ACT 3 Theatrics – “Pay It Forward”

This is Ameer Jumabhoy today. A student in the USA. An international Polo player. An Ambassador for the Texas Children’s Cancer Centre.

This is Ameer, the child-actor, in ACT 3 Theatrics’ ‘Fantastic Mr Fox’. He’s the one in the middle row on the extreme left.

The young man’s first stage adventure pre-dates this. He was six years old then and I had the privilege of being Banquo to his Fleance in our production of Shakespeare’s Macbeth. Playing dual roles I spent a good ten minutes as Hecate, queen of witches, carrying him on my back before he revealed himself as the third child apparition.

This is how Ameer reflects on his experience. “I’ll never forget the first lines I spoke on stage as an actor. ‘Macbeth will never vanquished be, until great Birnam wood to high Dunsinane Hill shall come against him.’ I was six years old and that is what ACT 3 Theatrics gives you – the confidence to step out on stage in front of 400 people at a time and live without fear. That confidence, the creativity and desire to bring joy into the lives of others is something that has stayed with me till today.”

Yes today, Ameer is a member of the ACT 3 Theatrics creative and management team entrusted with the mission to equip children with the joy and confidence to step not just onto the theatre stage but the world stage.

'Ali Baba & the 40 Thieves" by ACT 3 Theatrics.

Ameer with his fellow youth actors.

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