Did I struggle and falter? Almost all the time. Having been conditioned to the need to understand fully and help the person in front me, I was uncomfortable and unsure when they struggled with themselves and me. My impulse to keep everyone happy and satisfied with me was the strongest and hardest to break. Could I not be fully open with another without trying to control their feelings towards me? 

The WOTS programme has also allowed me to uncover many things about myself that I never thought was important. It showed me that it was ok to feel vulnerable and be honest about my feelings and emotions and just soak in the moment, without feeling a sense of dread or just the fear of being judged.

At the end of the day, at least for me, what WOTS teaches is how to be able to find not just yourself in the art, but the art in yourself, and how that art relates to the art within others.

Work On The Self? Curiosity. Confusion. Anger. Vulnerability. Disappointment. Frustration. Relief. Gratitude. Happiness. Love. That is what WOTS is.

It is loads of fun, the people you meet are the best part, seeing play is warm and light.

Leaping, caring, stealing, playing, listening, watching, being—what would you do in this space in between?

It is only the beginning; a glimpse into all the things I do not know.

All you need, is an open-mind and the willingness to learn! As easy as it sounded, it wasn’t.

I’m so proud of watching them grow to become authentic storytellers and humans, and of the final piece they’ve created.

Life contains many contradictions, as does art, and the WoTS programme is no exception. But it is in weaving our way through these contradictions, rather than rejecting or avoiding them altogether, that we can arrive at more interesting conclusions and conceptions of ourselves. And from there, its up to us to create our own unique space.

For me, that’s what being an actor and a human being can be about. Finding the in-between. Laughing at whatever arrives, whatever drops, whatever stays, and whatever that I find … in that in-between.