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Savannah Laurent (Friend of the school) Philosophy, University of Warwick Barrister at Field Cour t Chambers

After university, Savannah went on to take the law conversion course (GDL) and Bar Professional Training Course (now BTC) at the University of Law. Savannah is a self-employed barrister, who works in family and property law, and in the Court of Protection. She looks forward to discussing with students how to go about choosing between becoming a barrister or solicitor.

Rew Lowe (Friend of the school) English Language & Related Literature, University of York Senior Lecturer in Acting, Comedy & Theatre-making at Bath Spa University and Director of own theatre company

Rew’s ‘relaxed’ timetable at university enabled him to spend most of his time in the university theatre, performing in and/or staging shows (often alongside Mr Hilton Dennis!) After some time abroad, Rew trained as a secondary school teacher at Cambridge University and taught English and Drama in several schools. He then moved to France to train as an actor, clown and theatre-maker at L’Ecole Philippe Gaulier, the theatre school that spawned the likes of Theatre de Complicite, Sacha Baron Cohen, Roberto Benini, Emma Thompson and Helena Bonham Carter. He worked with a wide range of companies as a freelance actor-musician and theatre-maker. Rew starred in two BAFTA-award-winning children’s TV series (‘Grandpa In My Pocket’ & ‘The Ha Ha Hairies’) and created new works for small-medium scale international touring companies, playing in Iran, Japan, Germany, the Czech Republic, Norway, Canada and The Edinburgh Festival. In 2016 Rew was appointed Senior Lecturer in Acting, Comedy & Theatre-making at Bath Spa University. He uses the long summers to perform and direct with his theatre company, The Last Hurrah, as well as coordinating and performing in large-scale interactive outdoor theatrical events in England and abroad.

Sarah Lowry (Parent ) Medieval History, University of St Andrews Museum Curator

Sarah has worked in the museum sector for 20 years, mainly specialising in spoken history projects which involved interviewing people about their lives and archiving the recordings for future researchers. She has curated many audio-visual exhibitions at London venues including the Foundling Museum, the Museum of London and the Royal College of Physicians. Sarah also works in a freelance capacity for the British Library in their National Life Stories team. She looks forward to discussing with students the wide range of opportunities that exist in the museum sector.