Wildewire

So; I discovered that there is actual movement on all the Sustained Theatre projects - except Newcastle. My successor as Chair of the North East group collaborated with Northern Stage over a project they'd been trying to get funded for years but when it came to the point where a proposal was to be submitted... Nothing. It MIGHT be because there wasn't any support from the remaining members of the group- who had been given only peripheral information about the project- I may never know and don't actually care, but I am furious that NOTHING has come from work that started in 2009. I contacted the current Chair of Sustained Theatre to try to find out what's what. I found that there is "potentially" up to £750,000 available for a project in Newcastle, BUT: in order to access it, I will have to go though the entire process again- proving support from the membership, proving the project is financially feasible, submitting an application etc etc. This process w...

“Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.” Albert Camus    I could kick myself for the time I wasted trying to help someone else fulfil their dream while putting my own on hold. I recognise a recurrent character trait that leads me to sabotage my own success over and over again: I start things with passion and enthusiasm but withdraw or hand the baton to another at the last moment- not from fear but embarrassment! -I am susceptible to the envious and ineffective who sit on the sidelines and make comments about my motivations and perceived megalomania. In truth: I'm usually motivated by the need to see positive and effective development; I don't need to be the one at the helm. -With hindsight, that has been the mistake:  when I should have held the reins and driven things in the direction I believed was right and had planned for a project, I have handed them to someone else. ...