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Third-year Management student Olivia Byrne is to make her debut as a director at Liverpool Everyman with a production of Middle. 滨迟鈥檚 part of the YEP (Young Everyman Playhouse) Directors Festival.听

We caught up with Olivia to find out more about her work on Middle, which is performed on 8, 9 October, and her experience of the Management degree.听

How have you found the role of director?听

滨迟鈥檚 been challenging but great fun. I鈥檝e been finding my feet and getting confidence but once you start working in the rehearsal room you get into the flow of it and I鈥檝e loved it.听

I work alongside a producer who is looking after the budget and more of the administrative side while I concentrate on rehearsals and the creative aspects of the production. Middle is part of a trilogy by David Eldridge. 滨迟鈥檚 quite serious and deep but there is definitely humour in there as well. 滨迟鈥檚 quite a fun play.听

What have you learnt on the Management course that has helped you as a director?听

I think having knowledge of things like budgets, marketing and cast wellbeing are all really helpful. They give you a view of the whole production. Certainly, with marketing, if you know who your target audience is it can be really useful creatively.听听

When you started on the Management course did you know you wanted to be a director?听

I鈥檝e worked at my local theatre and I knew that was what I wanted to do, but I didn鈥檛 know if I鈥檇 be able to get into direction, so I started training to be a producer. But since I鈥檝e been a student at mini传媒. and in Liverpool there have been so many opportunities that I鈥檝e been able to throw myself into that I now feel being a director is possible.听听

One of the best things about the Management course is that it鈥檚 so open. Everyone seems to have different interests and ambitions. Even the other people interested in theatre have different aims to me. The lecturers have been very supportive. They have theatre experience, knowledge and contacts, so they鈥檝e always been able to help me.听

You鈥檙e just about to start your three-month work placement, where are you going?听

I鈥檓 heading down to London and will be with theatre producers Paul Morrisey Ltd. They are involved in production, casting, general management and facilitating workshops. I鈥檓 really looking forward to it.

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