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  What is there to say about my time at Yewtree that hasn't already been said before? Well quite a lot actual but I should probably leave out those gaudy details for my future tell all autobiography "through the Doreway".   I've done a few blogs before for the wonderful Sarah but I have to say this is probably my most high pressure one considering that it will be my final one before I jet off to the currently uncertain world of university. So I will apologize to you now before you begin to navigate the twisted hedge maze of my ramblings.   My experience within Yewtree has been an unbelievable one. I don’t think I could have ever predicted that when my sister begged me to come to a session I would’ve been here so long. But here we are, nine whole years later. I’ve performed in everything, from fairy tales to Shakespeare, dramas to comedy, you name it I’ve done it (even a musical, I didn’t sing though. You’re welcome for that). I have learned so many skills that aren’t ...

  Hello, my name is Helena, I started Yew Tree when I was 11. I was painfully introverted and angsty, a tale as old as time. I was part of three Christmas shows at Sapphire company, which I personally believe to be the best company, don’t know why, just always liked the vibes. Anyway, I did three xmas shows, got the acting bug and was thought to myself, ‘I’m afraid of instability, change, and getting things wrong, I’m going to try and go into a career of acting!’ And thus my relationship with YT and acting began.   I took a brief hiatus from YT after three years. Mental Health sucks. I was depressed and sad and didn’t feel like I deserved to take part in activities that made me feel good. I only bring this up because I know life can be cruel sometimes. If you feel this way, please just keep going, don’t quit on things that make you feel good.  I came back at the age of 17. I’d survived high school, and most of my A levels and I was thin now, and about to enter a chapter o...

Grace is today's 2019 blogger My first year at Yew Tree has been absolutely amazing and an utter pleasure to work with such talented people. It’s been an incredible journey to try something new and explore new ways of drama. I’ve loved meeting so many new people and how they made me feel welcome as well as part of a family! If i looked at Sapphire when i first came and now, we’ve grown so much as a team and individuals. As well as doing two fantastic shows with Yew Tree, watching the other companies perform especially Black and Gold as they are extremely talented! They set such a good example for all of us young ones to aspire. My confidence has soared since i joined Sapphire and i’ve enjoyed every single second of it. Doing two amazing performances made me realise how much i adore being on stage and my love for acting. After all this, i wouldn’t be where i am without the lovely Sarah. Thank you so so much Sarah for helping me grow as an actor in Sapphire as well as Lamda! Tha...

Lucy is our next 2019 blogger! 2019 at Gold Company! Well…sort of… You see I started the beginning of 2019 at Sapphire Company. During this time, I was also in the 2018/19 Connections cast performing the play Chaos. My decision to move from Sapphire to Gold wasn’t made entirely by myself. A change in my and my sister’s schedule led to my mum having to be able to be in two places at once. There were two solutions to this problem; invent a cloning machine to clone my mum so that she can be able to be there for both my sister and I (slightly impossible) or to move up to Gold Company slightly earlier than I had planned (more possible).  At the beginning of my time in Gold, I felt slightly alienated. The only people I knew were part of Connections or were in Sapphire during my time there. The other person I knew was Layla. I had met her the year before during the summer workshop doing Sleeping Beauty. We were (and still are) as crazy as anything. Even then, I still felt like a qu...

Here is Helena with her 2019 blog Christmas for the past few years has been signified by a few things 1. Retail working hours  ☹  2. Lots of chocolate and wine whilst trying to lose the winter weight before my grandparents visit 3. YTYT Christmas shows!  This year I got to work with three companies Black, Sapphire and Emerald. In Black we did two shows, Radio and Taylor Caddick’s play ‘Is This Christmas?’ Both brilliant in their own ways. Radio was fab because it was… well a beautiful piece and I think in these somewhat trying times, and they can be trying, it’s incredibly good to look back and see what others have been through. Our ancestors, grandparents etc. experienced so much toil and hardship. If they can get through that, I think we can do anything.  We’ve performed it a few times just on bare stages, so to do it with cool lighting was fab. I don’t know anything about lighting but Oz you’re a wizard.  This is Christmas was great because one ...

Chloe is our next 2019 blogger Hiya! If you don’t know me, I’m Chloe, and I’m a member of Black company at YTYT. I’m going to take this opportunity to discuss 2019 as a whole, whilst keeping the main focus on Festive Fairy tales and Fables, so grab a beverage of your choice (go on, treat yourself and have a biscuit) as I reflect on 2019. I started 2019 in the lovely Gold company, preparing for the Shakespeare festival in summer, and I got the absolute joy of playing Shakespeare in Tom Stoppard’s 15 Minute Hamlet. I got to dress as Lord Farquad, and run around; speedily recreating one of Shakespeare’s most iconic tragedies. At the end of summer, I felt I wanted to start in a new place, so joined Black company. As the resident 12 year old, I was terrified of looking and acting out of place; seeming mature in a company of mature actors. But I didn’t. I felt welcomed by a group of individuals who not only allowed me to take part in the seemingly prestigious Black company, but also ga...

Emily Berry is our next blogger! Where do I even start?  I was just going to write about the Christmas shows however a hit of nostalgia has taken place in me and I feel like I should share my thoughts on my whole year at gold (Sorry for the late warning Sarah). Why? Well, I feel like this year my development and growth as not only an actress but also as a person has been immense. So, get ready because we may be in it for the long run with this one!  Starting the year at gold was hard. It is for everyone when they are the kind of new kid however I felt out of place. I had started yew tree in the October of last year and I felt like I barely fit in. Almost the outsider and the kid who wouldn’t be good enough comparing to those around her. When I feel ill on the week on the 2018 Christmas shows that feeling deepened. I came back thinking about how everyone else would just see me as that kid who wouldn’t cut it and I was disappointed in myself. Yet somehow with a few work...