As we journey into our last week of rehearsal on Pandas at The Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh Scotland, I can't help but feel extremely blessed to be part of this wonderful production.  It might sound a little silly, but I actually look forward to going to work every morning!

I still remember how in awe I was on the first day of meeting the brilliant and talented Pandas crew!  After a morning of 'meet and greet', we were led to one of the theatres inside The Traverse to do a 'read-through' of the play.  Well, nervous was definitely an understatement!!!  But everyone was so warm and welcoming (actually, I have decided people in Scotland are the friendliest people I have ever met in my life!), and I was so overjoyed to be able to work with one of my most admired director again, Rebecca Gatward, whom I had the privilege to last worked with on BBC's Casualty. 

Going back to the 'read-through'. the other actors are so skilled they have the ability to turn words on a page into something so intriguing and captivating right from the word 'go'!!  I am just grateful to be able to learn from them every single day.

http://www.traverse.co.uk/shows_pandas.htmPu

It has been many many months since I last visited AnD...
2010 was a wonderful year and I cannot begin to thank the stars for all the amazing opportunities I was given. 
The journey continues and the challenges await.
Armed with nothing but my bare soul, filled with love for the things I do....

''Spirit Warrior' - BBC Productions










http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86yOFHm-DVY&feature=related

http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2009/12_december/21/spirit.shtml

Jemma Kidd Make-Up Masterclass by Jemma Kidd

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that, the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
two roads diverged in a wood, and I --
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.