driven them out of their homes and found many creative ways to express their emotions. Their care for the environment, their perception of a home, and understanding of their own emotions poured out into their drawings they made as invitation for the crocodile to come back and join them as a friend.

“यस संस्थाको आयोजनामा हाम्रो स्कूलमा कक्षा १ मा अध्ययनरत बालबालिकाहरुलाई पर्यावरण जागरण सम्बन्धमा आकर्षक खेल विधिबाट शिक्षण सिकाइ क्रियाकलाप संचालन भएको छ। र जोय हाउस कलेक्टिभका युवा प्रशिक्षकहरुको पानी प्रदूषण र जलचर प्राणीमा परेको असरका सम्बन्धमा नाट्य प्रदर्शन सहितको क्रियाकलापबाट सम्पन्न भएको प्रशिक्षण कार्यक्रमका निमित्त संस्थालाई हार्दिक धन्यवाद अर्पण गर्दछु।” – राजेन्द्र अधिकारी, मुख्य संयोजक, NCCS School

About the Story

While the animals, birds, and insects (role-played by students) dance and move around the pond with a friendly Grandma Alligator, a fierce crocodile enters and pushes them out. The students try to share their thoughts and reasons with the crocodile, but the Croc is no mood to Talk! As the students come together to discuss how to get their pond back, Grandma Alligator tells them that the pond is very sick. They rush to see it and find it covered with algae and overgrown wild grass. The crocodile is also unwell, and mosquitoes swarm the area. Now the animals had a big decision to make. Should they help the crocodile? Should they punish him? Or should they find a new way to deal with the problem? The students split into groups, shared their ideas, and acted them out to see what might happen next.

This special performance uses a method called forum theatre, where the story is paused at a conflict and the audience is invited to talk, think, and solve the problem together. It helps children use their imagination, think deeply, express their emotions and work as a team.

To make this event a success, we would like to thank:

• Himal Bhujel – performer in the role of ‘the Crocodile’
• Payal Chaudhary – performer in the role of the ‘Grandma Alligator’
• Bansri Pandey – Facilitator
• Raju Khatiwada – Photography and Support
• Mrs. Bineeta Pandey, Mr. Rajendra Adhikari, Mrs. Barna Tamang, Teachers and Students of NCCS school

To learn more about our work, see The Joy House Collective