As Create 15 ends and we begin to sort through the documentation and the year ends, sadly, we also have to say goodbye to our graduating students. Fortunately for us, our students are creative and so one student, Jess Chaney, wrote a poem to best express the thoughts of a year group moving on from their degree, Thank Jess!
When I first arrived here three years ago
I didn’t know what to expect
Of course welcome workshops
From the influence of Bertolt Brecht
Break the ice name games
With loud sounds and gestures
Fresh faced artists ready to party
And fall asleep the next day in lectures
We were all brimming with excitement
Which was easy to exclaim
We were moving into new territory
Knowing no day would be the same
Coming into University
Like everyone else, I was scared
I just wanted to make work
As long as somebody cared
If i could tell something to a younger me
This time three/four years ago
I would say ‘be kind to yourself
Allow space for your mind to grow’
As theatre makers we learn and are aware
We make by doing
Gather in the pub
To celebrate the work we share.
Theatre and the arts could change the world
You’ll find So let’s start somewhere
and start, by changing our minds.