Watershed moments

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This week witnessed what can only be described as a watershed production in the world of Yew Tree as we celebrated outstanding talent in our performance of Beauty and the Beast.  I’ll leave the review to Alice who has written very eloquently about the production in her blog…instead I’ll say goodbye and thank you to the graduating class of 2015.  Our next production for Black Company will be minus some actors that have been part of the fabric of YTYT and they will be sorely missed. 

Happily they move onto exciting new chapters in their life and we wish them all the luck in the world.  Yasmin is moving to London in September, Dee has a place to train as an actor in LA, Rachel has a number of professional performance contracts lined up over the summer with companies including Euro Disney and Riptide. George will take up his place to train as an actor at Guilford School for Acting in September and Louis at Leeds University to study drama. Merv leaves this week to spend a summer in Disneyland Paris playing Flynn Ryder and Spiderman, when he returns to the UK in September he will be starting his dance training at Bird College of Dance.  Charlotte who has been juggling her career and creative endeavours leaves to continue to pursue what is already an incredibly successful life in the world of law and Jess will qualify as a teacher this year…finally Alice will have finished her A’ levels in a couple of weeks so it’s off to university with her too…

What a brilliant set of young people they are – it’s been a privilege to work with all of them…some of them for a matter of months, some for years and some I have watched for over a decade as they have grown from children into the brilliant adults they are now…I am proud of every one of them and there will always be a place in my and Yew Tree’s heart for them…I'm not too proud to admit I shed a tear or two on Tuesday night...

So what’s next for Black Company?  Some of them will perform in our Summer project – more details of that in the very near future…also I have had 5 requests to join since Beauty and the Beast so a new look company will start rehearsals in September for Little Red Riding Hood…look out for the next generation of YTYT’s senior company – they won’t disappoint…



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