Snapshot: Claire Wood

Occupation: Director of Edinburgh Graduate Theatre Group’s ENDA entry, Nobody Will Ever Forgive Us.

What sort of pupil were you?

Studious and quiet.

Were your school days the best days of your life? No, I’m having much more fun now.

What was your first job? Working in an estate agent’s on a Saturday afternoon running the office... at the age of 15!

What has been your most unusual job? Dressing as a mascot for Dunfermline Building Society family fun day.

My biggest achievement so far has been... Directing The Tempest on a boat.

My worst moment ever was…

Telling a journalist I had a crush on a boy when I was 17... it ended up in the paper.

Three words that sum up my personality are... Enthusiastic, curious, creative.

Favourite place in the world?

Rio de Janeiro.

Three places in Edinburgh I could not live without are...

Portobello Beach, The Botanics, Duddingston Loch.

Who is your best friend?

Siobhan McGovern.

Which TV show do you never miss? Mad Men.

Name one item you could not live without? My watch.

By what ethos do you live your life? Do unto others as you would have done unto you.

Nobody Will Ever Forgive Us, Royal Scots Club, Abercromby Place, August 6-11, 8.30pm, £10 www.edfringe.com