Voicebox: Kickstart your career

You might be disappointed at not getting into your first choice, but Clearing offers an opportunity to make a different choice; and it doesn't have to be a bad one.

Job hunting, it’s a stressful time. Whether you are leaving University and looking for your first full time job or you are looking to move careers, everyone goes through the same experience; Preparation, Applications and Interviews.

Danny Chivers from activist theatre troupe BP or not BP? chats to us about performing without permission, the origins of the company and using art to make a difference. 

Are you thinking about setting up a creative company but not sure where to start? Here’s some pointers.

Terri Donovan and Ewa Lamond from the Graeae theatre ensemble, talk Hurricane Protest Songs, disability in the arts, and how you can get involved. 

We chat to professional cello player, Peter Hudler, about his solo show, Edinburgh Fringe Festival and what life is really like working as a professional musician. 

Aimee Wilkinson, Head of Artistic Development for Writing East Midlands, talks about developing literature in the local community, how creative writing can help with social isolation and running projects from conferences to workshops with refugees. 

With his first young adult novel, Run, Riot, having been recently released, author Nikesh Shukla takes some time to talk to Voice about his writing process, tackling diversity in publishing and having your voice heard.

We catch up with Thomas Cameron, a nineteen year old English tenor, whose voice has been described as having velvet-like qualities.

We chat to Ian Carrington a.k.a Fat Roland, the events and marketing officer for the International Anthony Burgess Foundation, music journalist and comedian, about live literature, bleepy music and how the *bleep* he got into his career. 

A ‘how to’ guide for remaining healthy in your pursuit of success, from the perspective of a young person building a career path in the non-profit sector.

We talk to Ross Jeffery, Executive Director and Head of Books at STORGY Magazine, about how STORGY came to exist and what helped him build his career in the arts.