We have now performed Three Words which has been such an amazing experience for all nine of us and I’m sure that some of the other company members will go on to reflect back on the performance on this blog. However, this does not have to be the end of No Added Sugar. More than once it has been suggested that we continue as a company and now that it is all over (and the post show blues have started to kick in), I have started to think more about this possibility.
We know that it is unlikely that we would be able to continue with such a large company and as the term is over, some of us will go our separate ways regardless. We need to discuss our future plans as a group to identify those who would like to continue and develop the company as we could develop this project further with perhaps six of us. I think a good starting point for us is to look at festivals that we could participate in in the next year. The Edinburgh Festival is one of the obvious options to look into first, as well as other large events like the Brighton Fringe and also local festivals such as Lincoln’s Newvolutions and the Derby Feste. We have a good support network within the University of Lincoln that can give us advice about starting up the company which will be very valuable to us if we do follow through with this plan.
It will not be easy and is only a newly formed idea at the moment. We have a very long road ahead of us but no matter what happens, the whole theatre company experience has been an absolute pleasure and will never be forgotten. To sum it all up in three words, I have only this to say:
Goodbye For Now.