This time next week I won’t be sat writing about the youth theatre, I’ll be directing it…next Saturday it all begins again, first youth theatre sessions of the term with the Gold, Red, Purple and Crimson Company back in action…and from that point the rainbow will regain its colourful glory as each group begins their newest journey…I’m very much looking forward to it…
It’s an odd time…because there’s a real sense of anticipation, given extra fuel because in some ways the term leading up to Christmas has an extra magic…however it’s tinged with an aura of melancholy as in amongst this launch into the new term we have to do a certain amount of saying goodbye.
One of the aspects of the youth theatre that has become more prevalent as we have become more established is that people stay for longer and each year in September we now have to say goodbye to those who are travelling on to the next bit of their education and training. There’s a strange feeling of pride, optimism and sadness as last sessions are attended and goodbyes are said on the part of both director and fellow youth theatre members. This is a lot to do with the mutual investment that takes place in the youth theatre especially with those people that stay until the last moment.
However on an optimistic note I have noticed another phenomena emerge which is some people come back and keep coming back. In amongst the process of moving on to the next chapter of their lives they keep an open channel back again…the nature of that channel varies and the way it’s used does too; for some it’s an occasional message or text of varying lengths, for some it’s a visit to a session now and again and for others it’s much richer but however it’s done it adds yet more richness into the community that is Yew Tree Youth Theatre, so hurray for that…
As a final thought to all those adventurers going off for the first time or indeed returning to their other life after a brief sojourn I wish you luck, wisdom and insight and I look forward to hearing from you at some point…
It’s an odd time…because there’s a real sense of anticipation, given extra fuel because in some ways the term leading up to Christmas has an extra magic…however it’s tinged with an aura of melancholy as in amongst this launch into the new term we have to do a certain amount of saying goodbye.
One of the aspects of the youth theatre that has become more prevalent as we have become more established is that people stay for longer and each year in September we now have to say goodbye to those who are travelling on to the next bit of their education and training. There’s a strange feeling of pride, optimism and sadness as last sessions are attended and goodbyes are said on the part of both director and fellow youth theatre members. This is a lot to do with the mutual investment that takes place in the youth theatre especially with those people that stay until the last moment.
However on an optimistic note I have noticed another phenomena emerge which is some people come back and keep coming back. In amongst the process of moving on to the next chapter of their lives they keep an open channel back again…the nature of that channel varies and the way it’s used does too; for some it’s an occasional message or text of varying lengths, for some it’s a visit to a session now and again and for others it’s much richer but however it’s done it adds yet more richness into the community that is Yew Tree Youth Theatre, so hurray for that…
As a final thought to all those adventurers going off for the first time or indeed returning to their other life after a brief sojourn I wish you luck, wisdom and insight and I look forward to hearing from you at some point…
I like the rainbow metaphor.. well i think it's a metaphor but what ever it is it's pretty :)
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