It's now my last day in London and I'm doing my final preparations to go home (I'm going home! Yay!). I've now finished my Applied Puppetry module (as a probational student), and was overjoyed to be offered a place to complete the Professional Puppeteer's Diploma! That means that I will be coming back to the UK (probably in June) to continue my studies. I'll be preparing a glove puppetry piece (based on 'Shakespeare as Caberet') to perform at a few festivals/sh...

It's Tuesday and I've just finished the fourth day of my course. I had orientation on Saturday and Sunday, which gave me a chance to meet the other (very talented!) people in my course - there are 6 of us in total. I must say, it's been a bit of a creative roller coaster ride since then. Yesterday we met a visiting artist who presented us with a project she was working on, about a puppetry funeral (and all the tragedy/comedy that could entail). We did some puppet...

I've been in London for 4 days now - still no accent though! It wasn't nearly as cold as I thought it would be - definitely no snowmen around here (not that I'm complaining - any warmth is good!). My internet access has been on and off, so here's a debrief of the last few days, all in one go… I met up with some consultants from Teaching Personnel (a supply teaching agency) on Wednesday night at a quaint little pub called "Balls Brothers" at t...

I'm in London! To be more specific, I'm sitting at an internet cafe in Paddington. I can see a stream of black London cabs and a couple of bright red double decker buses from my window - I can't believe I'm actually here! I'm staying with a couple of my brother's school friends in their flat at the moment. I've been given some spare keys and have decided to venture out a bit. I'll be going to a social event with Teaching Personnel (a supply teaching agency) tonig...