It's now my last day in London and I'm doing my final preparations to go home (I'm going home! Yay!). I've now finished my Applied Puppetry module (as a probational student), and was overjoyed to be offered a place to complete the Professional Puppeteer's Diploma! That means that I will be coming back to the UK (probably in June) to continue my studies. I'll be preparing a glove puppetry piece (based on 'Shakespeare as Caberet') to perform at a few festivals/sh...

I'm now only a week away from finishing my module and have no idea where the time has gone! We've just had 4 days off for the Easter weekend, which was lovely (though many of us have managed to catch colds, including myself). To go back a bit, I have now presented my project on Humpty Dumpty and am very happy to say that it went splendidly. The girls created some beautiful mock-up puppets and sketches for the show, and have informed me of their enthusiasm for w...

I'm now in Yorkshire (I've been here for over a week now - how time flies!) and have settled into country living (and it's splendid). Everyday had been very busy though, as we've been doing project after project for visiting artists (we have a new one every one or two days). Over the past week, we've explored shadow puppetry with atmospheric filming; Theatre of the Absurd (creating a wonderfully surreal piece which incorporated a sombre, funeral type scene with &...

It's Tuesday and I've just finished the fourth day of my course. I had orientation on Saturday and Sunday, which gave me a chance to meet the other (very talented!) people in my course - there are 6 of us in total. I must say, it's been a bit of a creative roller coaster ride since then. Yesterday we met a visiting artist who presented us with a project she was working on, about a puppetry funeral (and all the tragedy/comedy that could entail). We did some puppet...

I've been in London for 4 days now - still no accent though! It wasn't nearly as cold as I thought it would be - definitely no snowmen around here (not that I'm complaining - any warmth is good!). My internet access has been on and off, so here's a debrief of the last few days, all in one go… I met up with some consultants from Teaching Personnel (a supply teaching agency) on Wednesday night at a quaint little pub called "Balls Brothers" at t...