dislocation takes its toll
so, i'm in london and i must admit that the first couple of weeks here have not been exactly what i thought they would be. i suppose i thought that i would get here and everything would immediately be great and there would be no adjustment phase really because i would be with friends and it would pretty much just be like boston, but london. but that wasn't the case at all and i have been struggling more than i thought i would have to in order to find my footing and get to the good stuff. i spent the first few days i was here sick as a dog, throwing up and in bed. my friends and i are doing separate programs and, as a result, have very different schedules, and so i found myself alone a lot of the time in a new city, not quite knowing my way around and anxious and missing my friends who aren't here and missing evan and the comfort of my apartment and all sorts of that crap. and then friday night i got reeeeally drunk and lost my cell phone and that just opened the floodgates and i just cried for like an hour while my friends did their best to talk me down from my state of emotional distress. i'm fine and london really is wonderful, i just expected it to be easier than it is i think. simpler, maybe. though there are worse things in the world than having to adjust to queen's gate, south kensington.
i had my interview for my internship on friday and they offered me the placement. it's with a small, experimental fringe theatre called Camden People's Theatre. they're a non-commercial, Arts Council funded theatre that provides space and assistance for smaller theatre companies. they give them a place to rehearse and the chance to do longer runs than they might be able to afford normally and help with advertising and publicity and then they also provide guidance throughout the rehearsal process, offering an outside eye and sometimes working with companies during rehearsal and development and whatnot. i'm basically going to be the assistant to the artistic director, matt ball, and i'll just kind of follow him around for awhile and learn what it is to run a theatre. then, after i figure out what i'm doing, he's going to pair me with one of the companies and have me work with them. i'm excited and hope the company and people i'm working with turn out to be cool.
now, to bed or to a book or a pen and paper, but off of the computer.
i had my interview for my internship on friday and they offered me the placement. it's with a small, experimental fringe theatre called Camden People's Theatre. they're a non-commercial, Arts Council funded theatre that provides space and assistance for smaller theatre companies. they give them a place to rehearse and the chance to do longer runs than they might be able to afford normally and help with advertising and publicity and then they also provide guidance throughout the rehearsal process, offering an outside eye and sometimes working with companies during rehearsal and development and whatnot. i'm basically going to be the assistant to the artistic director, matt ball, and i'll just kind of follow him around for awhile and learn what it is to run a theatre. then, after i figure out what i'm doing, he's going to pair me with one of the companies and have me work with them. i'm excited and hope the company and people i'm working with turn out to be cool.
now, to bed or to a book or a pen and paper, but off of the computer.