Our Performing Arts graduate student Modupe Salu will be
performing her dissertation piece I Can’t
Breathe at the National Student Drama Festival in Scarborough next week.
The National Student Drama Festival is a yearly event
organised with the Sunday Times; celebrating young talent, it invites
applications from performance makers who are 16-25 years old. Over a week,
selected entries will showcase their work, partake in workshops and master
classes and meet like-minded peers and professionals from the industry. This
year, 12 performers or companies were chosen to partake in this prestigious and
unique opportunity, and we are very proud that our very own Module Salu has
made the selection.
Modupe Salu has attended Harris Academy Chafford Hundred
and Havering Sixth Form College, before joining us to complete her BA (Hons) in
Perfoming Arts (Film, TV and Stage).
Reflecting on her course with us, Modupe says: “My time at Bucks New University allowed me to explore a range of new
skills and I made a lot of contacts, as well as some life-long friends, so now
I am looking to progress my career.”
Her work I Can’t Breathe is a personal reflection on
issues of race-related violence and cultural prejudice and has previously been
performed at Bucks New University and at the Court Yard Theatre in London and
you can see it at the National Student Festival on the 24 March.
Our course leader Dr. Nic Fryer will
join her at the Festival. Fellow graduates Jenny Wade and Adam Zaman, will also
attend to provide additional support and partake in the activities the week
offers.
We are very proud of Modupe, who is an
amazing performer and has worked hard for this opportunity and we are looking
forward to see her performance again.
The link below will give further
information on the festival and how to obtain tickets.
