Amy Huberman wants more schools to take part in student theatre awards
On the day I meet Amy Huberman, she has 348,200 Twitter followers. She is a hugely successful actress, author, jewellery and shoe designer. She’s a happily-married mum of two, one half of Ireland’s favourite celebrity couple. With all this under her belt, you’d think she’d be happy to sit back and soak up the success.
Instead, she’s giving something back, encouraging new acting talent as a judge for the Bord Gáis Energy Student Theatre Awards, which was created to recognise and reward participation in the dramatic arts in primary and secondary schools around Ireland. For everyone, and youngsters in particular, a willingness to participate fully in life serves to combat the miasma that is the soul-diminishing outcome of excessive spare time spent naval-gazing and contemplating one’s lot. For that reason, it’s an excellent thing that BGE places its focus on participation rather than on talent alone.
