We have so many people to thank for standing by us and not laughing when we decided to set up a new company in a pandemic. We think thanks are pretty important so bear with us as we make a speech…

We need to thank the people who first came to join us in the middle of nowhere based on trust and the offer of good food, to the people who have listened and guided us, spotted when we were overwhelmed, allowed us to make mistakes, sent us socks and mugs, helped us work our brains into a programme, looked after our kids, said yes and no when appropriate and told us to do the same, put rockets up our arses and hugged us (metaphorically) tight, championed us to be brave, empowered us to continue, tweeted about us and best of all jumped on board with us. We thank you.

To the people we know - our bullshit busters who are unafraid to tell us the truth - including The Matthews (Xia and Dunster), Alix Harris, Ami Lafferty, Vicky Graham, Peter Renshaw, Helen Tiplady, Sunita Pandya and Lyn Gardner. Our original Big Skies crew. ALL of The Island. To our venue partners Karen and Ryya at Kestle Barton and to Mydd and Emma from Wildworks and Mike from Kneehigh. To John Brant at Smith&Brant and Joe, Louise, Suzie and all at Stage One for guidance, support and trust like we’ve never known. To James Randall and all at AMATA, Jack at FEAST and Lou at Paul Hamlyn for supporting so many artists through this crisis including us.

To everyone who supported our recent Falmouth International Arts Fest - particularly Richard Wilcox and Team at Falmouth BID & Falmouth CREATES, Stranger Collective, The Cornish Bank, The Poly, Princess Pavilion, Falmouth Uni AMATA, Rhona Gardiner and all at Excess Energy, Hannah White, WESUP, Miracle, Trebah Gardens, Hall for Cornwall, WILD.

And to Tony Davey (Information & Facilities Manager PHF) for spotting our cold call email for help and simply being human and kind to champion and help us get noticed for initial funding to start this project. We probably wouldn’t have had the guts or confidence to start a new company in a pandemic. So Tony - we thank you and will forever be grateful to you. We would like to buy you a beer one day.

Thank you

Charlie and Gabby

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