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I started in the Media Module with, as ever, limited experience of Media as I didn’t take Media for my A levels and a lot of Media work we should have done within my other A levels was stopped by COVID.  I did not know what to expect, other than what

As before, due to COVID lockdown during my A levels and gap year, I had very little experience of working with professional audio recordings, so I was a little unsure of what to expect.

We were first introduced to audio work in class, the first activi

This module began in the first semester, so this is a summary of the whole year.  I joined the course with little to no experience of acting for the screen, and over the year, I have taken part in a few screen performance opportunities and due to the

We, as a class, were given the task of creating our individual websites to showcase our skills, attributes and experience as a performer and creator.  Wix was the recommended site to use to create our personal portfolios, so the first thing to do was

On Wednesday the 24th November there was a trip to the lowery theatre to see a performance of Human. Here is a review of said performance. 

Out of 5: ⅖

Posatives: the performers were professional in their mannerisms and seemed dedicated to the perfor

The studio was prepared, the Actors were prepared, and the technical operators gave the thumbs up… “James Christian… take one”. It was time to make use of the last week of training and deliver my monologue.

The overall process of recording my first pr

Typical Girls. A self-aware, experimental piece of theatre with a punk rock finesse. This play touches on numerous important topics but still has moments of comedic genius. The director , Róisín McBrinn , did a good job humanising all five of the in

For the first trip of the course we went to go and see typical girls which is a production about women in prison learning how to play music 

when I first heard about going to see the play i thought it was going to be very contempory style of play but

Typical Girls was a refreshing theatrical experience for me after a long absence from watching theatre due to covid. Seeing songs performed live as a band was, for the most part, great! It tells the story of convicted women who each find themselves t

As I was completing research towards my Acting Ensemble classes here at SHU, I came across two opposing opinions that I felt were important to explore, to inform my contribution to the Little Amal project. Incorporating socio-political aspects into m

During my first week at Sheffield Hallam University my course leader Tom Payne and the other humanities teachers had been kind enough to prepare a small trip to the lovely Endcliffe Park as a nice ice breaker and to get to know everyone on the Acting

Trees, treks and troupes! During welcome week, a trip to the magnificent Endcliffe park was set up. On Thursday the 23rd September our journey into a brand new and exciting location was a great way for every Sheffield Hallam Acting & Performance stud

My name is Samantha Harris and I am an aspiring actor who has been acting for along time in all different types of plays like school of rock at heritage high school and Wizard of Oz at creswell junior school and duchess misplayed 'commedia dell Arte'

For just a moment, imagine this. A boy from the Netherlands who doesn’t really know what to do in life. He is doing an economics course because that is what he is good at. Can you imagine that? Well forget about that boy, because he doesn’t exist any

My name is Sophie Louise Underwood. I am an inspiring actor born in Doncaster, based in Sheffield. Currently studying Acting and Performance at Sheffield Hallam University.

My performing career started at high school, I was able to gain more of an und

My name is Charlotte O’Looney, an aspiring actress, currently studying in Sheffield at Sheffield Hallam University. I was born and grew up in Northampton where I had the opportunity to take part in various shows such as A Christmas Carol in 2012 dire

Global citizen, extrovert and persevering these are my hallmarks and describe who I am. My name is Rafay Khan I was born in Pakistan, moved to England at the age of 17 and now studying acting and performance in Sheffield, growing up watching films li

Hi, my name is Katie Walker, I'm 19 and an aspiring actress from Sheffield. I chose to stay here for university and I am currently in my first year of BA Hons Acting and Performance at Sheffield Hallam University. 

During primary school I discovered m

My name is Jamie Rawson, born on the 28th of October 2001 the youngest of two children having a sister two years older than me. I have been acting, mostly as part of school work, since primary school.

But I first realised my interest in acting was mor

Hi I'm Megan, An 18 year old aspiring actor. Originally from the smallest county in England, Rutland, a very small town with an average of three shops, a charity shop and a lot of cows and I don't just mean the animals... 

Drama to me is a release. A