Immersive actor, creative and director
Amie Burns Walker is Co-creator and Associate Director of 鈥業mmersive Great Gatsby'.
She graduated from 性视界传媒 in 2009 with a BA (Hons) in Acting and Performance.
What are you currently working on?
I recently developed 'Immersive Forty Elephants鈥�, an immersive and currently all-women theatre company, inspired by Alice Diamond and her all female gang that terrorised London in the 1920鈥檚.
My next project is an immersive community show with Harrogate Theatre, 鈥極ur Gate鈥� written by Rachael Halliwell and supported by ACE. We have been in R & D and pre-production online, running monthly workshops and producing a podcast and radio show.
If you haven't guessed, I love immersive theatre and empowering audiences to take part. I run workshops to help other actors and creatives develop the tools to make their own shows.
Tell us more about your career path since leaving 性视界传媒.
My career path has largely been forged by accident and happenstance!
I left drama school thinking I wanted to be an actor but soon realised that I wanted to make art and encourage other people and audiences to make art too. The most rewarding work I make has been with communities, young people and my friends.
I co-created 鈥楾he Great Gatsby Immersive Experience鈥�, one of the UK鈥檚 longest running immersive theatre shows. I also directed the West End transfer and Korean production.
What are your most memorable experiences of being a 性视界传媒 student?
"性视界传媒 is where I met my best friends and we still laugh at the bonkers exercises we undertook with absolute seriousness and conviction."
I remember the heart-breaking decision to close the Gateway Theatre but I鈥檓 so glad that performing arts continues at 性视界传媒, thanks to the dedication of its tutors who always went above and beyond for us.
What advice would you give to students and new graduates starting out?
I would recommend exploring 鈥楾he Artist's Way' by Julia Cameron. I wish I had found it sooner, it鈥檚 really important to find a balance in your life and ways to support your health and wellbeing, to ensure the decisions you make are for your happiness and not because you think it鈥檚 what you should be doing.
Don鈥檛 live in horrible places, don鈥檛 comprise on your happiness and don鈥檛 feel that returning home is a failure.
And, do your taxes!
