Samantha Rushton

Samantha was born in Stoke-On-Trent. As a teenager she was active in both areas of performing arts and sports. Throughout her childhood and teen years she was an avid squash player and played for Staffordshire County junior league as well as being Staffordshire girls junior no.1. Her performance roots began in theatre and she soon became involved on and off stage with the Stoke-On-Trent Repertory theatre. Following her studies at Edge Hill University where she gained a BA Hons in Drama, Physical Theatre and Dance she worked in community arts and European research projects at the Creative Communities Unit at Staffordshire University. In 2013 she was awarded a scholarship for her MA Studies…