Taking things for granted...

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I’m just going to put it out there…you lot…you youth theatre members, you take things for granted…not all the time…but sometimes, it’s the truth, you do, and in this blog I’ll be up front, I’ll tell you why...

First of all you take for granted the opportunities you get…for example in this one week Black Company have performed on the stage of Wakefield Theatre Royal and followed it up with three performances in the auditorium of The Hepworth Gallery…Gold and Crimson can also boast a performance at the Theatre…Sapphire, Purple, Orange, Ruby, Ivory, Jade and Amber all have finished a full term of exciting creative opportunities…from exploring story, to stage fighting, from acting truth to play for the sake of playfulness and every other thing in between.  You all just accept that as part of being in a youth theatre you have access to these opportunities…So I’m just saying it’s perhaps worth recognising that to most people these chances are way out of the bounds of their expectations…it’s a pretty good thing you have going on here…

Secondly you take what you achieve for granted, you create work of the best and highest quality…you do this with consistency…your poise and preparation is such that, for example, in the case of Black Company in the space of a week you can do a performance with an altered cast without missing a beat…you command the most loyal of followers and equally you command the respect and admiration of strangers of all ages…

In conclusion you all occasionally need to take a moment and appreciate the equation of opportunity and credit that goes often unnoticed within YTYT…it’s in your best interest…just take a moment to relish the sense of achievement you are more than entitled to feel and the opportunity that gave you the chance to feel it…

And the thought that inspired this blog…the, “Thank you,” I get from one member of the company after everything that we do, it is understated and genuine and it is one of the things many that makes it all worthwhile…

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