Meet Victoria
BA Drama and Theatre Arts
Meet Victoria
My name is Victoria, and I’m an emerging scenic designer with a degree in Drama and Theatre Arts from the University of Birmingham. My academic background has equipped me with a strong foundation in theatre arts, which I am now applying to my future career in scenic design.
At the moment, I’m looking into potentially starting a theatre company alongside some friends, and I’m also applying to a Masters at the University.
How did your time at Birmingham help you to get to where you are today?
I owe a lot of my future prospects and current interests in the creative industries to my tutors at the Selly Oak Campus, without them I would have been completely lost. Getting to work in a theatre with so many facilities has adequately prepped me for working in the industry and I deeply appreciate that.
What are you most proud of from your time at Birmingham?
My First-class degree and my dissertation.
What's one piece of advice you can share for incoming students?
Make connections. I know it’s easier said than done but, genuinely, university is the hotspot for meeting people that you’d never encounter at home. So, take complete advantage of that and get to know them!
Where do you hope to see yourself in a year's time?
I hope to see myself as an emerged scenic designer either freelancing or working as part of a theatre company. I also hope to see myself writing more academic work.