Letty’s Litany: Numero 1

23/09/2009

Rather vainly, I have agreed to a log of my experiences working on the Accidental Festival. I was hoping I would be asked to write critically about London’s art scene, but I am content with this.

The most amazing thing about working on the festival is I am surrounded by people far more intelligent than myself, and I get to witness their hard work and learn from it (and even, on occasion, take credit for it.)

I won’t lie and declare this long process is easy, but if I have learnt one thing during my time at the Central, it is that stress generally only delays the process of actual achievement. My plan so far has been to fight on through, which has led to some very embarrassing moments of madness on my part. So far, I have filled my entire living room with papers full of festival plans, (most of which were useless) and become stranded in a sea of my own work. Worse still, I have turned into a militant elder, telling my colleagues to ‘have some respect’ during a meeting.

To counter this, I have taken inspiration from the wonderful Nenagh Watson’s leadership style, as I find her to be the kindest and most respectful guide. Nenagh has been leading us in some puppetry workshops, and her energy and enthusiasm is so encouraging! Previously to this she founded the company Doo Cot, but currently she is studying ephemeral animation.

So what crisis have I single-handedly averted? None. I never will. Even if I wanted to I have far too much support! The team are currently looking into ways to make our festival as audience-orientated as possible, therefore reader, I suggest you count yourself in that number because what they are cooking up looks delicious.

This is the first of a series of Executive Journals uploaded. Letty is our Executive Producer and from the word ‘go’ has taken the reigns of the project. Keep visiting the blog to watch the experiences of our three Executives unfold…