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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...

Lucy has the first blog of the new year... 2020 has been a weird year for theatre. I thought that this year would be a good one after performing Look Up in March at the Cluntergate Centre. Little did I know was that it would be the last time we would be able to show it. Once the lockdown was announced, I knew that Yew Tree would be on hold for a while. This short break from acting very quickly became a long one.  Once Yew Tree started again, we immediately preparing for our Christmas shows. Princess and the Frog: a play full of fun, laughter and puppetry (long live Eduardo the frog). I also signed myself up for another venture: LAMDA. LAMDA, so far, has helped me develop so much and allow myself to explore new styles.  Then the most amazing thing happened; Connections started!!! After Look Up ended, I thought that we wouldn't be able to do Connections at all this year. We usually start in summer so after summer came and left, it left me feeling empty as we hadn't finished Look...

 Our first is from Layla This year may have not been the greatest, but so much has still happened that have made this year a good one. At the start of the year, we came off an amazing Christmas show and I was looking forward for something new. Also, Look up was one of the best experiences of 2020 and I loved every second of it as Crystal and watching the other cast smashing it. And then Covid 19 hit and everything changed. But Yewtree helped by doing online sessions and keeping everyone in high spirits and happy. After Lockdown, Yewtree came back and we started on Princess and the Frog, even though it was hard to come back after so much time off, it was amazing to be back in the room and be with my friends again after so long. Connections started, got a part I love and and it felt like things were starting to be normal again. The Christmas shows may not have been the way we know them but they were still amazing and I loved every single one. It was so nice to see how hard all the ...

  So, this will be my first and sadly last blog. I’m not the most amazing writer in the world but I shall give it my best shot. Its going to be very strange to not have yewtree to look forward to every week and its honestly been one of the hardest things to let go of. I started sapphire company in the spring of 2016 after my sister had been at gold company for a couple of years. Little 12-year-old dan was very excited but at the same time very nervous to be starting something new that I’d never really tried before. I was completely oblivious to the fact that yewtree would become such a large part of my life. At sapphire company I was a part of a few performance including Hansel and Gretel (yes, the one with the banter birds and yes, I played one of them), neverland and a couple of summer celebration performances. One significant part of my time at sapphire was when people were auditioning to be part of 2017’s connections play ceasefire babies, which i was going to ask to be a part ...