Congratulations Class of 2024

Courageous, empathetic, dangerous, surprising, moving, vibrant, dynamic and original are but a few of the words I would use to describe this ensemble of actors.

Catherine Dauphin @catdauphin 
James Lye @jae_lymes 
Maddi Lucas @maddilonglegz 
Annette Flynn @annetteflynnstone 
Zoe Bleu Arquette @____zoe_bleu_arquette____ 
Naima Swaleh
Killian Coyle @killiancoyle 
Zsa Zsa Greenberg @zsazsagreenberg 
David Rawle
Kimberley Jackson @kikidoyoulovemejackson 

There were many waves of growth and transformation on this path over the last 10 weeks and it has been a privilege and an honour to accompany and support these actors to realise and expand on their creative source.

To watch them experience themselves, each other in a surprising and original way created an atmosphere of wonder, curiosity, exploration, risk and deep empathy and compassion.

I am always humbled by the life of an actor and their daily commitment to being present to the light, the dark, the shadow of what experiencing a creative life requires.

It is a life of the unknown, out of which the actor uses themselves as the instrument to create experience and embody another world and another life through their imagination, their voice and their body.

Over these past 10 weeks, I have witnessed over and over again these actors share their vulnerabilities in relation to their lives, their careers and their acting and in doing so, experience the depth of complex beauty that exists in the human condition.

Ben and I are grateful to have spent these weeks with these gentle, fierce, funny, passionate, wild and inspiring actors.

Thank you for your honesty, your struggle, your curiosity, your love for what you do.

The world needs human beings like you.

Love

Helena and Ben @bcmathes @crashacting