This is the lovely George's farewell blog...
I’m actually quite lost as to where to start with regards to writing this ‘farewell blog’. Without being quoting generic quotes, it hardly seems like yesterday when I first walked through the doors of Yew tree and being welcomed with open arms. In fact, it’s not even been a full year - which seems unbelievably strange especially now I consider Yew tree as part of my family.
I’m actually quite lost as to where to start with regards to writing this ‘farewell blog’. Without being quoting generic quotes, it hardly seems like yesterday when I first walked through the doors of Yew tree and being welcomed with open arms. In fact, it’s not even been a full year - which seems unbelievably strange especially now I consider Yew tree as part of my family.
Okay, so I know she’ll hate me for this but I feel I should use to opportunity to tell
you wonderful readers about how much of an impact Sarah Osbourne has had on my
life; when I first started I’d
heard wonderful praise about Sarah and her work from friends and colleagues,
but never really imagined this woman could propel my acting career to where it
is today.
My first play with Yew tree was “Vampire Story”, being cast as a small supporting part, yet Sarah would spend just
as much time concentrating on ensuring I was clear with my goals as a
character, as the main characters were clear on theirs - this totally baffled
me. With my experience of directors, they tend to spend the majority of the
time focusing on the main actors and they tend to just expect the smaller parts
to figure it out themselves - not Sarah Osbourne. Oh definitely not Sarah
Osbourne. She would go to all lengths and measures to ensure I was completely
comfortable with what my character entailed. This was something completely new
to me as an actor, which if I’m
honest, left me with a new found respect for Sarah, as it was clear she wants to
develop each member of Yew tree as an individual and as a collective cast.
Whether it was being part of Black company or
being part of the professional touring side of Yew tree, I’d never fail to be impressed by Sarah’s professionalism and dedication to this
company; to think she’s established Yew tree
from scratch and brought it to where it is today is absolutely staggering;
Sarah puts her whole life into this company and this blog doesn’t really do justice to how much I owe to
her for everything she’s
done. Don’t take my word for
it, if you just watch one show - whether it be from the younger side of the
company to us oldies - and you’ll
know exactly what I’m talking about.
I’m
now about to depart for Drama School this September down at Guildford School of
Acting and if it wasn’t for Sarah, I
honestly wouldn’t be heading down to
study my passion in life. Just to put this in perspective, Sarah
single-handedly volunteers her time on a regular basis to help us aspiring
actors get to Drama School. She will happily spend her free time, ensuring we’ve got monologues to absolute
near-perfection (one thing that Sarah’s
taught me is that with Drama School monologues, you’ll never get perfection because there’s always something to be worked on). You know the famous saying
about how those that volunteer in their free time, live the happiest life? Say
no more…
Whether you’re reading this as a parent of a child at Yew tree or even someone
wanting to work with Yew tree be absolutely content that this company is run
with heart, soul, passion and a little bit of blood, sweat and tears. Okay, I’ll stop with the generic quotes, but you get
my meaning.
Sarah doesn’t run this company as a business - she runs this as a passion and it’s clear how much she cares for every single
person in this company and I’d
just like to say, on behalf of Yew tree, thank you Sarah - thank you for
everything.
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