So the university goers have gone and there has been the usual losses of old members and gains of new starters that happens at this time of year…I’m enjoying the fact that over the next few weeks we can really get down to the business of creating and making, discovering and developing.
There is always a somewhat transient quality to the first few weeks of the autumn term…mirrored by the seasonal changes evident as you look out of any window. The summer is such a long holiday and during it people alter, their circumstances change and their perspectives shift. These individual changes, and their impact on the youth theatre as a whole, take a little while to stabilise and there is a slight air of uncertainty until they do…
Today at Gold Company rehearsals I got a real sense that that was happening… despite the couple of absences what we had was a company working together to tell a story everyone believes is worth telling…we achieved so much in what seemed like such a short period of time and on top of that made practical plans for other aspects of the production to ensure that the performance will be of the highest standard possible.
I’m looking forward to all of the companies within Yew Tree Youth Theatre having an equal sense of stability and purpose, whether that be in rehearsals or in the development of individual and ensemble skills. This term is so full of exciting promise and plans and I’m already anticipating its Christmas culmination.
There is always a somewhat transient quality to the first few weeks of the autumn term…mirrored by the seasonal changes evident as you look out of any window. The summer is such a long holiday and during it people alter, their circumstances change and their perspectives shift. These individual changes, and their impact on the youth theatre as a whole, take a little while to stabilise and there is a slight air of uncertainty until they do…
Today at Gold Company rehearsals I got a real sense that that was happening… despite the couple of absences what we had was a company working together to tell a story everyone believes is worth telling…we achieved so much in what seemed like such a short period of time and on top of that made practical plans for other aspects of the production to ensure that the performance will be of the highest standard possible.
I’m looking forward to all of the companies within Yew Tree Youth Theatre having an equal sense of stability and purpose, whether that be in rehearsals or in the development of individual and ensemble skills. This term is so full of exciting promise and plans and I’m already anticipating its Christmas culmination.
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