No Siesta For Us...
Theoretically it should all be quiet at the
moment…normal Yew Tree is having a well earned rest but due to one thing and
another it turns out that in actual fact the YTYT buzz is still well and truly
in evidence.
Our Plays in a Day are proving very popular
and this week was no exception. In my absence due to summer schools over the
last couple of weeks Alice has been running them brilliantly. This week, however, I was able to join
over twenty children in a tale of princesses, knights and monsters and it was a
joy. I have a bee in my bonnet at
the moment about how important it is for theatre practitioners and playmakers
to think about the stories they want to tell and why they want to tell them.. This story was created in partnership
with the 6 – 11 year olds taking part and the result made me very happy indeed. Our story told the tale of someone
making a mistake – taking responsibility for their actions and the community
joining together to fix things. Of
course the children had no idea that they had made something with such a lovely
sentiment – they were more concerned with the fact that they could play
princesses, knights and monsters all day!
If this is something you are interested in our next and final Play in a
Day is on the 1st of September where we are going to invent a story
starring Wilma the Witch.
Another insistently excellent buzz is
Remember the Oaks – you’d be forgiven for thinking that we were all done and
dusted with that at the end of July – but no…turns out there is a part 2. There is more work to do to make sure
this memorial to the miners that lost their lives 150 years ago happens. On Saturday I, Oz and some
exceptionally generous YTYT members joined The Oaks Memorial team on a windy
corner of Trinity Walk. We were
showing off the statue to the people of Wakefield and telling them the story of
The Oaks disaster in order to raise money for the memorial. While we were there we finalized plans
for a second performance of our play – I am so honoured that those involved in
the project valued what we did so much they want it to be performed again. If you missed it the first time or want
to see it again – all the details for our second performance are here!
Finally I am writing, writing,
writing…there are so many scripts to complete before September it’s making me
dizzy – Emerald’s and Sapphire’s are done – Scarlet’s scene structure is in
place which for physical theatre is all I need so just Black, Gold and
Jade/Orange to get done – goodness. The silver lining? Once they are in place September
promises to be rather lovely as they are going to be joyous to rehearse.
As you can see there is little evidence of
any kind of slow down this summer – no siesta for us…simply because there are
too many exciting things for us to consider any sort of a snooze…
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