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  I really didn’t think this day would come so soon. I was ready to accept another gap year but then I got a recall and then I got a place?! Like what?? I’m leaving yew tree a completely different person to who I started as. A person that young me would be so amazed and proud of now. I wasn’t a very confident person, but there were certain shows that I performed in that definitely coaxed me out of my shell.     The first being, Connections 2018 Ceasefire Babies. What an experience? My first ever connections and this being the show that Yew Tree Youth Theatre got to take down to London to perform at the National Theatre Connections Festival. It really was an experience I’ll next forget, getting to perform in a working theatre with such a brilliant team around us. I know that the cast will remember me being the most touristy Brit possible, pictures of everything and I know it drove you all mad (I can feel you all rolling your eyes) but I just wanted to remember every tiny d...

So .... i didn't think I would be writing this so soon. It doesn't feel like I should be leaving but I guess it is time so let's finally write about it all. I started yew tree when I was 15 so I was quite late to the parade but I never felt like i got put low on the list for opportunities. I managed to join two companies, write, photograph, do exams and summer schools all because of yew tree. And I won't lie, it was extremely tough sometimes. But I never felt like I wanted to quit. I learned how to carry on because I was doing what I loved to do. But that never stopped me from knowing when too much was too much. It's something I learned here too. How to know when to say I need a break and that's something I never had before. And that's because yew tree isn't about churning out actors. It's about learning to look after yourself and learn everyday life skills not just drama. And that's because we have the best director we could ask for.  Getting to...

  Well 10+ years of Yew tree is at an end and the only word I have is, surreal. I don’t quite know whether to feel sad, overwhelmed, grateful, inspired, or all the above. It’s a whole chapter of my life that I’m stepping away from. It feels like I am making a huge mistake because surely it cannot be over, 30 odd shows, countless friends made and infinite perfect moments shared over the years, all wrapped up in one last hurrah. It is hardly the end of me being a yew tree’er because once you are a part of the family, you always are, so in reality, it will never leave me. Seeing new generations take what I’ve loved for so many years and loving it the exact same way I always have is something special and irreplaceable to me. So, I will never loose anything of what Yew Tee has shown me and hopefully the memories and experiences will help carry me forward in the future. While I don’t intend to study drama, I endeavour to continue in any capacity I can, perhaps at uni when I get there. Th...

  I genuinely wasn’t expecting this day to come so quickly, or to even write this blog so I’m going to try to write it without crying. Wow. 5 whole years. Yew Tree hasn’t just taught me my skills in acting, it’s taught me so many life lessons and I will be forever most grateful. I’ve also started this at the start of June so it actually gets done. (I didn’t finish it until the 18th July with many tears)   I joined Yew Tree in 2016 after meeting Sarah at ‘West Yorkshire Performers’ and joining them in their production of Aladdin. During the rehearsals of this show, I decided to do the Summer School that year and finally join Yew Tree after a year. My first official Yew Tree performance was ‘Ella’, which was a musical adaptation of ‘Cinderella’. I was casted as a bitchy show girl, definitely not type casted at all (I can hear you all scoffing). I had a lot of fun in that show as it was pretty MT so I wasn’t thrown in the deep end too quickly.   Now I’m not sure if you heard...