Time to Say Goodbye...

As you read this, Dominic, who was with Xpresso since it began as a scratched-together team to produce some theatre for the 'Abenteuerland' children's club, will be on his way to Hamburg to join the staff team of the Youth With A Mission school there for a two year period.

Over the last two years Domi gradually got more and more involved in the work, performed, directed, helped to write several of the scripts, came up with the team name, and co-led the team for a while. As well as being a great co-worker in Xpresso, Domi has been a great friend over the last two years: we've consumed gallons of tea, challenged each other and encouraged each other, and discussed theatre, theology and just about everything else in between. We've played with the boys, dreamt up new ideas, presentations, and plans and much of the material that was ultimately presented in the church and elsewhere was developed over long tea drinking sessions around our kitchen table.


It's hard to underestimate what a big step it is for someone who has grown up in the security culture to step away from it and live day to day trusting God for the next meal, so while we will miss Domi a great deal, we are proud of him for making this very courageous step forward into his calling.

Directing 'The fiendish experiment of Professor Ohnelieb with the potential to destroy the world' in the Dark (2006)

Mind you, we fully expect to work with Domi again: he was sent out, not thrown out. He was already asking if Xpresso can create a Mime/Music piece for the School he's working with to take on outreach, so we've said we'll try and put something together during the next few months. He's also been heard to mutter about an Xpresso tour to Hamburg...

I've said that's fine, if we can do it by bike.