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. " &quo