I did some directing and got some excellent tuition on the subject at Crewe and Alsager College in the early eighties. I think that this is now part of the City of Manchester University. If the Creative Arts (Combined Studies) degree is still running, this could be a place to start. Choo Keng was there at the same time as I was. She now has a new name, a new career and I believe a new date of birth (publicists can fix that sort of thing) and has gone on to be a James Bond girl an star of the Asian cinema. Others made a bit of a name for themselves too, as writers, actors, musicians and various sorts of artists. It's worth a crack if you really are interested. Of course, you could end up as a peniless musician in a German city, but I am sure it will all work out better than that!