THE WORLD AT MY FEET (TWAMF) - update
Well now what a lot to report! We have been extremely busy working towards what is setting out to be an incredible performance event and an amazing achievement. As we have been working away in London to try and secure the best possible support for TWAMFs transfer to the European stage, our comrades in Jakarta, the fantastic Teater Tetas, under the unswerving belief and determination of Director Mas Adji Dipayana have been working hard towards the same ends in Indonesia. Here are some of the biggest recent news items:
The Bake-A-Thon was a sure-fire hit and no miscake! Yes the fundraiser that saw Corinne's carefully co-ordinated and expertly enacted 24 HOURS OF BAKING AND SELLING take place on the 3rd and 4th of June was fantastic. Many thanks to the Francis Lee Community Centre for the use of their kitchen for 13hrs of cooking, and all the staff involved with staking out our pitch at Queen Mary's University for 12 hours of selling. Also we really could not have pulled off the magnificent achievement of baking over EIGHT HUNDRED CAKES without the tireless efforts and generosity of Elaine and our professional aides, Lee The Baker and Mikolaj The Chef. And of course we would heartily like to thank the generosity of Queen Mary's staff and students, and our own friends and relations without whom we could not have raised over £1000! (which we did). It was also brilliant to see some of our multi-talented fellow Phakamites at the end of the day at our evenings festivities, Andrianne, Noelle, Janice, Sara, the funky feelings of the Yabbafunk Trio (AKA Helen & The Baldies), the beautiful music of JP and Adilson (Jake's Cousin).
Next in line for a massive thanking is The Indonesian Embassy who are continuing to provide invaluable support for the project - both in terms of their first-rate diplomatic assistance regarding the acquisition of passports and Visas for Tetas which can be a difficult process; and also their continual commitment to supporting the project logistically as far as their resources can allow. We are eternally grateful for this. We are now hoping to stage an Indonesian theatre weekend workshop at the Embassy itself in Grosvenor Square.
More details to follow soon!
I will leave you with a poem which I think sums up all our feeling here at Phakama regarding the TWAMF project:
Yeah yeah yeah!
Yeah yeah yeah!
Phew.
We're gonna get there.
We continue to welcome any support you may wish to give.
Stay tuned for more updates...
