And so it begins (again)

Hello all!
Blimely I haven't written in a while, so firstly my apologies' - I have been extraordinarily busy that I haven't had much chance to sit down and write to you lovely lot.

So recently, I've...
- Joined the National Youth Theatre and spent two fantastic weeks in London learning some brilliant skills from the facilitators and the group #13MangoesandaYupee4eva!
- Written and performed my own one woman show with the theatre company Word of Warning - a show which explored dementia and the affects in family
- I'm currently in the middle of a UK tour of Contact's show Under the Covers where we are heading off to the Southbank tomorrow!
- Worked with the Roundhouse and BBC Radio1Xtra to create and perform poetry for film and radio (catch the broadcast at 4pm Sunday BBC Radio1Xtra).
- Started work on my third show with Contact, working with the theatre company Common Wealth.

^So yeah, I've been busy.

But, I'm back, and about to get cracking with another year of drama school auditions!
So this year, this third time round feels like my year to get it. Because I actually know what I want to do, so I won't be faffing round traveling to weird schools that I just don't want to attend. Plus I've got experience, because I actually took a year off and pushed myself to do things I wouldn't usually be comfortable doing. Which is one thing that I would advise you to do if you are thinking of drama school. Explore loads of different avenues so you know where your strengths are.

So this year I've got my top choices:
- RADA BA acting
- Central's CDT BA acting
- National Youth Theatre's Rep company

I'm applying to a few others (Rose Bruford, Guildhall, and Royal Conservatoire of Scotland) but those three are the big 'un's that just make me tingle with excitement every time I think about one of them.
So yeah. I'm starting, starting, now!