February already...

January is done, in some ways it seemed to last a long time however now it’s gone all sorts of things that I thought were a good safe amount of time away now seem mighty close. It occurs to me that Yew Tree Youth Theatre has never been so busy and stretched and equally we’ve never been so vibrant and energized. So I wanted to take this opportunity to say thank you for making the Youth theatre an ever developing, shifting, changing, expanding magical entity…I’m saying this now because over the next month or two or three or four I’m going to be making significant demands on you to ensure we hit all the targets we’ve set ourselves…a successful National Connections project, a worthy performance of The Princess’s Blankets, a sensational Alternative Performance Event…and that’s aside from the bag packing, fund raising evening, the blog writing and the weekly sessions…some of these demands are quite insignificant – thinking about your role in between rehearsals, learning lines, assembling costumes and some more significant like stepping out of your comfort zone in order to really get to grips with characters and situations and stories. I am aware of the sacrifices you sometimes have to make to uphold all of your obligations to such a burgeoning and vital youth theatre and wanted to reaffirm that it’s appreciated and remind you that for that price on your time and effort and energy you get a whole team and network of people ready and willing to help and support you in anyway they can…