It's lovely, it's really nice to be back. It makes me
remember all the memories from here and the great times I had here,
and makes me miss it a bit really.
it's a role I wanted to play for a long time when I was at the Guild
for the school of acting, I had an audition for
Dreamboats & Petticoats, for the role Sue that I'm playing at the moment
and it got down to two of us, it was between myself and another girl, and she got the job.
It was a bit devastating then, but
I knew I could do it then, I knew that they liked me enough to put me forward
that much for it, so I knew I had to go for it again so
after getting back from a cruise last summer, working on a cruise ship as a performer,
I called my agent basically and said what's coming up I could be
good for, and she said I am putting you forward for Dreamboats
and that was on the Friday afternoon and then on the Monday
I got a phone call saying you are in for this afternoon, go go go.
So I went in the afternoon and audition for the job
and they call me about half an hour after to say you got it
can you come in tomorrow for rehearsals.
I was a member of GMTG, the Guild musical and theatre group
and which I mean that made up most of my memories of Birmingham
I absolutely loved being part of that group,
we did six shows whilst I was there
and I met my best friends there as well, lots of people that are still in the industry
still help each other out and not just actors
but musical directors and stage managers
and people like that. We are still keeping in touch with each other and
we help each other out in the industry now, it is quite nice, and this was a massive part
of my time at Birmingham.
Outside of the Uni, I did a children's show actually,
a touring children show, I started that when I was
in my third year.
Confidence, confidence is a massive thing. The second you walk through that door
if your eyes are on the ground, they are not confident enough to employ you.
So held head high, be happy with what you do
and make sure you have taken the right selection of songs; that's really important.
Something that you are comfortable with but that you feel shows off your voice
and best of your abilities, and shows you as a performer well.
I think, I think confidence is key, I can't say any more than that
and it is not an arrogant confidence you just gotta be
satisfied that you feel you can play the role so
for them great, if you think you can do it and so do I kind of thing.
In auditions I often had people
picking up from my CV that I went to the University of Birmingham.
It's obviously a very prestigious University
and very well-known and even though it's not specifically
a drama school, it's very well looked upon in the performing industry
and there are so many people I am bumping into that are from the University of Birmingham.
it's already just having that on my CV, people pick up on that it's already a great
thing to have done and something that people want to talk to you about as well.
As well as that, I think just the course in general
the Drama and Theatre Arts course
in general is very well looked upon and it has helped me
not only through my own knowledge, but other people's knowledge of the course as well
it's really helped with what I do definitely.
Keep going, keep working hard,
never stop, I mean at University
the group of us that really put our all into everything
and filled our time furthering what we do
and there are always the people that don't want to do that
don't want to further themselves and I think they are the ones that are struggling now
and I think as long as you keep pushing yourself, and keep trying to be better
and working really hard with what you do, then you'll get where you want to be.