Directing at university, skipping from lights to action
For some students, getting that vital first hand experience with a dream career can seem miles out of reach. What do you want to be? A West End director? A Polar Bear conservationist? A hot air balloon designer? With a little hard work, commitment and enthusiasm, at least one of those career paths isn’t that far fetched.
Most of us don’t have a complete plan, or if we do, it’s just a case of blind luck, a – hit-swing-and-a-miss-lets-hope-for-the-best – kind of setup. Or at least, that’s what it’s like for me.
In the case of this piece the situation is slightly different, if only ever so slightly, still it’s worth a shot.
Molly Burdett is a first year English student at the University of York and aspiring director, someone that I’ve known for the better part of a decade. And she ALWAYS has a plan. That is, without fail.
If you knew her like I do, the fact that she has already been...