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Hi I had heard that you were playing at YNOT, well done you a fantastic achievement! Will try and catch up with you next time we are over. Really enjoying your writing

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You should get in touch with Romanian actress/director Alina Serban - her life story is a bit similar to yours. She grew up in extreme poverty /ended up in the care system for a while. She studies at NYU and RADA, now she's Romania's first Roma ethnic to have a play performed at the National Theatre, and she's been working with care leavers on documentary/tgeatre/writing workshops for the past few years.

You should do a project in the together on what it's like to be a care leaver at a posh Uni!

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Hi Raluca, thanks so much for the suggestion and it is something I would be right up for. I'll try reaching out to see if I can make something happen.

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How interesting, Matt. What was the concert like? Have you done many of these?

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No, this was the first and only one so far. I can honestly say there is no better feeling than having 3,500 people sing your own songs back at you. For that moment, everything slips away, you realise the unifying force music has. Whether I do some more or not, I don't know. It was worth every second.

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