The hard work of making acting fun

Shane Nestor pitches his Act Up company at people who want to act, but don’t necessarily want to be famous

WHERE I went to school, everybody wanted to be a doctor or an engineer, so I told the career guidance counsellor I wanted to be a bomber pilot. I guess, in school, I had been yearning for something different… an exploration.

I studied engineering at UCC and gave the career the old college try, before fleeing for San Francisco. Acting wasn’t an option for a serious-minded human being. I hadn’t tread a single board in Cork.