Straight back to it...

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We were back into it with a vengeance this week as all the groups reconvened for the spring term.  I love this point in the year when everything is new – we’ve already cast the Black Company play “Maybe This Time” get the 17th of April in your diary so you can see that one – if the auditions are anything to go from it’s going to be excellent…Sapphire Company have chosen a whole host of workshop topics to dive in over the term starting with improvisation next week.  We also hatched plans in Gold Company to make a film – our new home at The Hepworth is the perfect location for such creative endeavours…for the younger groups it was all about enjoying the chance to play after working so hard last term to make sure the Christmas shows were spot on.


However in addition to kicking things off we also managed to fit in our first performance of the year.  Friday was an excellent evening as Black Company performed Little Red Riding Hood at the takeover event for the British Art show in Leeds Gallery – it was such a good night…a real dialogue of culture and art.  Spoken word, theatre performance, movement…all shared with such a genuine energy and buzz.  The ambition to share art across cultures is an excellent one but often so hard to achieve.  On Friday it was done very successfully – such credit to every young person who was part of it. As we walked away after it had all finished I felt that we had been part of something really very special.

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