It is an exciting and severely terrifying time for me at the moment. In just a couple of short months I will no longer be able to blame my un-ironed shirts or shopping bag eyes on the student lifestyle as (I’m still finding this hard to believe as I type it) I will have graduated! I am soon to be the proud owner of a joint honors Drama & Musical Theatre Performance degree from the ‘University Of Cumbria’.  The past three years have flew by and its sad to think that this exciting chapter of my life will be over so soon! I have made amazing memories and friends that I know I will have with me forever and I cant wait to get looking for paid jobs and continue with my love of theatre, whether I end up performing, writing, directing or something completely different….
So for this, my first blog entry, I thought I would talk a little a bit about a few of my experiences at university and projects I’ve worked on.
Of all the projects I undertook at university I have to say this is the one I am most proud of. ‘Yours, Mine, Ours.’ was a short drama that I wrote and directed for the Original Performance Module. I got the opportunity to work intensely with three extremely talented and committed actors over a period of six weeks and the results of all our hard work culminated in three stunning and packed performances. If you continue to read my blog you will most likely hear me mention this play again, as I really hope to keep working on the script and hopefully resurrect it at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival or something similar.
Apologies for the poor quality image! This picture of me and my friend Lucy is from an educational theatre project I wrote, directed and performed in at Moffat Youth Theatre In Education,where I work, in my hometown of Moffat in Scotland. It was for my work experience module at university and highlighted the issue of cyber-bullying and different ways young people can deal with this if they find themselves victimized.  I enjoyed working with my group of performers in Moffat and this helped me realise that while I do not want to be a teacher !!! working with young people and educating through theatre will always remain a passion of mine.
This is a poster from my Drama Final, where I had the great opportunity to work with Hanna Berrigan , a director from the Old Vic Theatre in London, and the honour of playing Carlos in Schillers classic ‘Don Carlos’. I gained the part when Hanna chose me after a series of auditions. Playing such a huge and emotionally varied role was a consuming but extremely enjoyable challenge. Working with Berrigan was a unique experience to say the least and she has definitely become one of my inspirations as a director, purely for the fact she managed to make a LONG, classical text such as Don Carlos into a quirky and exciting piece of theatre.
SO… these are three of my highlights from my time studying in Carlisle. I know this hasn’t been the most exciting first blog entry but if you have read this, please bare with me and I promise that things are bound to get more interesting as I get the hang of this and my life begins to completely fall apart change and develop towards and after my graduation.
If you want to know anything about me or would like to see something particular on here (I intend on uploading monologue videos, and theatre reviews when I get the time) then just comment or message me on here, and if I find out how to read it I will do my best 🙂
Thanks For Your Interest!
Liam xx
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