Hello Yew Tree!

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Emma (Fretwell) here, writing a guest blog for this week. After a two week long deprivation from everyone’s favourite Youth Theatre, we were back in force. Well, kind of. What with Sarah and Gemma stuck in Cyprus, everything could have been a little up in the air. BUT, seeing as Yew Tree has some seriously amazing and responsible people, everything just ticked over nicely. All the sessions, as far as I’m aware, went ahead on Saturday.
So this is a thank you to Rob and Alice, because Mili said that the Red company was “brilliant and lots of fun”.
Bit of news; I left the Crimson company before Easter. Because I have to do something for Duke of Edinburgh later in the afternoon on Saturdays, I have moved to Gold company to accommodate it. Even though I will miss Gemma, Sam and everyone at Crimson an absurd amount, I have never felt more welcome anywhere. The funny thing about it was that most barely noticed I was new to the group, and as Danny put it ‘already part of the wallpaper’. The session was great fun, and very energetic!
Oh the imagination. :’) There were zombies in the Wacky Warehouse, a heartbreak in an airport, a very musical car trip and an incident with mice…. It’s fantastic that Yew Tree can keep coming up with so many fresh ideas for drama pieces week in, week out.
Sooooo after a quick trip to town to pick up some lunch and a run for the bus, we arrived at Sparkleshark dress rehearsals. Three different performances of Karamazoo, two different performances of Sparkleshark and one long rehearsal! I think we’re all just about ready to perform at Crofton/Cathedral/Kendal, but I really do need to go over Karamazoo, because yesterday highlighted how easy can be to lose focus. Completely buzzing now, excited to get stuck back into Sparkleshark and share it with more people. Oh, then there’s Kendal. Which is phenomenally exciting. Roll on Friday!!
So just to round it up... Thank you Gold company, Good luck to everyone in Sparkleshark/Karamazoo, and if you haven’t had chance to see it yet, do get tickets for the performance at Cathedral on Thursday.
Emmmmma :)

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