Being able to understand the importance of one's self and give space to the presence of self in theatre interestingly allows for the openness of self. The openness of self to bend, mend and mold.

It is difficult, challenging work, not just physically but also emotionally and mentally because you constantly need to be wholehearted in approaching this work. And when it comes from a place within you that is so personal, it can often feel very draining. But in the end, the growth that I experienced both as an actor and as a human being throughout this training has lead me to have a much better understanding about who I am as an actor individually, and who we are as actors as a collective trying to create and tell meaningful stories and leave our traces in this world.

The quest to work on my self has always brought me to new experiences, but these 10 weeks introduced me to the idea of renewing my experiences instead. I chase new experiences because I am curious about how I might be in that new situation, and curious about others too, but probably also because of a secret wish that something big will happen so that I can become more certain of who I am.

came in for self-work, going out as an actor. not acting with all the negative connotations of being fake or false. not as a theatre professional either. but as a person, who does every single action with intentionality and truth.

The concept of structure and fixing a score juxtaposed against my work as an improviser was very jarring at first. At points, I found myself bored with the work we were doing. As the weeks progressed and we started working on the devised portion of the work, I found myself excited and fascinated with the scores of my fellow course mates. I started to pilfer parts of scores from my course mates, blending what is mine with what is theirs, forming a collective mind.

Coming for WOTS without any preconception of what you are trying to achieve or experience might be useful advice, for a blank page needs no revisitations or self-awareness. A blank page allows us to dream. If the walls could talk, would it?

Let’s drop the ball, shall we?

In time, I hope that I am able to accompany more participants as they go along this route, and witness their growth even as I myself am developing as a performer, a facilitator, and most importantly, a human being.

The biggest takeaway I have for this run of WOTS is to be earnest - in action and inaction. To be in action has always been what I run towards to - because I believe that I was conditioned to think that is worthy and that makes one worthy. But I realised that to witness sincerely has its value too and taking the time to fight the tide is a fight as well. So don’t be quick to take action Clement! Listen:)