After careful deliberation between Teater Tetas, Project Phakama and our UK supporters - Queen Mary's University and The Indonesian Embassy - we have made the decision to postpone the European premier of The World At My Feet until October this year.
Although we have been working extremely hard to try and ensure the project went ahead this month, time has really been against us. We set ourselves a difficult challenge when the TWAMF plan was first hatched in March because of two excellent performance opportunities that presented themselves to us:
- The chance for Tetas to perform with us at the Trashcatcher's Carnival in Tooting
- The chance to take The World At My Feet to Contact The World international theatre festival in Manchester
These two events, both taking place now in July, were the reason we gave ourselves such a short amount of time (4 months) to garner the high level of support needed for such an ambitious project.
Sadly, although very generous offers of support have been pledged by organisations both in the UK and Indonesia, there were certain key pieces of paper that we were unable to obtain in time, namely:
- Visas
- Plane tickets
HOWEVER! We are now, thanks to the revised schedule, able to give The World At My Feet an even brighter future for October. Our intentions are now:
- To increase the number of performances in London
- To offer enhanced workshop opportunities for local schools
- To offer enhanced workshop opportunities for drama practitioners and the public
So do not take your eyes from this spot because over the next 3 months it's gonna get hot, hot like a Latin disco. And we want you there in the front row at the opening premier European show! See you in October, if not before.
Viva Phakama! Viva The World At My Feet!
Un abrazo muy fuerte
De los Phakamistas
