Olivia Sutcliffe
188 Burton Stone Lane York, YO30 6DF
Tel no: 07960090928
Main Email address: Liv.sutcliffe@hotmail.co.uk
Alternative email address: olivia.sutcliffe1@yorksj.ac.uk

Personal profile
I have been a student at York St John since September 2017, studying Drama, Education and Community as a BA honours degree. My studies will finalise in May 2020, where I will then go on to graduate in November. Throughout this degree it has been a balance of me showing my performance skills through creating and being in performances, as well as facilitating different groups by running drama workshops. I am passionate about both performance and helping different communities to create a piece of theatre that holds significance to them. Throughout my time at York St John, it has helped me realise that I am wanting to go down the path of drama therapy; expanding my experience and knowledge further by doing a postgraduate in applied theatre. By choosing certain modules that are significant for my chosen career, it has given me the experience to work with different types of communities, whether that is being adults or children. I have equipped the skills to work as a team but also to be confident in how I am facilitating; ensuring that I take some sort of leadership role.

Education
2017 to present: York St John University. BA Hons degree in Drama education and community. Predicted Degree 2:2.
Modules
Funny words 2:1
Children and Young people 2:1
Social context 2:1
Dissertation 2:3
IPAR 2:1

2014 to 2017: Immanuel college sixth form. Leeds Rd, Idle, Bradford BD10 9AQ.
BTEC Qualifications
One Distinction* equivalent to an A* at A level
Two distinctions equivalent to two A’s at A level

2009 to 2014: Immanuel College. Leeds Rd, Idle, Bradford BD10 9AQ
Relevant Qualifications
Drama A
Citizenship A
English language B
English literature C
Core Science C
Additional Science C
Maths D

Work Experience
2016 to 2017 shop assistant at listers newsagents Bradford
• Improved my interaction skills people; learning how to communicate with them in a sufficient way.
• Taught me how to work well as a team with my co workers.
• Built my confidence in terms of being around new people.

October 2018 to December 2018 Christmas temporary sales assistant at the Soap Company/Imaginarium York
• Improved my knowledge of certain products, having to be specific of certain products I wanted to sell to customers.
• Furthered my interaction skills with people.
• Furthered my skills in working as a team with co workers.
• Furthered my confidence skills.

Relevant facilitation experience
• I completed my two-week work experience at my school, working alongside my drama teacher to assist each of her lessons.
• This gave me confidence at a young age to work with children.

• I completed 6 weeks at Winifred holtby academy in my second year of university
• This consisted of facilitating drama workshops as an after school club with children aged 11-14
• The workshops were based around the campaign ‘its not okay’, an organisation who raise awareness of child exploitation
• This gave me leadership role skills and taught me how to deal with sensitive topics with a younger age group.

• I completed a 4 week placement at York St John university, working with an organisation called converge; they provide courses for mental health users giving them educational opportunities.
• I assisted facilitating the sessions and for a couple of sessions lead it myself. The workshops were based on historical characters
• This gave gave me an insight to facilitating adults with mental health; it gave me confidence.