Our daily improvisation type warmups always got us up and energised, and we even managed to spice up the dreaded and ever repetitive ‘daily walk’, with small photography competitions to busy ourselves with. Year Out Drama managed the impossible – they made Zoom lessons something to look forward to. The first couple of weeks were tough at first – the content of the course was of course forced to shrink with moving online – but with that aforementioned resourcefulness we still managed to cram in dance, singing and recorder lessons, our regular weekly HIIT workout, daily improvisation tasks, guest alumni speakers and a set project to work on! *and breathe* In truth the last six weeks have flown by, in part because I wished them too – but mainly because as they say, time flies when you’re having fun. It’s this bulldog-like grit and resourcefulness that had me approaching my zoom lessons with less negativity, and more hope than anything else – for I knew that if anyone could make zoom lessons engaging and fun, it was Year Out Drama.
I’ve grown quite proud since joining Year Out of our little tribe of creatives, a group who – despite the gloom hanging over theatre at the moment – continue to create work, make things happen and shine as an albeit small but brilliant beacon of hope for other young performers out there. Was this to be our Year Out Drama experience from now on? I for one refused to believe that a company as resourceful as ours would fall to the pressure COVID-19 has thrown the arts industry under, and indeed the disarray it has left many other drama schools in. We’d all heard the horror stories from friends in Universities of being trapped in their rooms, their worlds shrinking as their courses are delivered to them in an incredibly dull fashion – their eyes going square as they stay fixed to their computer screens. These new restrictions of course presented to us company members the inevitably of Zoom lessons, such is the way with online schooling.
Up until Christmas, we’d managed to keep things ticking in person right through the winter term, despite various government restrictions and the like, so it was truly a crushing blow when we heard the news that there was to be another national lockdown. It’s nearly three months since myself and my fellow company members last frequented the comforting blue walls of our beloved HQ, yet something tells me that upon returning next Monday it will be nothing short of a ‘feels like we never left’ type of moment. As I sit down to write this blog, I’m on the edge of my seat – ready to finally wave goodbye to our 3rd lockdown and jump straight back into the rehearsal room.
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