Voicebox: Kickstart your career

Gap Years offer a wealth of opportunities to young people, but it’s not all elephant sanctuaries in South East Asia, you have to learn to navigate the adult world.

There are a lot of pressures in picking a university course, but you need to take the time to make sure you’re picking a course you are going to be happy with.

We catch up with Tom McGrath, Programme Delivery Manager at Drake Music, about breaking down disabling barriers to music, changes in the industry and music being a human right. 

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.

We catch up with Nicki Carter from BP or Not BP about using theatre for activism and how they feel about BP sponsoring the Royal Shakespeare Company.

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

We catch up with the team at Clay Party, stars of brand-new dramedy, Outside, produced in association with the Pleasance Trust, currently at Edinburgh Fringe!

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. 

We speak to Chris Hill, Gold Arts Award achiever and Trinity College music quals extraordinaire about what he's up to now. Turns out... it's a lot!

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.

Award winning animator, illustrator and designer Pencil Bandit talks about his career, the industry, and what to do if you want to follow in his footsteps.

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.