About Us
Prospect
The mission of the Dr. RedNose Association is to train professional caring clowns to bring tailor-made improvisation performances to medical and care institutions in Taiwan, accompanying each patient in need with laughter and enabling them to regain confidence and self-affirmation in life. The show will soothe every tired heart in hospitals, relieve the stress of families and healthcare workers, and help frontline workers through educational and promotional activities, so that more people will pay attention to friendly healthcare.
We hope that through the presence of Dr. RedNose Association, we can infuse joy and warmth into the medical and nursing environment, improve the doctor-patient relationship, and further promote the spirit of Friendly Healthcare and Holistic Care, spreading the power of humor to all corners of the world, and letting the line of smiles be rendered on everyone's face.
Mission & Goals
High Quality Hospital Performance
Bringing the warmth of humanity into the medical space. The clowns will design customized performances according to the special characteristics of the patients they serve, and each hospital bed is a stage for a brand new and unique performance. Through the humorous performance of professional medical clowns, different rules, spaces and relationships can be created in the hospital, and through interesting and delicate interactions, patients can be freed from anxiety and fear from different perspectives, and families and medical staff can be relaxed and relieved of the stress and tension of staying in the hospital.
Professional Training
Through professional courses in performing arts and medical theory, hospital field observation practice, as well as regular rehearsals and appraisals after joining the clown team, professional medical clowns will be able to develop important abilities such as work attitude, performance skills and psychological quality.
Continued Development
To work with Taiwan’s hospitals and nursing homes to find new possibilities for live performances, build good communication and cooperation with medical care workers, create a better daily life in hospitals for patients and medical care workers, and establish a sustainable development and operation mechanism to help promote the development of friendly medical care in Taiwan.
Expansion of Promotion and Advertising
To organize educational and promotional activities. Through different ways of communication and sharing, we aim to encourage frontline medical care workers and share the experience of the hospital performance with the public, so that the warmth of the Dr. Rednose Association can spread to all corners of Taiwan and inspire more meaningful connections.
Origin
Children are not "miniature" adults, and their physical and psychological needs require different medical care than adults.
The founder of the Dr.Rednose Association, Ms. Ma, Chao-Chi, graduated from École internationale de théâtre Jacques Lecoq in France. In 2014, she went back to France to study the clown doctor course, trained by Le Rire Médecin and certified by the French government. In July 2015, in collaboration with Le Rire Médecin, at the Theatre De La Sardine founded by Ms. Ma, a complete clown doctor training system was introduced. In 2017, Dr.Rednose Association, the first professional clown doctors organization in Taiwan, was established with many like-minded partners to train and motivate professional clowns to enter hospital service, and to spread laughter in the children's wards of north, central, south and east of Taiwan.
Currently, the association is in long-term residency at 13 hospitals, with more than 6,773 performances and 211,184 people visited(-2025.01) by Dr.Rednose Association in the pediatric cancer ward, pediatric and adult intensive care unit, pediatric ward, senior ward and hospital day care center. In the future, the association will continue to seek more resources and hospital partnerships to expand the professional clown performances to more people in need, hoping to make every healthcare space filled with warmth and laughter.
2014
Founder, Dr. Ma and her partner, Luc Ducros, have been trained by the Le Rire Médecin and certified by the French government with Code/s NSF 133. Certification professionnelle de Niveau III (Fr) et de niveau 5 (Eu).2015
First professional clown doctor performance in Taiwan at National Taiwan University Children's Hospital.2016
Started performing at the Taipei Veterans General Hospital, the Taichung Veterans General Hospital and the CMU Children's Hospital.2017
"Dr.RedNose Association" was established and started performing at the Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital.2018
Representing Taiwan at the Healthcare Clowning International Meeting (HCIM).2019
Started performing at the Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital and launched the "Dandelion Project" to tour and lecture at non-partnering hospitals.
Started performing at the long-term Care Center, Senior Ward and Adult Intensive Care Unit at Taipei Veterans General Hospital.2020
Developed and launched a video service performance so that companionship was not interrupted by the epidemic. After the epidemic subsided and returned to the hospital, the video service remained in place to provide companionship for children in remote areas, intensive care, isolation, and hospice needs.2021
Launch of Red Nose Doctors video series on Youtube channel with application for online video performance.
Entered and started to serve in Taitung Makai Hospital.
Performed in organizations such as Rieter Enlightenment Training Center.2022
Performed in Hualien Tzu Chi and Kaohsiung Chang Gung.
Represented Taiwan to attend the 3rd HCIM International Clown Doctors Conference.
Launched the Children's Video Program and the Children's COVID-19 Vaccine Companion Program at National Taiwan University Hospital (NTUH).
Officially launched the Dr. Rednose Association Storytelling Podcast Channel.
Launched the “Stone Soup” community long term care site performance program in Xinyi District.2023
Officially launched the Dr. RedNose Home Service.
Open audition and training for the 6th Dr. Red Nose cast.
Performed in the Pediatric Cancer Ward of National Cheng Kung University Hospital.2024
Officially began service at Chang Gung Hospital in Linkou.
Launched the “Dr. Clown Show”, a children's day tour of hospitals across Taiwan.2025
Started service in Makai Children's Hospital, Hsinchu.
Board of Directors
| Position | Name | Current |
|---|---|---|
| Chairman |
Frank Leigh Lu, MD, PhD. |
Director, Division of Pediatric Pulmonology and Critical Care Medicine, National Taiwan University Children’s Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan |
| Director | Yu-Hui Fu | Ph. D. Candidate of the graduate school of theatre and drama in National Taiwan University Director (2020~2022), National Culture and Arts Foundation |
| Tsung-Chieh Ma | Associate Professor, Department of Social Work, Soochow University | |
| Amy Ho | Founder & CEO, CommonWealth Education Media and Publishing Co., Ltd | |
| Chia-Yu Lin | Therapist & Trainer, Taiwan Hakomi Education Network | |
| Y. L. Lee | Attorney-at-Law & President, Via Justice Law Offices | |
| Mei-Hua Hsueh | Theatre Director & Lecturer | |
| Wei-Wen Wu | Doctor of Nursing Practice, University of Washington Professor, Department of Nursing, National Taiwan University |
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| I-hui Lai | Goldsmiths College, University of London, UK M.A. Arts Administration and Cultural Policy Lecturer, Taiwan Children's Food Education Association |
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| Supervisor | Yo-Yo Kung | Founder & Director, Prototype Paradise |
| Jin-Yao Kang | Business Development, BEATITUDES ELDERLY SERVICE CO., LTD. | |
| Hui-jie Chen | Secretary General, Taiwan Children's Food Education Association |
