User:Liz Hume-dawson

== Liz Hume-Dawson ==

(Elizabeth Charlotte Hume-Dawson) Liz was born on the 22nd May 1961 in [|Cwmbran South Wales]] to an African father( Adeyemi owen cyril Hume-Dawson) and a Yorkshire mother (Betty wakefield). Her early years were spent in her father's native country of Sierra Leone, settling first in Freetown going to school at Station Hill, and later in Kenema. She visited Yorkshire on and off as a child and settled permanently when she was 11 years old. From then on she attended Holmfirth High School. In my first career I trained as a hairdresser at [|Hudderfield Technical college]] and owned two salons in Huddersfield. She then sold these two successful businesses before doing a 2 year BTEC course in Performing Arts at ]. From here she successfully auditioned for higher level drama courses and went on to train at Capitol Theatre ([[Manchester Metropolitan University). Liz has always worked with youth drama groups, and her first job out of university was a two year contract running the Youth Theatre at the Palace Theatre, Redditch - I also took over as Acting Artistic Director whilst they searched for somebody to take the post permanently, directing main house productions in addition to her usual duties.