The Hungry Caterpillar – Jen’s last Watermill blog

3 May 2012

The Hungry Caterpillar is my favourite children’s story. It’s about personal transformation and food, two of my favourite things. I was reminded of this story just before starting my World of Difference placement. I was celebrating the end of my second year exams for the Acupuncture degree I’m studying when my close friend Kyla said “You remind me of the Hungry Caterpillar”. Well I do like my food I replied….and laughed nervously breathing in my tummy muscles at the same time…”It’s like you’ve been in hibernation, collecting and feasting on all this experience that you’ve had for the last few years, and now you’re full but frustrated because you’re ready to stretch your wings and really fly”. She was so right. It was such a good analogy (and one I wish I’d thought of first. Kyla, I will pay you rights in fish and chips and fizz next week xx)

So as one show closes, another opens and the show must go on. Last week was Propellers last week and leave on a high they did. I took three of my close friends to see the show on closing night and boy did we have a good time. I just love what they do for Shakespeare. They make it accessible, transformational, creative, fun, but they stay true to the roots and and offer respect to The Bard with their interpretations. So I sigh a deep and contented farewell to the new friends I’ve made in Propeller and we welcome in the Love on the Tracks team which opened this week, only here for a short time though then it’s out on tour regionally, so catch it while you can!

This week also sees my final personal performance at The Watermill Theatre and time to tie up loose ends, bring projects to a neat curtain close (and work out how I can continue to stay part of the Watermill family long into the future…). My final performance brings a little sadness, a great big sigh of satisfaction and reflections of triumphant memory gathering!  

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