My Time at Theatre Hullabaloo

What would you do if you were a unicorn called Frederick, with an ice cream cone for a horn, and paws instead of hooves paddling at the beach, and had just spotted a donkey trundling along…?

This was actually the script for a word game when I met the young people at Inspired Youth - just one of the many things I have been doing since joining the team at Theatre Hullabaloo for my three month internship from Teesside University. This diverse role has had me proof reading a grant application from the arts council; updating and collating information for the database; contacting venues for figures on the last show (Luna); designing feedback sheets and selling letters; attending the finance meeting with the board of directors; proof reading website design applications and assessing our own website for improvement; attending a consortium meeting; sorting through applications for the TakeOff Festival from companies around the world; and have had the honour of feeling humbled at the courage of some young carers at Inspired Youth - Listening to them articulate their problems and being invited to join in has to be one the experiences I will always remember.

Oh and did I say that I’ve only been here two and a half weeks so far?

Never being afraid to tackle a challenge, I am grateful that the team at Hullabaloo has thrown me into the deep end to discover whether there will be anything left of me but bubbles on the surface. Thankfully so far I’m treading water! Bring it on! I could not have asked for a better bunch of professionals to work with. I find the day goes really quickly with the amount of work I have to do, but more importantly I am taken seriously as someone with ideas and skills in areas - it is certainly rare for interns not to go into a firm and become the new tea making machine. Thankfully this is not the case.

Watch out for my next instalment coming soon to a PC near you!
Mark