SOPHIE PERRY
Email: 1407515@my.brunel.ac.uk
Linkedin: uk.linkedin.com/in/sophieperry1996
PROFILE
An aspiring academic, my broad interest area covers contemporary culture with a focus on literature and theatre, in particular, the intersections between gender, society and identity.
EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS
2014 – Present Brunel University London
Theatre and English BA
First Class Honours
Modules included: The Women’s Movement and 20th Century Writing, Post War and Late Twentieth Century Literature 1945 – 2001, Perspectives 1, 2 and 3.
Dissertation: Metaphors and cigarettes: How does the fiction of John Green seek to expose the Manic Pixie Dream Girl character type as a performativity of gender and, thereby, destabilise the problematic elements of its construction?
2007 – 2014 Coppice Performing Arts School
A Levels: Theatre and Drama Studies (A*), English language and literature (B), Psychology (B), CoPE (PASS)
GCSE’s: 12 A* – C
EMPOLYMENT
July 2017 – Present
Waitress, Bella Italia, Wolverhampton
Aug 2016 – March 2017
Waitress and Bar Staff, The Malt Shovel, Uxbridge
Jan – July 2016
Waitress, Beefeater Uxbridge, Uxbridge
Oct 2013 – Present
Front of House Staff, Civic Halls, Wolverhampton
Oct – Dec 2013
Floor Assistant, B&M Home Stores, Walsall
SOCIETIES, STUDENT MEDIA, ROLES AND MEMBERSHIPS
Sept 2016 – July 2017
Committee Co-Chair of Department Academic Committees, Board of Studies and Student-Staff Liaison meetings
May 2016 –May 2017
Vice Chair of Brunel Debate Society
Sept 2015 – May 2016
Level 2 Arts and Humanities Representative
May 2015 – May 2016
Chair of Brunel Debate Society
Sept 2015 – July 2017
Sub-Editor of Le Nurb
Sept 2015 – July 2017
Contributor for Le Nurb
Sept 2014 – July 2017
Member of LGBT+ Society and Brunel Debate Society
Sept 2014 – May 2015
Module Representative
May 2013 – May 2014
Deputy Head Girl
VOLUNTEER ROLES
October 2016
Bookworm, Hillingdon Literary Festival, Brunel University London, Uxbridge
October 2016
Volunteer, Battle of Ideas Festival, Barbican Centre London
PROFESSIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE
July – Sept 2016 Archive Assistant, National Theatre, London
During my time at the National Theatre Archive I was given the opportunity to handle a range of material spanning from the opening of the National Theatre to the company’s most recent production. My role included archiving using the CALM system, weeding, filing and organisation of archive and research materials.
AWARDS AND CERTIFICATIONS
May 2017
Brunel Volunteers Gold Award
May 2016
Brunel Volunteers Gold Award
March 2016
Global Faith Awareness Course
July 2014
Christopher Lewis Award for Achievement in Drama
REFERENCE
Meretta Elliott
Brunel University London
Kingston Lane
UB83PH
Tel: 01895 266567
Email: meretta.elliott@brunel.ac.uk
Sophie Perry 