About Me

My name is Grace Firth. I am 18 years old and live in Bolton, Lancashire. I attend Canon Slade Sixth Form College and I am in the middle of my A levels in Performing Arts, Theatre Studies and English Literature. After this I intend to take a gap year where I will be teaching piano. During this gap year I will be attending Bolton Premier Productions, amature dramatics. I will also be attending Carol Godbeys acting classes and hopefully doing voluntery work at The Octagon Theatre in Bolton.
I have a passion for performing arts. Particualry in acting, singing and musical theatre. From this I hope to gain a career in these areas.

Acting

Experience

Accents

Employment History & Experience

From 2005 till 2011 I attended Canon Slade School which is also a performing arts course. I have starred in many events, competitions and productions here. These have been plays, musicals and workshops. I have starred in many musicals such as Billy Elliot and Fame! where I had to use my acting skills to create realistic and emotional performances. I also took Drama at GCSE and performing arts and theatre studies at A Level. These included many performance exams. I have appeared in Road by Jim Cartwirght as Brenda and Valerie as part of my A.S Theatre exam. Here I had to act as a gritty member of the 80s working class. For this exam I also played the role of Valerie from The Weir and performed her monologue using a thick Southeren Irish accent where she talks about the loss of her daughter. I am currently rehearsing for my Performing Arts exam in June where I play Norma in Morning, Noon and Marilyn Monroe. I have also starred in two panto-mimes which toured around primary schools in Bolton. I have also appeared in devised pieces about gang culture, film noir and self image themes. All these pieces also included singing and dancing. As did every musical I have been in. I have also had experiance in Shakespeare workshops and performance when I played Ariel at the Thwaites Theatre Blackburn, as part of the Shakespeare Schools Festival.

Titanic the Musical- 2005
Panto-time- 2005
High School Musical- 2007
We Will Rock You- 2008
Face Off- 2008
FAME!-2009
Billy Elliot- 2010
Road/The Weir- 2010
Mirror Mirror- 2010
The Tempest- 2010
Film Noir piece- 2010
When we are strange- 2010
Morning, Noon and Marilyn Monroe- 2011
The Producers- 2011

Music

Experience

Vocal Skills

Instruments Played

Employment History & Experience

I have been playing piano since I was 5 and have taken all my grades on Associated Board. I am currently studying for my Grade 8 in November 2011. I am also starting teaching piano from September 2011. I have also been singing from a very young age. I had singing lessons from the age of 13 for 4 years and took my grade 4 and passed with a merit. However due to cost I couldnt carry this on. However I keep my vocal training up with musical rehearsals which I attend. I am currently taking part in The Producers with Bolton Premier Productions. I was also a part of a christian Rock band for 5 years being the lead singer. From this I have gone on to paid work where I have sang for weddings and charity events. I have had many principle parts in musicals, plays and showcases using my voice such as;

High School Musical- Gabriella Montez
We Will Rock You- Killer Queen
Fame- Miss Sherman
The Tempest- Ariel
Night at on Broadway- Elphaba (Wicked)
Morning, Noon and Marilyn Monroe- Marilyn Monroe

I have also been a musical director when directing the musical Peter Pan with a Junior production at Canon Slade School.

Entertainment

Experience

Experience & Qualifications

General Experience

I have had a lot of acting and singing experiance from school productions and other amature dramatics. These productions, workshops and auditions have all included dance experiance too from contemporary to tap and swing. I also attend Carol Godbeys acting classes in Bury. I have also appeared on the West End in Billy Elliot. This was in accosiation with the Billy Elliot Youth Theatre where I was part of a gala and performed in the musical on the Victoria Palace Theatre stage. I have also performed at The Lowry Theatre in Salford in Billy Elliot. Experiance also includes singing for talent shows and general entertainment and concerts etc.

Qualifications & Training

GCSE Drama- A*

A Levels- Performing arts- A

Theatre studies- A

English Literature- B

Grade 8 Piano

Grade 4 Singing.

Grade 5 Theory

Other Information

Relevant Skills

I can speak in a range of accents such as;
Scottish
Irish
Cockney
Northern
Geordie
Liverpudlian
American
Texan

I also impersonate singer such as Marilyn Monroe, Judy Garland and Amy Winehouse.

Interests & Hobbies

Piano
Singing
Song Writing
Dancing
Acting
Reading
Volunteer work (drama)