Sam's Noda Theatre Summer School Blog
NODA summer school has quickly become one of my favourite weeks of the year and I’m already looking forward to next year. Arriving there was terrifying; I had all these worries about being in the right place and would I enjoy this. So seeing Sarah’s face at the entrance allowed a little ease to the worry, not all but some. All that worrying disappeared after I had met some amazing and friendly people at the bar and then our stage manager tutor Mark Shayle for an evening introduction. Knowing what to expect and what I had to look forward to helped increase the excitement over the anxiety. Everyone there was so lovely, welcoming and encouraging and I know I have made some life long friends. The course was another type of amazing, I’ve learned so much in the space of the week, from the role of a stage manager to running a technical rehearsal and calling a show, and I know that there is plenty I can use in the future. To mix my week up even further, I took part in some of the evenin