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Monday 9 December 2013 | Royal Festival Hall

Graduation Ceremony

Contents03 Message from the Principal

04 HonoraryFellow:StephenPoliakoff

05 Honorary Fellow: Jenny Sealey

06 Honorary Fellow: Kevin Whately

08 Order of Ceremony

09 Awards

16 Central’s History

18 Life After Central

18 Central’s Alumni

19 Our Supporters

20 Central Productions Spring 2014

21 Governance, Patron, President, Fellows

PATRONHRH Princess Alexandra, The Hon Lady Ogilvy, KG, GCVO

PRESIDENTMichael Grandage CBE

CHAIRMAN OF GOVERNORSPaul Taiano

PRINCIPALProfessor Gavin Henderson CBE

GRADUATION CEREMONY 2013

Royal Festival Hall Southbank Centre, London SE1

Monday 9 December 2013

DEGREES TO BE CONFERRED BYProfessor Sir Adrian Smith FRS

Vice-Chancellor University of London

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Message from the Principal

Welcome to this great annual gathering of the Central community, and congratulations to all of you receiving your awards today. We are also pleased to have so many family and friends here to support you, and join in celebrating the fineachievementwhichyourgraduationrepresents. We wish you well in what lies ahead, and hope that you will remain in touch–especiallyviatheAlumniOfficeand Newsletter. Some of you will be continuing with postgraduate study and research, but many will be thinking that this Ceremony marks a conclusion of your time at Central. This shouldn’t be so; your relationship with the School will, I hope, be continuous. There should be other ways in which the resource of Central, as a major force in the UK’s theatrical life, and its connections, can help you in the years to come.

You are entering a profession that is still one of the UK’s vibrant success stories. Much gloom may attach to the traditional focus of support such as local authorities and the Arts Council England. But this is just a small part of a very big industry. Certainly we need to nourish experiment and development of new ideas. There always have been battles, and always will bestrugglestofindthefundingforsuchendeavour; Central’s commitment to research is but one avenue in this process. Aside from this, the predictions that recession would bring the commercial theatre to its knees have proved false. ThefilmandTVindustryisbuoyant,andmore and more work is travelling abroad – much of it led by Central graduates. It is we who make things happen.

Today we also welcome three new Honorary Fellows; each can be said to have made things happen – and continue to do so. Kevin Whately is an alumnus of Central and known in just about every household in the land as Lewis. Jenny Sealey is a pioneer and leader in creative opportunity for those with disability, who co-directed the Opening Ceremony of last year’s Paralympics to great acclaim. StephenPoliakoffisquitesimplyoneof our foremost playwrights; without playwrightsitwouldbeaverydifferentprofession!

Over the next three years, a new building will emerge. Subject to feasibility and planning consent, Phase 5 will include replacement for Studios 1 and 2 on Buckland Crescent, and workshop, with additional studios (having particular regard to Film/TV and Broadcasting needs), a new ‘Courtyard’ studio theatre and a range of several practice rooms andoffices.ThiswillkeepCentralattheforefront of our sector. Our application and recruitment statistics are excellent. That this is so has much to do with word of mouth from our alumni. So as you go forth – do please spread the word of Royal Central, as you build what we all hope will be hugely stimulating and successful careers.

Professor Gavin Henderson CBE Principal


Stephen Poliakoff

Honorary Fellow

StephenPoliakoffCBEisoneofBritain’smostinfluentialwritersforthestageandscreen.

He was appointed writer-in-residence at the National Theatre in 1976, aged 23. In the same year, he won the Evening Standard’s Most Promising Playwright Award for Hitting Town and City Sugar. He began writing single dramas for the BBC in the late 1970s, including the BAFTA-winning Caught On A Train.

Stephen made his directorial debut with hisfeaturefilmHidden City in 1988. He remainedworkinginfilmandtheatrethroughout much of the nineties, writing and directing, amongst others, Close My Eyes and Century for the cinema; and for theatre, Sweet Panic and Talk Of The City.

In 1999 he returned to television with award-winning drama serials Shooting The Past and Perfect Strangers, followed by severalcriticallyacclaimedone-offdramasfor the BBC. These include the Emmy Award-winning The Lost Prince and Gideon’s Daughter, which also won two Golden Globes and a Peabody Award in 2007.

Stephen’smostrecentfilmforthecinemawas Glorious 39 in 2009 and his most recent stage play was My City at the Almeida Theatre in 2011.

This year Stephen returned to television drama with Dancing On The Edge, which aired on BBC2 in February 2013.

Robin Nelson is Professor of Theatre and Intermedial Performance and Director of Research at The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London, and Professor Emeritus at Manchester Metropolitan University. He has published widely on the performing arts and media.

Professor Nelson is a co-founding editor of Critical Studies in Television, for which he guest co-edited a special issue on Archiving (5/2, November 2010).

His books include Practice as Research in the Arts (Palgrave, 2013), Stephen Poliakoff: on stage and screen (Methuen Drama, 2011), Mapping Intermediality in Performance (co-edited with Bay-Cheng, S et al, Amsterdam University Press, 2010), State of Play: Contemporary ‘High-End’ TV Drama (Manchester University Press, 2007).

INTRODUCED BY Professor Robin Nelson


Honorary Fellow

Stephen Poliakoff JENNY SEALEY

Jenny Sealey has been Graeae’s Artistic Director since 1997. In 2009, she was awarded a MBE in the Queen’s Honours and became an Artistic Advisor for the Unlimited 2012 Festival.

Jenny’s theatre credits for Graeae include Reasons To Be Cheerful (2010 co-produced with The New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich and Theatre Royal Stratford East, 2012 national tour co-produced with the New Wolsey Theatre, and 2012 performance at the Southbank Centre), Signs Of A Star Shaped Diva, Static (co-production with Suspect Culture), Blasted, Whiter Than Snow (co- production with Birmingham Rep), Flower Girls (co-production with The New Wolsey, Ipswich), Peeling, Bent, Iron Man and Rhinestone Rollers.

Her other theatre and outdoor credits include Blood Wedding (Setagaya Public Theatre, Tokyo), Romeo And Juliet (Saitama Arts Theatre, Tokyo), Against The Tide (Greenwich+Docklands International Festival, Milton Keynes International Festival and The National Theatre’s Watch This Space), The Garden (GDIF and the Southbank Centre), The Limbless Knight – A Tale Of Rights Reignited (GDIF).

Jenny co-directed the London 2012 Paralympic Opening Ceremony alongside Bradley Hemmings (GDIF). She also won the Liberty Human Rights Arts Award and was named on the Time Out London and the Hospital Club h.Club100 list of the mostinfluentialandcreativepeopleinthecreative industries.

Jodi Myers is both a governor and an alumna of Central. She works as a consultant with a wide variety of organisations across the arts and as a mentor/coach to artists, producers and managers.

Prior to consultancy, Jodi was Director of Performing Arts at the Southbank Centre (which includes the Royal Festival Hall), Director of Warwick Arts Centre and Deputy Director of Touring at the Arts Council of Great Britain, with particular responsibility for drama. Her early career was spent in marketing opera and stage managing theatre.

Jodi has served on the boards of a number of theatre companies, including Propeller and Graeae. Currently, she is also independent Chair of the National Dance Network.

introduced by Jodi Myers

Photo: Matt Cetti-Roberts


Honorary Fellow

Kevin Whately

Having left Central in 1975, Kevin Whately spent seven years in repertory theatre, playing parts ranging from Prince Hal in Henry IV and John Proctor in The Crucible, to a Pantomime Dame in Simple Simon.

His other work includes commercial tours as Sir Anthony Quayle’s King Lear for Prospect/Old Vic Company and in London he has performed in many theatres such as The Bush, the Roundhouse, the Tricycle and many other venues. He played opposite Helen McCrory in How I Learned To Drive at the Donmar, Juror 8 (the Henry Fonda role) in Twelve Angry Men directed by Harold Pinter at the Comedy Theatre (now the Harold Pinter Theatre), and in 1999 was a member of the Peter Hall Company at The Old Vic.

Kevin’sfilmrolesincludeThe Return Of The Soldier, Purely Belter, and Anthony Minghella’s multi-Oscar-winning The English Patient.

He is best known for his television performances. After early work in Shackleton, Coronation Street and Angels, he landed the role of Neville in Auf Weidersehen Pet, whichranforfiveseriesbetween1983and2003. This was followed by Sergeant Lewis in Inspector Morse with John Thaw in 32 feature-length,BAFTA-winningfilmsover14years, as well as three seasons as Dr Jack Kerruish in Peak Practice and two as Jimmy in The Broker’s Man. For the last eight years he has been making two-hour Lewisfilmsfor ITV, of which there have been 27 so far.

He has also played leads in many mini-seriesandone-offs,suchasTriptrap, Pure Wickedness, Plain Jane, and The Children, all by Lucy Gannon, and in Belonging and Joe Maddison’s War, both by Alan Plater.

Kevin Whately has been awarded Honorary Doctorates in The Arts and Civil Law and is currently Captain of the Variety Club Golf Society. He is an ambassador for The Alzheimer’s Society, The Prince’s Trust, Sparks, and Action for Children.

GeoffreyCasehaswrittenforthetheatre,televisionandthescreen.

His screenplays for television include Fairies, Riding South, Buses, This Could Be The Last Time, and The Accountant which was the winner of the BAFTA Award for Best Single Drama and winner of the Critics’ Award, as well as being nominated as Best Single Drama by the Royal Television Society. Other credits include Fighting For Gemma and Scab, based on events during the miners’ strike which won the Rai Award at the Prix Italia and Prix Futura at the Berlin Film Festival. Other television credits include The Knock, Pulaski, Minder, and Inspector Morse.

GeoffreyhashadplaysproducedattheSohoPoly,CroydonWarehouseTheatre,BirminghamRepandtheYoungVic.HeadaptedthefirststageproductionofTintin, Tintin’s Great American Adventure for the Arts Theatre, London. His play Samurai was included in the Connections Festival at the National Theatre.

Recently he has written a screenplay based on Penelope Fitzgerald’s novel The Beginning Of Spring for C4 Films and the BFI, adapted as a screenplay the James Campbell biography Paris InterzoneandadaptedRadclyffeHall’sFirstWorldWar novel Adam’s Breed.

INTRODUCED BY Geoffrey CASE

Photo: John Fletcher


Kevin Whately

Judi Dench with students in the Embassy Theatre, 2013


Graduands and Guests to be seated in the auditorium by 2.20pm

CEREMONY BEGINS 2.30PM Graduands and Guests to stand for entry of the Procession

OPENING OF THE CEREMONY Professor Gavin Henderson CBE

PRESIDENT’S ADDRESSMichael Grandage CBE

honorary fellowship awards

Award of Honorary Fellowship of The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama by the Principal on behalf of the Academic Board to

StephenPoliakoffintroducedbyProfessorRobinNelsonJenny Sealey introduced by Jodi Myers KevinWhatelyintroducedbyGeoffreyCase

CONFERMENT OF DEGREES

Professor Sir Adrian Smith FRS, Vice-Chancellor, University of London

ADDRESS

Professor Sir Adrian Smith FRS, Vice-Chancellor, University of London

ADDRESS AND CONCLUSION

Professor Gavin Henderson CBE

CEREMONY CLOSES 4.30pm (approximately)

Graduands and Guests to stand for the exit of the Procession

ORATORS

Dr Gareth White, Jane Boston and Professor Simon Shepherd

Music is played by Meridian Brass. A medley of light music will be played before the start of the ceremony. Processional music from Gabrieli, Canzona per sonare No.4 and the recessional music is Merula’s Ciaccona.

Order of ceremony


Undergraduate School

CertificateofHigherEducationinActingCertificateofHigherEducationinDrama,AppliedTheatreandEducationCertificateofHigherEducationinTheatrePracticeDiploma of Higher Education in ActingDiploma of Higher Education in Theatre PracticeBachelor of Arts in Theatre PracticeBachelor of Arts with Honours in ActingBachelor of Arts with Honours in Drama, Applied Theatre and EducationBachelor of Arts with Honours in Theatre Practice

Postgraduate School

PostgraduateCertificateinEducation:DramaPostgraduateCertificateinEducation:MediaStudiesPostgraduateCertificateinAppliedTheatrewithYoungPeoplePostgraduateCertificateinAppliedTheatre(DramaintheCommunityandDramaEducation)Postgraduate Diploma in Acting for ScreenPostgraduate Diploma in Advanced Theatre PracticePostgraduate Diploma in Applied Theatre (Drama in the Community and Drama Education)Postgraduate Diploma in Music TheatrePostgraduate Diploma in Voice StudiesMaster of Arts in ActingMaster of Arts in Acting for ScreenMaster of Arts in Actor Training and CoachingMaster of Arts in Advanced Theatre PracticeMaster of Arts in Applied Theatre (Drama in the Community and Drama Education)Master of Arts in Applied Theatre (Theatre and the Criminal Justice System)Master of Arts in Creative ProducingMaster of Arts in Drama and Movement Therapy (Sesame)Master of Arts in Movement StudiesMaster of Arts in Music TheatreMaster of Arts in Performance Practices and ResearchMaster of Arts in ScenographyMaster of Arts in Theatre Studies (Performance and the City)Master of Arts in Voice StudiesMaster of Arts in Writing for Stage and Broadcast MediaDoctor of Philosophy

awards


Certificate of Higher Education in Acting

Brandon Maggi BoruchAmy Jane Cotter

Certificate of Higher Education in Drama, Applied Theatre and Education

Junior Anthony BrownEmilio Vicente Carrera QuirogaHannah Nimpagaritse MongaHannah Melissa ReeveStefan Russell Senior

Certificate of Higher Education in Theatre Practice

Alexander AmisBarbara BilonIoanna Thiresia Christou KavvadaLee Anthony MartinNoa NaamatNadia Ziyad F OmarJoshua PembertonFrancesca RoseAnna Alysia Linnea SedvallLauren TabererTeele Uustani

Diploma of Higher Education in Acting

Daisy Christina May Higman

Diploma of Higher Education in Theatre Practice

Jerrome Aaron Simeon Buck-Townsend

Bachelor Of Arts In Theatre Practice

Daniel Thomas Arthur Shelley

Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Acting

Lowri Sian AmiesLucy Ann BairstowSilvia Maria Baltodano EsquivelCharlotte Ann BlackledgeNatalie BoakyeDebra BrannanStephen BuntingFrancesca Kate Louise CameronLindsey Anderson CampbellDaniel Leon Cech-LucasTara Mary Cowley

Arthur William George CullRichard Harry DolphinStefan DunbarRupert Edward ElmesDino Fabián FetscherJack Sheridan Keith FinchPhilomena FitzpatrickMichael Colin FoxSamuel GrahamSuzanne Elizabeth Louise GrimsdickPernille HaalandSebastian Joseph Louis HillKyle HorneMatthew Andrew George HoustonMartins John ImhangbeAlexander JarrettKatie Elizabeth JillardOliver Frederick JonesAlexandra Louise Lloyd-HamiltonJack Philip LoxtonSaul Jack MatlockPatrick Joseph McBreartySamuel Taylor MckeeKathryn MorganJames Elliot MunroJessica Daphne MurrainAmanda Kristin NicholsAlexander Francis Leonard NicolaouEdward NkomFaith Adebola Ayoola OmoleElizabeth Margaret OrganKadeem Nathaniel PearseDeclan Michael Albert PerringAdrian Errol RichardsAlexander Michael RichardsonHannah Margaret ScottAlexandra SekulessPaul SyrstadCorey TrevorMelissa Alexandra UlloaNathan Oliver WhitfieldSion Ifan WilliamsAnthony Edmund WoodsAnna Rachel Young

Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Drama, Applied Theatre and Education

Josephine Akofa Akua Gyamfuaa AbabioNabila Binte Abu TalibLaura ActonLaura Jane BarmesKatie Rebecca Baskeyfield


Daniel Adam BendelmanTammy Mary BennettAngela Carrol BentMelissa Katherine BonnelameAjira BouchadaGeorgina Elizabeth BricknellCaitlin Leigh BrooksNicola BrownAnthony BrutonAnnabelle Gayle BuckKeren ChaukriaLucy Claire ClarkeAndrew Jonathan ConnickJordan Andrew CopeVictoria Mary DavorenConor Edward DeediganHelma DijkstraSean Patrick DoranKate Scarlett DuffySarah Margaret ElliottLee-Ryan Michael FairmanJohanna Geraldine Francois-WalcottCharlotte Emma GarnishJonathan Charles Lewis GibsonEleanor-Rose GrayLiam HarrisSarah Elizabeth HarveyNaomi HeathcoteSean David HickmanNoor Izzaty IshakAlasdair Michael JardineHannah Rosalind Eva JohnsonKelly Christine JonesZoe KarczewskiCatherine KellyTheo Alexander KingshottLisa Jane LawrenceHannah Grace LeeAimee Jacqueline LindsellJennifer Ann ManwaringChloe Marie MarriottJoanne McGahonApril McGrathSaziye Mehmet-AliMatilda Sekai MudyavanhuCharlotte Anne NewportVanessa Eva-Louise NobleCarrie OliverElizabeth PartridgeAlexander Dominic Kiefer PettSophie Frances PierceRachel Mari RobertsKamari Samuel Gray Romeo

Pebbles Shanice SamGeorge Thomas ShanksterRaksha SharmaEllen Rose StandevenShanice Loren StennettSanthiya SubramaniamBen SummersAmy Marilyn TebbsKulraj ThethySophie Jo VellacottEllen Jane WilsonEleanor Jane WindsorKym Frances Gerrard WinstanleySarah Jane WoodwardSana Mahvish Zaki

Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Theatre Practice

Annie Katrine AldamJustin Charles AllinJosephine AllittKeren AmroussiTheodor AthanasopoulosAndreas AylingJessica Kate BennettAlan BentonLindsay BriggsToby Jake BritnellJamie William BrownMariel Lynn BunnageStuart David CampbellRosie May ChaplinRoseanna Alice ChatwinGeorgina Elizabeth CliftonJoanne ClisbyGeorge CookAnna CrozierCaroline Veronica DahlbergMiriam Elizabeth DamanhuriAndrea De La Cruz BarralClaire DochertyZoe Samantha DowlerNatasha Krystyna DubowskiClaire Rose DunkHarriet Elizabeth DysonKate Lois ElliottLucy FindlaterCarey-Belle FitzhughHarry Matthew FordAlan Eunson FotheringhameNoah Romeo FurrerJade Louise Gooch


Thomas Owen GoodeKelley Marie GriffithsSophie Rebecca GrodinTora Troe GudmundsenLaura Elizabeth HammondRobyn Frances HardistyJemma Elizabeth HarrisonGaia Harvey JacksonHolly Rose HenshawRuby HodgsonAlexander David HopkinsGeorge Charles HughesAmy Ruby InsoleNatalie Louise JacksonIngi Einar JohannessonClarke Joseph EdwardsRobyn Midori Gaia Kahn-ClelandSvetlana KaradimovaRebecca Francis KeaneDominic KennedyJari Juhani LaaksoGeorge Andew LeslieAntonia LynchLaura MacraeNikica Ann MarkotAlfred Maroney-O’BrienNeleswa Mclean-ThorneMarta MicallefJessica Louise MilesHannah Lucy MillsKimberley Dawn MoneyNaomi Cara NekesaAnca Alina NiculescuLoretta Jayne O’NeillVasileios PapakostasLouise Emily QuartermainNatalie Therese RaaumCecily Aurora RabeyThomas Ian RobsonMegan RowlandsLouise Catherine RyderAnna Marie SaundersHarry Isambard Saxton MccannJonah Ross SilverSophie Lorraine SkeltonAmy SlaterCharlotte Helen SmithSin Yi SoNefeli Maria Eleni Sotiraki BlackMaximilien SpielbichlerAdam SquireEleanor Stamp

Anna Stapleton-CrittendenDaniel R StarmerJoella TepperChelsey Tamasyn ThwaitesNicholas James WatersBenjamin Luke WeatherillHarry James WhithamBeth WiddicombeOscar Wyatt

Postgraduate Certificate in Education: Drama

Helena Louise DuckettStevie Leigh FarnfieldKatharine FiggessRachel LaurieJoseph Antony MeloyOlive Osorachukwu ObiRosie PeakeNicola May PinnellTanya SeniorChelsey Louise SeymourJenny StevensonFrancesca ToloczkoNatalie Roxanna Weston

Postgraduate Certificate in Education: Media Studies

Katie Emily Elizabeth BanhamRosemary Alice CullipDarren Gerard HarkinAmanda KirsopJames NashLaura ParsonsShraddha PatelKayne Rose WellingtonCalum Mark SecularDavid Alun ShepherdCharlotte Rose WhitneyRichard Simon Philip Wotton

Postgraduate Certificate in Applied Theatre with Young People

Ayodele Jasmin Frances AndersonElizabeth Judith BaconAdam Geoffrey BodenAnna LandiLyndsay Elaine MarsdenLaura Suzanna PurlingChristopher John ReesSara Elizabeth Robertson


Postgraduate Certificate in Applied Theatre (Drama in the Community and Drama Education)

Tracy Jayne Lloyd

Postgraduate Diploma in Acting For Screen

Dahlia Abou-Azama

Postgraduate Diploma in Advanced Theatre Practice

Sarah-Jane Moloney

Postgraduate Diploma in Applied Theatre (Drama in the Community and Drama Education)

Anna Mary Kyle

Postgraduate Diploma in Music Theatre

Baddar Zaman Chowdhry

Postgraduate Diploma in Voice Studies

Margo Virginia Cargill

Master of Arts in Acting

Robert Edward Charles AndersonMartin Temitayo AyeniAndrew John BakerNorma Naomi ButikoferCallum Michael CameronJamie Richard CameronSamuel CaseleyHannah DuncanNatasha-Videl HarmerPatrick HoltSonia JalalyJess Nigel JonesPatrick James KellyNicholas James LimmWilliam LongCharlotte LonsdaleKim Eva May LyzbaAutumn MirassouJames Peter Charles MurfittChristopher Paul NeelsWilliam Henry PasterfieldEleanor Meigan RoseMico Mukangwa SimondeRuby May Thompson

Marco Anthony TorreChristopher James TurnerBrian Joseph TynanEwa Maria Wojcik

Master of Arts in Acting for Screen

Shiree Nicole AdkinsKes Bernardus Johannes BlansJonathan Guy Henrique BurteauxLauren Nichol DaltonAndrew Luke DiplockThomas Bernard DuffySuzanne GartonEloise Charlotte Elspeth JuryeffGee-Hae Sylvia KimNoor LawsonSophie Elizabeth MathisenCatherine Elizabeth MurphyDaniel Michael OldroydKaren Alicia Sandoval EnglerWilliam SnapeJoseph TeagueBen Anthony WaltonMaythinee Alisa WashingtonJessica Lynn Wilson

Master of Arts in Actor Training and Coaching

Michael EcclesMatthew Jelani Gordon-MartinMichael Robert JohnsonElise Mccollum KauzlaricViolette Kim Quy KjeldgaardEugenia PapageorgiouAngelina ParaskevaidiLeyanne Salvina ProveraRoyce Edward SparksTaylan UysalAlexei Ronaldo Vergara Aravena

Master of Arts in Advanced Theatre Practice

Ashley Celeste AlbergSuzanne Kathryn BoothCamilla BrisonDana EtgarJonah Habebe FazelAruna Ganesh RamGrace Elizabeth GibsonChe-Pin HsuOana-Mihaela Ianuli


Justina KaminskaiteSarah KenneyEmma Frances LawsonClaire Roussel Le TissierSara MashayekhGintare MinelgaiteDean Justin RodgersTanya Joelle StephensonClaire Louise StoneKatherine Rose VinceSamantha Jayne WilliamsLily Marie George Wolff

Master of Arts in Applied Theatre (Drama in the Community and Drama Education)

Natalie Jane BrettElsa De Almada CorreiaTimothy James DoolanLeonie Stephanie Elliott-GravesIsabel Emily EvansDeborah Margaret GrovesSophie Melissa HarrisRuth Helene HartleinThomas Kilian HodkinsonSarah Jane-Marie HodsonOlivia Daisy Jakeman-KhanKaren Susan McDonaldEmily Katherine-Lee MerandaPersis Danesh MistryAdelina I-Zheng OngNicholas John Kirk PaleyRuth Niamh SherryRachel Louise SmallJenaya Marie SmithKatherine Elizabeth SpeedKatharine Stafford NorthcoteHarriet Barbara StevensRobert MacGregor ThorburnSophie Victoria WakefordJoanna Kirsty Yeoman

Master of Arts in Applied Theatre (Theatre and the Criminal Justice System)

Laura Lee CopelandSasha-Rose Kathleen GilesLennina Simone OforiKerrise Ann Stewart

Master of Arts in Creative Producing

Robert Francis BradishCarolina Vieira Dos Santos De Castro-FreireHillary Meredith ElkKortney Sum York Sum Kwong HingMiles LevenYuko OtsuThomas Robert PopeJaime Lee RodneyFilippo RomanelloMatthew Anthony RossiAdam Kieran TaylorEmily Laura Thommes

Master of Arts in Drama and Movement Therapy (Sesame)

Noelle Marie AdamesMarianthi ApostolopoulouBrenna BakerCatherine Margot BarolskyRoanna Claire BondStephanie Anne BrittainTamsin Hannah CurnoPatricia GannonGloria GarbujoSally Ann GeorgeTimothy Oliver GoldmanSilke Katharina GrygierKelly-Marie KingChing Han LukEnda MoclairNikki MorlandThaleia PortokaloglouMyriam Nour ReyGeorgios TheodoropoulosLidia Amalia ViyellaBarry Nigel Williams

Master of Arts in Movement Studies

Despoina GorgogianniAsha-Shani Jennings-GrantEmily May LoveSinead Christine O’KeeffeDanielle Marie PlowmanAlkistis PolychroniTiziana SilvestreStefanie SommerChloe Isabel StephensTengku Iefizulasyrifie Putra Tengku Alaudin


Master of Arts in Music Theatre

David Kwamena AlburyMatthew Denis AtkinsJesse Matthew CooperNadya Christina CorscaddenRhoda Florence DellSophie Elisabeth DervanDenis Barry GrindelAnthony Paul Joseph HehirSofia Margarida MagalhaesFelix MosseStuart Andrew Campbell MurrayJodie Emma-Louise O’Callaghan-BoylandLainie Marie PahosDaniel Perez IriondoJenevieve Eliza PhillipsonCharina Micaela PinedaBenjamin Mark PowellCharlotte Amelia SimmonsEmily Sarah SmythSamuel James TurrellRosie Maureen WatsonVictoria Grace Wilkinson

Master of Arts in Performance Practices and Research

Ruthie OstermanSamuel Paul PriestHedda Solberg RuiJoao Telmo Sequeira DiasHaitham Assem Yehia TantawyDanielle Jade Williamson

Master of Arts in Scenography

Barbara Agata BargielBrynja BjörnsdóttirLea Emily HobsonJeong Eun LeeEva OttEleni PanouliRonit ShmaryahuHua TanJulius Ben TedaldiBianca Turner Leite RibeiroTatiana Aleksandrovna Vyushinskaya

Master of Arts in Theatre Studies (Performance and the City)

Rachel Amelia ElyAmna Sadiqa KhwajaLeah Wright MuellerAmy Penn

Master of Arts in Voice Studies

Alicia Ann BalesSarah BlackstoneSarah BlumenauThomas Rene BrennanFreda Margaret ChapplePaul Christopher De JongHolly Rosamund HolmanBenjamin Alexander JoinerJane Phyllis KingHenry Arwood McDanielMargaret Ann MillsHiroko ObaHugh Joseph O’SheaDouglas Ryan PaulsonNicholas Trumble

Master of Arts in Writing for Stage and Broadcast Media

Diana Mary Shadwell BarnesLiane Victoria CatlinNicholas John CheesmanNeil Alexander EdwardsGaia Sorcha FennHarry Arnold Chester HarrisNadia Headland-VanniTeresa Lee LevettHannah Abigail MatthewsAisling Annie McGuinnessJake Westow Adam MillerSophie Jennifer PorterHeather Jeanne ViolantiJosef Von Malachowski

Doctor of Philosophy

Simon Thomas DongerJessica Ruth HartleyShaun Robert MayClaire Louise PammentPaul Charles René Ted PirisVasiliki Selioni


A short note by Professor Simon Shepherd, Deputy Principal (Academic)

central’s history

Fogerty was a specialist in speech training.Shealsohadafirmbeliefinthe social importance of education. Thestudentsofherschoolquicklybecame famous for their delivery in verse-speaking competitions, their appearance in theatres, and their work with children in the deprived areas of London. While Central developed a name for actor training, its founder was at the same time committed to advancing the study of theatre as an academic discipline.

Longbeforethefoundingofthefirstuniversity drama department in the UK, Fogerty argued that theatre should be studied at university and that theatre training should be awarded degrees.

In1937Fogertywasofferedspaceon the site at that time earmarked for the National Theatre building, with the college alongside the theatre. But that scheme, like many of the National Theatre schemes, fell through. In 1957 the School at last moved from the AlbertHall,havingacquiredtheleaseofthe Embassy Theatre at Swiss Cottage and its associated buildings.

The Embassy had a reputation, from the 1930s, for experimental and politically left-wing theatre. By 1957 this reputation had faded. When Central arrived it was both rescuing an old theatre and weaving it into the fabric of new college buildings. At least that was the plan: inevitably funds had to be raised. On this occasion the champion was Sir John Davis. His work in pursuing endowments established

the resources to build a new building. This was opened in 1961 by Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, who was then Central’s Patron.

By 1961 three distinct departments had been established within Central. The Stage department was running its three-year course for actors, with alumni as distinguished as Lord Olivier and Dame Peggy Ashcroft already a part of its history, and a two-year course for stage managers. The Teacher Training department was preparing students for its own Diploma, then a recognised teaching qualification,andfortheLondonUniversity Diploma in Dramatic Art. Thatqualificationhadbeeninstitutedin 1912 precisely as a result of Fogerty’s campaign for the recognition of drama and drama teaching as subjects worthy of proper academic study. By this time the college was as famous for its Speech Therapy department as for its work in training actors.

Building work continued. In June 1972 a new studio was built on the corner of Buckland Crescent and formally opened by the School’s new patron, Her Royal Highness Princess Alexandra. Central became grant-aided by the Inner London Education Authority in 1972. In 1989 it was ‘incorporated’ as a higher education college in its own right and funded directly by government. It hadbeenofferingdegreessince1986,firstofallvalidatedbytheCouncilofNational Academic Awards. From 1992 its degrees were validated by the Open University.

Elsie Fogerty founded The Central School of Speech Training and Dramatic Art at the Royal Albert Hall in 1906.


From the early 1990s onwards, extensive building work has taken place: a new workshop facility was opened in 1991. In the summer of 1993 an extension was added to the Embassy Theatre – a studio theatre, design studios and wardrobe facilities. In 1997 the college completed a five-storeyblocktotheeastofthecampus, providing a new library, a learning resources centre and computing facilities, a student common room, student bar and staffoffices.ArefurbishedEmbassyTheatre was opened in 2002 and followed in 2005 by the West Block, withitsseveralfloorsofstate-of- the-art performance spaces and rehearsal rooms.

In 2005 the Privy Council granted the college the power to award its own taught degrees. In the same year students from the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art transferred to Central, bringing with them the academy’s 100-year history of significantcontributionstostageandscreen. In that year the School was the only specialist theatre institution to win the award of Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching, becoming the Higher Education Funding Council for England’s designated Centre for Excellence in Training for Theatre. Its purpose as a Centre for Excellence is to provide a national resource for vocational performing arts training and learning, a focus for theatre research and

scholarship, and a site for national and international collaboration.

WitheffectfromSeptember2005Central became a College of the University of London and in so doingfulfilledElsieFogerty’soriginalambitions. And then in 2012 came new recognition... Fogerty used to say that while the Principal of the Academy of Dramatic Art had been seeking royal title for his institution, she had been too busy working with children in the slums to do that sort of thing. But a century later the achievement of the college she founded properly got its recognition when in November 2012 Her Majesty the Queen conferred Royal Title on Central.


Alumni Association

TheAlumniOfficeisdelightedtowelcome you to Central’s alumni community. Wherever your future takes you, you will always remain an important part of the Central network and we are committed to ensuring that your links with the School do not end at graduation, but are carried throughout your life.

Graduating students automatically become members of the Alumni Association (for which there is no fee). Through various communications, events and services, we help you to stay in touch with Central and with each other.

Alumni Careers Support

TheAlumniOfficeisintouchwiththousands of former students worldwide and can help you in a variety of ways after graduation.

We can help publicise your work and achievements, assist with practical queriesandprovideinformationabout external employment opportunities. To support your professional development, the AlumniOfficealsocollaborateswithdepartments throughout the School to arrange workshops and further training opportunities for graduates.

Staying in Touch

EachyeartheAlumniOfficeorganises a variety of reunions and events. Graduates also receive complimentary copies of our twice-yearly newsletter, which contains alumni news, activities and achievements, updates from Central and opportunities to become involved.

Please remember to let us know when your contact details change so that we can continue to keep you updated with life at Central.

Supporting Central’s Future

Many alumni choose to continue their collaboration with Central after graduation and contribute to life at the School in a variety of important ways.

Some support Central’s students by volunteering their time and professional expertise, or return to share their experience with current students. Some also choose to provide us with much valued financialcontributionsandotherssupport us by arranging helpful introductions, through advocacy, asfigureheadsforcampaigns,orproviding testimonials. In this way, Central alumni support us as no others can and we will always be grateful.

Central Alumni Office [email protected] +44 (0)20 7559 3991

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Central’s Alumni

Life after CentralWhere will your qualification take you?

The Destination of Leavers from the Higher Education Survey captures information on student activity post- graduation. Working? Travelling? Going into further study? Something else? We want to know.

You will be asked to complete the survey six months after you graduatebyTheCareersOfficeatthe University of London.

Thosewhofinishedtheirstudiesbetween January and July will have already been contacted and, in April2014,therequestwillgotograduateswhofinishedtheirstudiesbetween August and December.

Your information is anonymised and will help inform prospective students and Higher Education policy.

The survey is available online and graduates are also telephoned to findoutwhattheyaredoing.

For more information, you can contact the Academic Registrar’s Office email [email protected]


The Pivot ClubChristabel Albery and Brian EastmanRoger AlexanderHoushang AttarchiDiana BalsdonDerek BarnesFrancesca BarnesSonia Barrachina AguilarCharles BartonBiddy BaxterVictor BehrmanBill BennettePriscilla Bollard-WilderShaun CanonLaurentandMickyCaraffaAlasdair ChalmersCaroline ClarkJonathon Coleman and Tim GoslingJohn and Catherine CondronJane CovattiWendy CraigLavinia DargieDavid DayDiegoandVeroniqueDeGiorgiVictoria Dickie and Jim PeersVivienne DimantCharles DorfmanGerry DowneyJohn DrummondJill EdwardsSarah Eliot-CohenTim Eliot-CohenPeter Ellis and Anita ParryChrista Engelbrecht and Anders HavstamMichael EstorickFlint Hire & Supply LtdPenny FrancisKenneth FraserMarion FriendElizabeth GageAndrew and Emma GallowayMichael GauntJonathanandJacquelineGestetner

Craig GoldsackBrian and Anne GoodbanPeter GorbDeborah GrossmanVaughan GryllsAlan and Ros HaighElaine HallgartenElaine HansenLaurence HarbottleRobert and Penny HardingPippa HarrisSally HastingsElizabeth HavilandAnthony HellmanGavin Henderson and Mary Jane WalshDilys HigginsMadeleine HodgkinPieter HofmanMichael HollandRobbi HolmanDavid HoltDavid and Gloria HughesRobert HutchisonElizabeth JackmanRaphael JagoSimon and Caroline JohnstonHeather KayWinifred KellerdPaul and Karen KillikDr SK Kim and Ms Flora Suk-Hwa YoonJohn KinderSteven KitchingHerbert and Sybil KretzmerZara LandNanny Lata-FernandezMargaret LeaskHenry and Martha Lytton CobboldLord ManceJulian and Julia MarksonMargaretAnnMcCaffertyPatrick MearsLee MenziesRoger MillsCamille Mitchell

Nicholas MurphyJodi MyersGeorge NissenPhilip NoelTorquilNormanZiyad OmarGeraldine O’TooleLord PalumboMary PatrickNyman Lisbon PaulJohn PeachCharles and Gill PerrinSimon PhillipsChristian PolteraBarbara PooleRichard and Nicky PoorLouise ReynoldsHugh and Clare RichardsPeter RobertsClive and Gill RoweBrigitte RumbleElena SalvoniMartin ScottDebbie ScullyJoseph SeeligKevin L. SeligmanClive and Sally SherlingJacquelineSilverbergJuliet SimpkinsJongwook SonLorraine SpencerClaudia SpiesEstelle SpottiswoodeRichard and Annabel StilgoeLady StirlingKitty StirlingAndrewandEmmaSutcliffeDiana SwannGabrielle TanaJake ThomasPia TronaSheila TunstallLeonora TwynamChristopher WadeVeronica WadleyMargot WattsLavinia Webb

Sir Arnold WeskerJoanna WoodRos Zazzera

Trusts and FoundationsThe Andrew Lloyd Webber FoundationThe Behrens FoundationBig Lottery: Reaching CommunitiesThe Ernest Cook TrustThe Fenton Arts TrustFidelio Charitable TrustGuildford Academic AssociatesThe Harold Hyam Wingate FoundationThe HSM Charitable TrustThe John Thaw FoundationThe Leverhulme TrustThe Mackintosh FoundationThe Morris Marks Charitable TrustThe Robert Gavron Charitable TrustThe Roger and Ingrid Pilkington Charitable TrustShoresh Charitable TrustSir Siegmund Warburg’s Voluntary SettlementThe Stanley Picker Trust

LegaciesThe Estate of Margaret Ruth Sheelagh LowyThe Estate of Miss Nellie Watson

AwardsThe Gary Bond Memorial AwardThe Clive Brook PrizeThe Beatrice Lillie International College of Comedy and Musical TheatreThe Walter Douglas Johnstone Memorial Fund

Inordertosustainandtodeveloptheexcellenttrainingweofferandtoprovidefinancialassistancetostudents, Central relies on the support of philanthropists. Without their contributions, our work would not be possible. Therefore, we thank the following individuals and foundations for their generosity:

Our Supporters

Centralthanksallthosesupporterswhohaverequestedthattheirnamedoesnotappearonthislist,andall those individuals who generously give their time and expertise to support our students throughout their training and beyond. If you are interested in joining the Pivot Club or becoming a supporter, please contact Meg Ryan on [email protected] or +44 (0)20 7449 1636.


10 – 15 FebruaryThe Beggar’s Opera (semi-devised) Director Ed Goggin Musical Director Paul BarkerPerformed by MA Music Theatre students

26 February – 1 MarchFesten by David EldridgeBased on the Dogmefilm&playbyThomas Vinterberg, Mogens Rukov & Bo hr. HansenDirectors Catherine Alexander & Jemima JamesPerformed by BA (Hons) Acting Collaborative and Devised Theatre students

3 – 8 MarchGrease by Jim Jacobs & Warren CaseyDirector Robert Shaw Cameron Musical Director Wendy GadianPerformed by BA (Hons) Acting Musical Theatre students

10 – 15 MarchNSFW by Lucy KirkwoodDirector Dugald Bruce-LockhartPerformed by BA (Hons) Acting students

11 – 15 MarchJumpy by April de AngelisDirectorAngieLangfieldPerformed by BA (Hons) Acting students

7 – 11 AprilProductions performed by MA Acting Classical and Contemporary students

Further information/booking: +44 (0)20 7722 8183 [email protected] receive regular updates on Central’s forthcoming productions and events, please email your contact [email protected]

5 – 8 MarchLoaded (devised) at Jackson’s Lane Theatre, London N6Co-production with Out of Inc Director Sinéad RushePerformed by BA (Hons) Acting Collaborative and Devised Theatre studentsFurther information/booking: +44 (0)20 8341 4421 www.jacksonslane.org.uk

22 – 25 MayAccidental Festival at the Roundhouse, London NW1Produced by BA (Hons) Theatre Practice Performance Arts studentsFurther information: +44 (0)20 7722 8183 www.accidentalfestival.co.uk

CENTRAL PRODUCTIONS SPRING 2014

Festen is by arrangement with IPR Ltd, London in cooperation with Nordiska ApS, Denmark. Originally produced in London by Marla Rubin Productions Ltd. Grease is through special arrangement with and all authorised performance materials are supplied by Theatrical Rights Worldwide www.theatricalrights.com. NSFW by Lucy Kirkwood is by arrangement with Nick Hern Books. www.nickhernbooks.co.uk. Jumpy is by arrangement with Samuel French Ltd.

Governance

Paul Taiano Chair of Governors, Chair of Nominations Committee and Remuneration Committee, Independent

Roger Alexander Independent

Diana Balsdon Chair of Audit Committee, Independent

Professor Ross Brown Academic Board

Victoria Dickie Independent

Sarah Fortescue Postgraduate Student Governor

Pippa Harris Independent

Professor Gavin Henderson CBE Principal/CEO

Menna McGregor Independent

Professor Simon McVeigh Independent

Anne Mensah Independent

Jodi Myers Independent

Charles Perrin CBE Chair of Finance and Employment Committee and Investment Sub-Committee, Co-opted University of London

Peter Roberts Deputy Chair, Chair of Governors’ Health and Safety Assurance Committee, Independent

Martin Scott Independent

Dominic Tulett Staff

Leonora Twynam Independent

Matthew Withers Student Union President 2013/2014

Deborah Scully Deputy Principal (Corporate)/Deputy CEO/Clerk to Governors

Patron

HRH Princess Alexandra The Honourable Lady Ogilvy KG, GCVO

President

Michael Grandage CBE

Vice-Presidents

Cicely Berry CBECarrie FisherStephen FryZoë Wanamaker

Former Presidents

Lord Olivier, 1983

Dame Peggy Ashcroft DBE, 1989

Dame Judi Dench DBE, 1992-1997

The Right Honourable, Lord Mandelson PC, 2001-2008

Harold Pinter CH, CBE, Nobel Laureate, 2008

Honorary Fellows

Dame Jenny Abramsky DBEJoss Ackland CBEClaire Bloom CBE Bette BourneJo BrandDavid Collison Paule Constable Diana CooperMarcus DaveyDame Judi Dench DBEDeclan DonnellanCarrie FisherPenny Francis MBEHeiner GoebbelsNickolas GraceMichael Grandage CBEGeorge HallSir Ronald Harwood CBE, FRSLJocelyn Herbert †

Ann JellicoeJude Kelly OBE

Helen LannaghanSimon McBurney OBEDame Helen Mirren DBERichard PilbrowHarold Pinter CH, CBE, Nobel Laureate †

Dame Joan Plowright DBEVanessa Redgrave CBEProfessor Sir Ken RobinsonJulian Rudd Professor Richard SchechnerJoseph SeeligSir Donald Sinden CBE Rae Smith Catherine TateSir Arnold Wesker Richard Wilson OBE

† deceased

Honorary PhD

Cicely Berry CBEYvonne Brewster OBE

Senior Management

Professor Gavin Henderson CBE, Hon FRCM, Hon FBCM, FRNCM, FTCL, Hon CTL, MA, CCIM, FRSA Principal

Deborah Scully DMS, PGDip, FRSA Deputy Principal (Corporate) Deputy CEO/Clerk to Governors

Professor Simon Shepherd MA, MLitt, PhD Deputy Principal (Academic) and Professor of Theatre

Governance, Patron, President, Fellows

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