January 29th in Uncategorized by jason2009 .
PwC employees swap suits for costumes in Sleeping Beauty panto
The panto is staffed entirely by over 200 PwC employees who give over 10,000 hours of their time over a three month period to bring the show to the Peacock Theatre. Consultants, accountants, tax advisors and marketers by day, the team are turning on their acting, singing, dancing, music and creative skills by night to run the show.
In total 7000 people will see the seven performances including 4700 pupils from London schools and charities through a free ticket scheme funded …
The panto is staffed entirely by over 200 PwC employees who give over 10,000 hours of their time over a three month period to bring the show to the Peacock Theatre. Consultants, accountants, tax advisors and marketers by day, the team are turning on their acting, singing, dancing, music and creative skills by night to run the show.
In total 7000 people will see the seven performances including 4700 pupils from London schools and charities through a free ticket scheme funded by the firm. A signed performance is provided for the deaf and hard of hearing. Visually impaired children receive a described performance together with a touch tour of the set and the chance to meet the cast and orchestra.
Ian Powell, chairman and senior partner attended the first performance and commented: “It is so uplifting to see the kids and our people enjoying themselves so much at the performance. The hours of preparation and sheer hard work put in by all of our cast and crew is immense and the firm is hugely grateful to them and proud of their achievements, particularly when you take into account that this is being done on top of the ‘day job’.”
The sell out performances in the theatre will be joined by a live satellite link up on Wednesday 28th to seven children’s hospitals around the UK and Ireland. At the hospitals, PwC staff will join up with the children’s ward staff providing panto activity packs, song sheets and games. A two way link up will enable the hospitals to be welcomed personally by Business Recovery Services partner Gerry Lagerberg and the cheers of over 900 children in the theatre.
Senior PwC partners are playing their part too with board partner and head of advisory, Kevin Ellis, global head of people and brand, Moira Elms and business recovery services partner Gerry Lagerberg all taking up cameo roles.
During the panto build up in December, 50 people from the firm worked with children at local schools and community groups in Westminster and Southwark to create props for the show, including artwork and hats for Princess Aurora’s palace courtiers.
In early January the panto toured Glasgow for three performances, attended by 2500 people from local schools and charities that the firm partners with in the region.
