Bella's YTYT journey 2020/21

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Hello! It has taken me a few days to compile my thoughts on my YTYT journey, selecting individual aspects of my time here, trying to squeeze them into a few paragraphs however, although I have not been here for a long time, I have found it extremely difficult to choose. I can honestly say that I have enjoyed every minute. 


I joined Yew Tree what feels like forever ago, in reality it’s not been that long. Nevertheless, the inquisitive and enthusiastic souls have made it feel like I have been attending every Friday night to gold company forever

I started in emerald company, widening my knowledge and enduring all the information I was learning (that still grows to this day). As I can remember, I began to break out of my shell, letting my creative personality run free with every session, I remember thinking “they’re all as energetic and ready to dive straight in as me”, this and all the rest of my positive thoughts in my mind contributed to the feeling of happiness I felt to be in the moment.

We started with a performance of Cinderella where I portrayed the character of Cinderella’s step mother, this role was chosen at random however I agreed massively with the casting and thought it was extremely fitting to say the least.


Following a few other performances in emerald company I then progressed to gold company.

Given all previous productions in emerald were during the pandemic, I had never performed in front of a live audience but with the Christmas shows fasting approaching and covid restrictions eventually easing we were able to produce a great piece of drama that we performed with my first ever live audience with YTYT. Naturally I was nervous but I had a blast on the stage, acting with great people in an atmosphere that was pure excitement was a joy to be a part of.

2022 I hope, throws me many more challenges to overcome and another great year at YEW TREE

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