Jake Smith studied Drama and Theatre Practice at the University of Hull, graduating with first-class honours. He began his career at Hull Truck Theatre and was a founding member of Assemble Fest, a large-scale theatre festival that launched following Hull's win of the City of Culture campaign. He is currently the Trainee Director in residence at Chichester Festival Theatre, one of the UK's flagship theatres with an international reputation for producing work of the highest quality, ranging from large scale musicals to distinguished dramas.

Noah Altshuler is an 18-year-old playwright who is currently working as playwright in residence at the Mark Twain House & Museum. His play The Sawyer Studies opens next Tuesday at Camden's Etcetera Theatre.

Ginny has been rooting for Arts Award in Yorkshire since 2005 working with CapeUK.

Collabor-8 collective are a group of young people aged 15-25 in Nottingham City who meet once a week at Nottingham Contemporary and work on youth programming for the gallery, and plan amazing social events like Affinity Festival.

This year, we're running a review writing competition with Shakespeare School's Festival. You can review any SSF performance, just upload it to Voice and add it to the 'Shakespeare School's Festival' Voicebox to enter. We chatted to SSF's Venue Director Iain Jones to find out more about the festival.

The Oska Bright Film Festival started today in Brighton. The festival showcases films from filmmakers and artists with learning disabilities and is run by Carousel, the UK organisation who create opportunities for learning disabled artists.

A future innovative leader, this "savvy micro-human" is an inspiration for us all

TheatreCraft is an annual careers fair that offers a view into the many different roles that are available in the theatre, from direction to stage management. We chatted to Project Manager, Harriet Usher to find out more.

Hollie McNish is a critically acclaimed poet and spoken word artist. Benjamin Zephaniah once said, "I can't take my ears off her"

Arts Award Voice's deputy editor Tom interviews Simon Cox to discover what being a Casting Associate for film and TV involves, and some of the challenges he faces when casting for such projects as The Hobbit and Robot Overlords. This video will be useful if you are completing the Arts Award Part C Inspiration section of your Bronze portfolio.

Tom also talks to Eronita from Into Film about their Talent Development scheme and how this can support young people who are completing an Arts Award.

Arts Award Voice's deputy editor Tom interviews Laura Dockrill about how she decided to get into writing, and the authors that inspired her to follow her dream career. This video will be useful if you are completing the Arts Award Part C Inspiration section of your Bronze portfolio.

Tom also talks to Emma Jones from the Ministry of Stories about the ways in which they support young people taking their Arts Award to find their own inspiration.

Lizzy, one of our Arts Award activists, interviews Luca Silvestrini about how his passion in dance developed into his role now as the Artistic Director of Protein Dance. This video will be useful if you are completing the Arts Award Part C Inspiration section of your Bronze portfolio.

Lizzy also talks to Constance Gibbs from Greenwich Dance about the many ways in which they help young people who are completing their Arts Award.