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Marleen Vermeulen was born in the Antwerpen satellite town of Aartselaar, (1) ___ . She decided to move to England because she was (2) ___ with her career prospect, while working on the Costa de Sol though she found it a (3) ___ place to be at. She was also (4) ___ by some of the English actors she met there. Her first attempts to find a serious job in the theatre (5) ___ . She was unable to make (6)___with anyone there at first. Still Marleen finds the (7) ___ to be more social than the (8) ___ . In her opinion the English gentlemen could be more (9) ___ than they are in reality. Her attitude towards English humour has (10) ___ with the years. Now she sees English humour in a more (11)___ way. She loves the cosmopolitan atmosphere of London because it teaches people to understand different (12) ___ . She misses her friends and family, and the quietness but would not be able to (13) ___ it for a long period of time. She highly (14) ___ the cultural possibilities London offers. She has already been living in England for (15) ___ years.


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Puppeteer and children's theatre director Marleen Vermeulen was brought up in the Antwerpen satellite town of Aartselaar. Now living in London, she is touring with her puppet play Ananse and The Sky God, an adaptation of an African tale.
Why did you move to England? I was preparing cabarets and children's theatre workshops in a hotel on the Costa de Sol and while at times it seemed like paradise, I realised I was getting nowhere. I met a lot of English actors there, and they told me of all the opportunities in the theatre in England. So I decided to make the move.
What were your first impressions of the country?
The first thing I saw when I emerged out of the Tube was the bright lights of Piccadilly Circus, and I thought: "This place is amazing." But in the first few months the nearest I could get to finding a job in the theatre was selling ice-cream at the musical Cats. London is no place to live when you're poor, and I found it very difficult to meet people. The English seemed cold and reserved, and difficult to get to know.
What do you think of the English now, four years on?
Most of the people I meet are involved in the theatre, so they tend to be more outgoing than most. I still find the English reserved. When I have dinner parties with English people we just sit and talk, but when there are more Europeans involved, we always end up dancing. I don't think many English people know how to party. There are two extremes of Englishman - from the tattooed, screaming pint-drinkers in the pubs to the guys in suits on the trains. They think they're gentlemen, but they won't open the door for you. I've been going out with a Frenchman for four years, and you get used to that sort of thing.
What do you like about the English?
I've slowly grown to appreciate the English sense of humour: I didn't like it at first. If you watch an English comedian, he's always taking the mickey out of the English. In my country they can't do that nearly so much.
What do you like about London?
I love the cosmopolitan atmosphere. When I go to schools to set up theatre workshops there are many different races, and they are all learning about each other's cultures. If you go to my home town in Belgium and walk down the street with someone who's black, everyone will stop and stare. They're not racist: they're just not used to it. That's why I want to tour my play, which is based on African stories, back home.
What do you miss about your country?
I miss my family and friends, but I also miss the thing I could no longer stand if I lived in Belgium: the peace and quiet, and the idea of people riding slowly past on bicycles, and everybody relaxing. I could never go back to that lifestyle for long.
If you had to leave England, what would you take with you?
Double-decker buses. I love the way you can just jump on and off as they cruise through the city. And cream teas. If I could take only one thing, I'd take the enormous amount of cultural possibilities that London offers.