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.