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Macadie Amoroso knew from the age of 12 that she wanted to act but she can also add writer to her CV as she leaves East 15 Acting School with an award-winning play heading for the London stage.

鈥淓ast 15 teaches you not to become complacent and instils in you a hunger to keep searching for work yourself and, if you鈥檙e that way inclined, to make your own work,鈥� said Macadie, who is graduating with a BA Acting and Contemporary Theatre.

鈥淭he contemporary theatre course encourages you to be bold, take risks, and create art that needs to be created in both innovative and engaging ways. It gives you the confidence to put yourself out there, not just as an actor, but as a creative.鈥�

It鈥檚 her creativity that has landed Macadie a contract with top agency Curtis Brown.

Her play, Blue Beneath My Skin, was first performed at the in 2019. The spoken-word solo show later scooped the at East 15鈥檚 Debut Festival, the prize for which is a run at .

鈥淚 was honestly overjoyed! It felt like all my hard work had paid off,鈥� said Macadie.

Blue Beneath My Skin tells the story of a 17-year-old mixed-race girl who was abandoned by a canal as a baby and adopted by a white family in a white neighbourhood. Dreaming of a career as a fashion designer, she uses clothes to define herself and hides behind a superhero alter ego, Canal Baby.

鈥淚 was tired of never seeing mixed-race stories onstage or screen,鈥� explained Macadie. 鈥淚 didn鈥檛 really see myself represented very much. I was intrigued by how not knowing where you come from would affect a person鈥檚 identity, and I wanted to explore that whilst channelling some of my own experiences.鈥�

Macadie has already recorded an with The King鈥檚 Head Theatre, explaining her journey into the arts, and performed from her play at the .

Macadie, who credits a two-year break before enrolling at East 15 with giving her invaluable life experience that has benefited her creatively, has one piece of advice for new students: 鈥淣ever lose sight of why you wanted to go to drama school in the first place and what you were hoping to gain from it.

鈥淚t鈥檚 your degree for your career and only you can make the most of it, so squeeze out as many opportunities from it as possible.鈥�