Julia Frith joins the student body at one of the UK’s top drama schools next month; Rose Bruford College lists Hollywood actor Gary Oldman among its alumni.

The 19-year-old isn’t hoping to follow in his footsteps, however.

“The meaning and purpose of the arts for me, is to transform and educate the world,” she said. “It’s a tool to empower individuals and communities; anything that incorporates positive social change in a sustainable way. I’m not looking for fame and fortune.

“I was taught that every human being is given certain gifts and abilities and that they should be utilised to bring about the betterment of the world and my strongest abilities are in the performing arts. My hope is to not get caught up in the self-centred world of acting, in all the egos; I want to use my talents to make a difference.”

It’s with that spirit she’s returning to the stage at Daylesford on Friday with her 17-year-old brother Gabriel. Together they will perform an original piece of work, ‘Match Me if You Can’.

“I’m putting on my own show for the first time,” she said. “It’s an incredible opportunity and definitely a leap of faith. It’s not a play with fictional characters; it’s not a story I made up. It’s more a comedy exposé and dynamic theatrical fundraiser.”

Miss Frith will pursue a bachelor of fine arts in acting at Rose Bruford. A $10,000 scholarship from the Bermuda Arts Council and a $5,000 bursary from the Bermuda Musical & Dramatic Society helped make it possible.

Proceeds from Friday’s performance will go towards her London education, however, her hope is that the community also gets something out of the one-night event.

“My brother is going into his last year of high school and I’m going back off to school. He’s my best friend and an extremely talented visual artist and I wanted an opportunity for us to do something meaningful before we part ways again,” she said. “I came up with this idea that if I want to ask people to invest in me and my future, what better than to show them what I can do. So it’s a thank-you to the community here who have supported me. I want my friends and other young artists to be inspired and know they can follow their passion if they do all the hard work to make it happen.”

‘Match Me if You Can’ is roughly an hour long. Miss Frith says she hopes it gets across what being an artist means to her.

“It’s an evening of me sharing my artistic experience,” she said. “So I’ll be making fun of myself, calling out my ego and my own selfish thoughts and experiences. I’m on a journey to understand what it means to create art.”

The show will include singing and acting and Miss Frith will display her prowess with aerial silks.

“Unfortunately, there’s no fire allowed in the theatre so I can’t show off my fire-breathing skills,” she said. “The way we created the show, I’m playing myself and [my brother is] playing everybody else. I would like to give him the opportunity to show off his own comical streak — he’s hilarious — and so some of it is scripted and some improvised.”

• ‘Match Me if You Can’ will show at Daylesford Theatre on Friday at 7.30pm. Tickets, $35, are available at www.ptix.bm.

• For more about Ms Frith visit juliafrith19.wix.com/matchmeifyoucan