Overview
READ ON — Children's Literature Festival, Season 7. Alchemy Arts & Education Foundation invites you to the Inauguration Ceremony, celebrating authors, poets, and playwrights through live performance.
Chief guest: Janaki Sabesh, storyteller, actor, and children's author. Students of Alchemy Kids Theatre present poem, prose, monologue, storytelling, and Act It Out pieces to open the festival.
Festival page & audience registration Watch live — Alchemy Kids Theatre
When
Wednesday, 19 August 2026
6:00 PM IST
Venue
Alchemy Blackbox Studio
8/69, 2nd Floor, Teacher's Colony
Adyar, Chennai 600020
Also streamed live on Alchemy Kids Theatre.
Festival week (19–22 August 2026)
READ ON is Alchemy Kids & Youth Theatre's annual literature festival. Open to Alchemy students and non-Alchemy participants. Events include school roundups, student performances, play reading, and a culmination ceremony.
- 19 Aug, 6:00 PM — Season 7 inauguration (this listing)
- 19–22 Aug, 9:30 AM — School roundup: poem, prose, monologue, storytelling, Act It Out
- 20–21 Aug, 6:00 PM — Evening performances by Alchemy students
- 22 Aug, 3:00 PM — Play reading with onsite and online batches
- 22 Aug, 6:00 PM — Culmination ceremony with students, parents, and teachers
Audience
Selected events are free. Block seats in advance on the festival page; walk-ins are allowed only if seats remain.
Organiser & contact
Alchemy Arts & Education Foundation / Alchemy Kids Theatre
Website: alchemykids.com/read-on
Email: alchemytheatres@gmail.com
Phone: 98413 27673 · Studio: 044 2445 0387
Confirm seating and livestream details on the official festival page before you travel.
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