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Punk subculture and its derivatives have always fascinated me, primarily for the incredible works of music and art it has produced; taking the power to create from media-packed corporate tune-factories and placing it into the hands of people, often l

During our welcome week, we were greatful enough to be gifted with a great icebreaker with a workshop located at Endcliffe park. Endcliffe park is located within the heart of Sheffield which made it a great place to act alongside our coursemates and

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

On Wednesday the 29^th of September 2021, I watched the political play typical girls written by Morgan Lloyd Malcolm and directed by Roisin McBrinn.

Typical girls relate to contemporary context because it highlights how society rejects women who don’t

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

On Wednesday 29^th September, I was lucky enough to watch the performance Typical Girls written by Morgan Llyod Malcolm and directed by Róisín McBrinn. I found Typical Girls to be very empowering and motivating. The week of the performance I was feeli

When I joined the acting course I did not think there would be so much poetry involved. Which is why, even as I write this weeks into the course I am surprised we've had to deal with two poems a week, even creating one of our own based on the theme o

Making new friends, ice breakers and presenting our skills all in one day at Endcliffe park was such a refreshing experience. We walked for what seemed like miles to get there, but there is something so thrilling about engaging with other creative mi

Hi I’m Troy and this is a quick peek at my brief yet ever growing acting career. During school I was involved in a devised performance based on stories from victims of the Omagh Bombing during the IRA’s campaign. I played the IRA soldier who set the

My name is Jodie Robinson, I am 19 years old and an aspiring actress based in sheffield.

My acting journey started when I was at secondary school, my passion for this career all started when I joined a Theatre School which was called "Razzamatazz Thea

My story starts in secondary school where we did a performance of high school musical, which originally i wasn't part of, but i got asked to do it so i did, i played zeek the jock and since then ive loved performing. After HSM i was in a production o

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 Haris Sadiq and I'm an aspiring actor in Film and TV. I'm from Burton on Trent and I'm currently doing a degree in Acting and Performance in Sheffield at Sheffield Hallam University. Since I was 4 years old, I've always dreamed of acting i

Hi, i'm Steve, this is a quick look at my story so far. I didn't realise any passion for acting or anything of the sorts until I was 17. I was forced to pick Media as an A level as I didn't get the grades for what i wanted to do at the time, which wa

I grew up in Wakefield, a small city that to begin with didn't have a large passion for the performing arts, I'm happy to say that as I grew up and embraced my enthusiasm for acting, so did my little City. Whilst my overall performance experience the

My name is Jasmine Jones, I am an 18 year old aspiring actor and filmmaker from Sheffield. Most of my experience currently involves theatre and stage, after I attended a musical theatre school for 9 years where I did shows such as Beauty and the Bea

I was born and raised near the city of Southampton and am currently studying Acting and performance at SHU. My aim after these three years is to successfully develop the right skills in order to professionally work on stage or screen. My passion for