I trained in the theatre and I love the theatre. I get such a thrill seeing anything in the theatre.

I love acting and don't find it to be very hard. I recognize when I've nailed it, and I can be very proud of myself.

This is purely an attempt to do some good theatre, commission new writing, adapt the classics and to do our own thing.

I was with a friend of mine recently who was dying and while he was lying there with his family around his bed, I just knew that was it, that was the best you can hope for in life - to have your family and the people who love you around you at the end.

From there I did a one year theatre acting course in Fife, and then three years of drama school in London.

It's important, that spirit of youth, and when you're 16 that can get you kickstarted.