Jack Iredale kicks off this weeks guest blogging with a summary of his week at Yew Tree
All right, YewTree Blog time. Here we go. Just a quick bit about Wednesday, then more Black Company stuffs…
On Wednesday, various members of Yew Tree went to The Hepworth Gallery, to help teach Ice Breaking games to the team of artists at the gallery, so they could use them in sessions discussing art, artists etc when the gallery opens. It was interesting in a few ways, one being the way how people reacted to the games, it being pretty similar to how new Yew Tree Members react, another being finding out how games we’ve done for years, like “Anyone Who,” could be applied in totally new ways to find out about peoples creative choices and preferences. We got some really great feedback, so hopefully that means we get to do more at The Hepworth...
Now, Black Company Shiz. “Blackout,” is awesome. It’s a different thing for us to do, and I think we’ve managed to pull it off really well. It’s dark, it’s thought provoking, and it’s based on truth. So yeah, come see that on Wednesday at The Hop, or Thursday and Friday at Osset....
Anyways, as well as polishing Blackout, we also started getting ready to perform, “Lost Happy Endings,” a piece Black company first performed at Christmas, for the Hepworth’s opening on the 22nd of May (See how that ties in....). I was kinda nervous at first, because there was already an existing piece and I didn’t know how we were going to mix new people with the old actions, but we managed to fit in, taking both the places of people who aren’t at Black anymore, to creating new actions in the piece. We only have a few more rehearsals before we perform, but I think it’s going to be great. It’s a really good piece, kinda similar and yet completely different to, “Blackout,” and I really like the contrast. But yeah, we spent a good 2 or 3 hours on, “Lost Happy Endings,” and it’s going to be brill. So come see that as well :D
All right, YewTree Blog time. Here we go. Just a quick bit about Wednesday, then more Black Company stuffs…
On Wednesday, various members of Yew Tree went to The Hepworth Gallery, to help teach Ice Breaking games to the team of artists at the gallery, so they could use them in sessions discussing art, artists etc when the gallery opens. It was interesting in a few ways, one being the way how people reacted to the games, it being pretty similar to how new Yew Tree Members react, another being finding out how games we’ve done for years, like “Anyone Who,” could be applied in totally new ways to find out about peoples creative choices and preferences. We got some really great feedback, so hopefully that means we get to do more at The Hepworth...
Now, Black Company Shiz. “Blackout,” is awesome. It’s a different thing for us to do, and I think we’ve managed to pull it off really well. It’s dark, it’s thought provoking, and it’s based on truth. So yeah, come see that on Wednesday at The Hop, or Thursday and Friday at Osset....
Anyways, as well as polishing Blackout, we also started getting ready to perform, “Lost Happy Endings,” a piece Black company first performed at Christmas, for the Hepworth’s opening on the 22nd of May (See how that ties in....). I was kinda nervous at first, because there was already an existing piece and I didn’t know how we were going to mix new people with the old actions, but we managed to fit in, taking both the places of people who aren’t at Black anymore, to creating new actions in the piece. We only have a few more rehearsals before we perform, but I think it’s going to be great. It’s a really good piece, kinda similar and yet completely different to, “Blackout,” and I really like the contrast. But yeah, we spent a good 2 or 3 hours on, “Lost Happy Endings,” and it’s going to be brill. So come see that as well :D
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