It's starting

Hello there,

Welcome to my blog. My first blog.

So, why start now? I hear you say. Well, this year, starting 1st June, I'm travelling to the UK and beyond. I'm going mostly for the purpose of study. I've been accepted into the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London to study Shakespeare over their summer. I'm from Australia, so quite a big journey for study, but it's worth it and will be amazing!

While over there, I will also be be taking part in an Internship with a company called High Tide Theatre Company. I met the Artisitc diector while he was in Australia, gave them a yell about my plans in London and they happily excepted me to take part in a bespoke internship with them while I'm there. I'm very excited!

So, what can you expect? Well, firtly, I'm going to be recording this blog every few days- I'll be updating you what's happening in the course, who I'm meeting, what arts programs and classes I'll be taking in and what theatre I'll be seeing. I'll be making comparisons with what I've learnt here in Australia, and my thoughts on new processes I find. I'll be letting you in on my educational and emotional experiences while there.

I've been lucky enough to receive a grant from Arts Queensland here (thankyou!) who have offered me a Career Development grant to make this all happen. Presently, I'm still waiting on two more grants to know what will be totally possible. Basically, one of the other two grants will help pay the rest of tuition. I can't wait to know what's going to happen and just to be able to lock it all in.

How are preperations going? Well (I keep saying that), firstly, it's my first really big trip overseas by myself. That's challengeing no matter where you are going! Secondly, because I am still unaware of grant outcomes until the end of this month/ mid May, I am in the dark until then about what's possible, which means I can only plan so much. Hopefully when I find out more answers, either yes or no, things can just keep moving forward at a much faster pace. Not long to go now... I'm very excited but also a little scared! :-o

So let me take you on a little journey....while I'm there I'll also be taking video footage, interviews and photos of things I'm doing.

I'm also linking this on my Facebook page so all can see what I get up to and any funding bodies can keep up with what I'm doing.

Looking forward to sharing my journey's with you!

xClaire