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Alumni News 2009/10


NOMINATIONS & AWARDS: Olivier Awards: ALEXANDRA GILBREATH Twelfth Night nominee, Best Supporting Actress, MAUREEN LIPMAN CBE A Little Night Music nominee, Best Supporting Actress in a Musical, RORY KINNEAR Burnt by the Sun nominee, Best Supporting Actor, IWAN RHEON Spring Awakening winner, Best Supporting Actor in a Musical, RUTH WILSON A Streetcar Named Desire winner Best Supporting Actress. BAFTA Awards: DAVID OYELOWO Small Island nominee, Leading Actor, BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH Small Island nominee, Supporting Actor, Golden Globe Awards: JOHN LITHGOW Dexter winner, Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-series, Motion Picture Made for Television, MATTHEW ALLEN Emmy Awards: Countdown To Vancouver (Producer) winner, New Approaches to Sports Journalism, Webby Awards: Beijing and Beyond (Editor) Official Honouree Best Editing, IOC Golden Rings Awards: winner, Best Athlete Profile (Producer)


NATIONAL THEATRE: ALEC NEWMAN Danton’s Death, ANTHONY CALF The White Guard, The Power of Yes, BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH After the Dance, BRIAN COX CBE Lolita, CHRISTIAN ROE The Power of Yes, CLARE HIGGINS Hamlet, All’s Well That Ends Well, CLARE RAFFERTY Mixed Up North, DANIEL MILLAR The White Guard, DERMOT KERRIGAN The White Guard, DOMINIC COOPER Phèdre, EMILY TAAFFE Nation, GARY CARR Nation, Earthquakes In London, GEORGE RAINSFORD All’s Well That Ends Well, GERALD KYD Blood and Gifts, Or You Could Kiss Me, GURPREET SINGH Nation, HARRIET WALTER CBE Women Beware Women, HARRY MELLING Women Beware Women, Mother Courage and Her Children, HELENA LYMBERY The Cat in the Hat, JAMES LAURENSON Hamlet, JOHN LITHGOW Stories by Heart, JOLYON COY All’s Well that Ends Well, JONATHAN WARDE Danton’s Death, JUDITH AMSENGA Mixed Up North, JULIAN BLEACH Every Good Boy Deserves Favour, KASHIF KHAN Mixed Up North, KATHRYN O’REILLY Mixed Up North, KIRSTY BUSHELL Danton’s Death, LEE INGLEBY Our Class, LEIGHTON PUGH The Habit of Art, LISA KERR Mixed Up North, LORNA STUART Mixed Up North, MARK ARENDS The Cat in the Hat, MARK RAWLINGS Women Beware Women, MICHAEL HODGSON The Pitmen Painters, MICHAEL MALARKEY Spring Storm/Beyond The Horizon, NANCY CARROLL After The Dance, NICK BLOOD Women Beware Women, NICK JULIAN The White Guard, NIKKI AMUKA-BIRD Welcome to Thebes, PAUL HICKEY Our Class, PAUL READY London Assurance, REBECCA O’MARA Danton’s Death, ROBERT EMMS War Horse, RORY KINNEAR Hamlet, ROSE LESLIE Mixed Up North, SAMUEL BARNETT Women Beware Women, SIMON MANYONDA Welcome to Thebes, SIMON MARKEY London Assurance, STEFANO BRASCHI Danton’s Death, STEPHANIE STREET Mixed Up North, TOBY STEPHENS Danton’s Death, TOMMY LUTHER Or You Could Kiss Me, TYRONE LOPEZ Mixed Up North, YOUSSEF KERKOUR Mother Courage and Her Children


ROYAL SHAKESPEARE COMPANY: ALEX MANN Dunsinane, ALEXANDRA GILBREATH Twelfth Night, AMIT SHAH Arabian Nights, IAN ABEYSEKERA Twelfth Night, MATTHEW WILSON The Gods Weep, NANCY CARROLL Twelfth Night, NIKKI AMUKA-BIRD The Gods Weep, SAM ALEXANDER Twelfth Night, SAM SWANN Dunsinane


SHAKESPEARE’S GLOBE: ALIX REIMER A New World – A Life of Thomas Paine, BEN DEERY Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn, DANNY LEE WYNTER Henry IV Parts 1&2, Bedlam, HARA YANNAS A Midsummer Night’s Dream (National Tour), JOHN LIGHT A New World – A Life of Thomas Paine, LORNA STUART Henry IV Parts 1&2, Bedlam, MICHAEL CAMP Macbeth, NICK COURT Macbeth, ROSE LESLIE Bedlam, SAM CRANE Henry IV Parts 1&2, Bedlam, WILL FEATHERSTONE Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn


WEST END: ADAM VENUS Annie Get Your Gun Young Vic, AMANDA BOXER The Prisoner of Second Avenue Vaudeville, AMIT SHAH Free Outgoing Royal Court, ANDREW HALL (Director) Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolf Trafalgar Studios, ANNA CALDER-MARSHALL The Hotel Play Royal Court, ANNA CHANCELLOR The Cocktail Party Donmar, 24 Hour Plays Celebrity Gala Old Vic, ANNA MAXWELL MARTIN 24 Hour Plays Celebrity Gala Old Vic, ANTHONY HEAD Six Degrees of Separation Old Vic, ANTHONY WELSH Sucker Punch Royal Court, BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH The Hotel Play Royal Court, BRUCE MACKINNON The Hotel Play Royal Court, CHARLOTTE RILEY The Priory Royal Court, CHRIS JARMAN Sister Act Palladium, CHRIS POLLICK F**king Men Arts, CLIVE CARTER Wicked Apollo, Arcadia Duke of York’s, DAN FORD Three Days of Rain Apollo, F**king Men Arts, DANIEL FRANCIS Off the Endz Royal Court, DANIEL LLEWELYN-WILLIAMS Carrie’s War Apollo, DANIEL RYAN Posh Royal Court, DAVID CAVES Macbeth Cheek-by-Jowl, DAVID HAIG 24 Hour Plays Celebrity Gala Old Vic, DAVID SUCHET OBE All My Sons Apollo, DEBBIE CHAZEN Calendar Girls Noël Coward, ED STOPPARD Arcadia Duke of York’s, FELIX D’ALVIELLA Breakfast at Tiffany’s Theatre Royal Haymarket, GEOFFREY BEEVERS The Hotel Play Royal Court, GEORGE POTTS Arcadia Duke of York’s, GUY BURGESS Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Novello, GUY MASTERSON (Director) Morecambe Duchess, HARRY HADDEN-PATON The Prince of Homburg Donmar, Posh Royal Court, HARRY TREADAWAY Ghosts Duchess, Tribes Royal Court, JAMES JOYCE Carrie’s War Apollo, JAMES KRISTIAN F**king Men Arts, JANET SUZMAN Dream of the Dog Trafalgar Studios, JASON LANGLEY Enron Noël Coward, JOHN LIGHT The Master Builder Almeida, 24 Hour Plays Celebrity Gala Old Vic, JOLYON COY The Prince of Homburg Donmar, Posh Royal Court, JONATHAN JAYNES A View from The Bridge Duke of York’s, JOSHUA MCGUIRE Posh Royal Court, KATHERINE PARKINSON Cock Royal Court, KILLIAN BURKE War Horse New London, KIM CATTRALL Private Lives Vaudeville, LAURA DOS SANTOS Educating Rita Trafalgar Studios, LISA SPIRLING (Assistant Director)Enron Noël Coward, LOUISE CALF The Real Thing Old Vic, LYDIA ZIEMKE (Assistant Director) Over There, The Stone Royal Court, MARTIN SHAW Horses’ Tales Royal Haymarket, MATT BLAIR Enron Noël Coward, MAUREEN LIPMAN CBE When We Are Married Garrick, MICHAEL CHADWICK Prick Up Your Ears Comedy, NATALIE KLAMAR Breakfast at Tiffany’s Royal Haymarket, NICHOLA MCAULIFFE Horses’ Tales Royal Haymarket, NICHOLAS BURNS Ghost Stories Duke of York’s, NICK HAVERSON The Lost Voice Royal Festival Hall, ORION LEE Enron Noël Coward, PATRICK KENNEDY The Hotel Play Royal Court, PAUL CLARKSON A Man of No Importance Arts, PEPE BALDERRAMA Wet Weather Cover Arts, PHILIP DESMEULES A View From The Bridge Duke of York’s, The Real War 1914-? Trafalgar Studios, RUTH WILSON 24 Hour Plays Celebrity Gala Old Vic, RYAN KIGGELL Macbeth Cheek- by-Jowl, SALLY COOKSON (Director) We’re Going On A Bear Hunt Duchess, SALLY DEXTER Sister Act Palladium, SAM COX Arcadia Duke of York’s, SAM KELLY When We Are Married Garrick, SARAH GOLDBERG Six Degrees of Separation Old Vic, Clybourne Place Royal Court, SHAI MATHESON F**king Men Arts, STEPHANIE FAYERMAN The Hotel Play Royal Court, STEVEN HARTLEY Oliver Drury Lane, SUSANNAH FELLOWS Enron Noël Coward, SUSANNAH WISE Seven Jewish Children: A Play for Gaza Royal Court, TOBY STEPHENS A Doll’s House Donmar, The Real Thing Old Vic, TOM BROOKE Jerusalem Apollo, TOM RILEY A House Not Meant to Stand Donmar, TOM SHAW When We Are Married Garrick, WILLIAM RYCROFT War Horse New London


OFF WEST END: ALAN COX 3rd Ring Out Greenwich, Hurts Given and Received, Found in the Ground Riverside, ALEC NEWMAN The Fastest Clock in the Universe Hampstead, ALEX WALDMANN Rope Almeida, Shraddha Soho,


ALEXANDER GILMOUR (Director) Innocence, Reclining Nude with Black Stockings, Innocence Arcola, ALEXANDRA MATHIE The Crucible Regent’s Park, ALICIA DAVIES Election Dramas: Act IV New Players, AMANDA BOXER Many Roads to Paradise Jermyn St, ANDREW MACDONALD Othello Highgate, God Sports New End, ANNA JORDAN (Playwright) Marianne Wimbledon, ANNA MAXWELL MARTIN Measure for Measure Almeida, ANTHONY BIGGS (Director) Many Roads to Paradise Jermyn St, AOIFE NALLY Bittergirl King’s Head, BEN WHYBROW The Bully Composition Southwark, BENJAMIN CHAMBERLAIN Peter Pan 02 Meridian Gardens, BEVERLY RUDD Into the Woods Regent’s Park, BRIAN CAPRON Stepping Out Richmond, CATRIN MENNA Counting the Ways Oval House, CHARLES DE BROMHEAD The Hostage Southwark, CHARLOTTE PYKE W for Banker New End, CHRIS LARKIN The Whisky Taster Bush, CHRIS POLICK Election Dramas: Act IV New Players, CIARAN KELLGREN Peter Pan 02 Meridian Gardens, CLAIRE RAFFERTY The Big Fellah Lyric Hammersmith, CLARE HIGGINS Mrs Klein Almeida, DAN FORD Election Dramas: Act IV New Players, DANIEL GREEN Palace Balls Jermyn St, DANIEL LLEWELYN-WILLIAMS The Comedy of Errors Regent’s Park, DANIEL MILLAR Intrigue/ Love Southwark, DAPHNE ALEXANDER Sea at Night Hackney, DAVID RHODES Rites of Privacy New End, ELEANOR FANYINKA In the Blood Finborough, EMILY TAAFFE The Crucible Regent’s Park, FI RUSSELL (Designer)High Society Gatehouse, FRANCES ALBERY Two Women Stratford East, GEMMA REDGRAVE A Thousand Stars Explode in the Sky Lyric Hammersmith, GEORGE RAINSFORD The Man Finborough, GUY MASTERSON (Director) Austen’s Women Leicester Sq, HANNAH EIDINOW (Director) Simpatico Old Red Lion, Twisted Southwark, Pages: Promised Land Union, HARA YANNAS It Felt Empty… Arcola, HARRY HADDEN- PATON The Rivals Southwark, HELENA LYMBERY Light Shining in Buckinghamshire Arcola, 3rd Ring Out Greenwich, JACK TARLTON What Every Woman Knows Finborough, JAMES JOYCE The Thunderbolt Orange Tree, JAMES LAURENSON The Road to Mecca Arcola, A Midsummer Night’s Dream Kingston, JAMES POWELL Beyond The Pale Southwark, JAMES RIGBY Pages: Promised Lane Union, JAMES RUSSELL Miss Lilly Gets Boned or The Loss of All Elephant Elders Finborough, JAMIE HARPER (Director) A Real Humane Person Who Cares and All That Arcola, Beyond the Pale Southwark, JAMIE ZUBAIRI Counted Roundhouse, JEMMA REDGRAVE The Great Game -Afghanistan Tricycle, JOE ALESSI Assassins Union, JONATHAN WARDE Richard III, Demi-Monde The Half World of William Morris Riverside, JONSON WILKINSON Daniel Deronda Gatehouse, JOSH COHEN The Comedy of Errors Regent’s Park, KATHRYN O’REILLY Andersen’s English Hampstead, KATIE MCGUINNESS Reclining Nude with Black Stockings Arcola, KIRSTY BUSHELL A Thousand Stars Explode in the Sky Hammersmith, LARA ROSSI Women, Power & Politics – Then/Now Tricycle, LEANDER DEENY The Man Finborough, LEIGHTON PUGH Marianne Wimbledon, LISA KERR Andersen’s English Hampstead, LORNA BECKETT Miss Lilly Gets Boned or The Loss of All Elephant Elders Finborough, LORNA STUART Andersen’s English Hampstead, LUCY PEARMAN Huck Southwark, LYNN HOWES Marianne Wimbledon, MADELEINE WORRALL Peter Pan 02 Meridian Gardens, What Every Woman Knows Finborough, MARK ARENDS Alison’s House Orange Tree, MATTHEW HOWARD Orestes: Re-examined Southwark, MATTHEW SIM Richard III, Demi-Monde The Half World of William Morris Riverside, MAUREEN LIPMAN CBE A Little Night Music Menier, MAYA BARCOT Pages: Promised Lane Union, MICHAEL BRYHER Henry V Southwark, MIRANDA COOK Innocence Arcola, NAOMI SHELDON Reclining Nude with Black Stockings Arcola, NICHOLAS BURNS Ghost Stories Lyric Hammersmith, NIGEL HASTINGS Hurts Given and Received, Found in the Ground Riverside, NIGEL PLANER Dr Who Live


Wembley, NIK DRAKE The Cherry Orchard Greenwich, OKEZIE MORRO Ruined Almeida, Innocence Arcola, OLIVER KIERAN-JONES Palace Balls Jermyn St, PANDORA CLIFFORD W for Banker New End, PATRICK KNOWLES The Northerners Finborough, PAUL BIGLEY Peter Pan 02 Meridian Gardens, PAUL FRANKISH The Comedy of Errors Regent’s Park, PHIL HEWITT Alice’s Adventures in the New World Old Red Lion, POLLY FINDLAY (Director) Light Shining in Buckinghamshire, Thyestes Arcola, Eigengrau Bush, Roald Dahl’s Twisted Stories Lyric Hammersmith, PRIYANGA BURFORD Behud (Beyond Belief) Soho, REBECCA O’MARA The Yalta Game King’s Head, RICHARD ATWILL The Roman Bath Arcola, Beyond the Pale Southwark, RICHARD BEANLAND Generous Finborough, RICHARD CRAWLEY Progress Union, ROB HEAPS The Notebook of Trigorin Finborough, ROBERT O’MAHONEY The Sanctuary Lamp Arcola, ROBERT PORTAL The Little Hut Greenwich, RORY KINNEAR Measure for Measure Almeida, ROSE LESLIE Andersen’s English Hampstead, ROWAN FINNEGAN Rip Her to Shreds Old Red Lion, RUTH WILSON Through a Glass Darkly Almeida, SALLY COOKSON (Director) Stick Man Soho, SAM WALTERS The Lady or the Tiger, The Thunderbolt, The Making of Moo Orange Tree, SAMUEL BARNETT The Whisky Taster Bush, The Man Finborough, SARAH GOLDBERG Miss Lilly Gets Boned or The Loss of All Elephant Elders Finborough, SHOLTO MORGAN Hitler – My Part in his Downfall Richmond, SIMON HARRISON Reclining Nude with Black Stockings Arcola, SIMON TIERNEY Henry V Southwark, SIMON YADOO Richard III, Demi-Monde The Half World of William Morris Riverside, SIMON-ANTHONY RHODEN Marianne Wimbledon, STEPHANIE STREET The Big Fellah Lyric Hammersmith, STEPHEN HAGAN Studies for a Portrait King’s Head, The York Realist Riverside, STEVEN CLARKE Pages: Promised Lane Union, SUSAN KYD No Expense Spared Jermyn St, SUSANNA FIORE Beyond the Pale Southwark, TARA CARROZZA Jihad! The Musical Jermyn St, Tape Old Red Lion, TIM TRELOAR The Duchess of Malfi, Volpone Greenwich, TOM GREAVES Henry V Southwark, TOM MCDONALD The Rivals Southwark, TOM MCKAY Greta Garbo Came to Donegal, The Great Game – Afghanistan Tricycle, TOM RILEY Hurts Given and Received Riverside, TOM ROBERTSON Jack and The Beanstalk Lyric Hammersmith, TOMMY LUTHER A Little Nick Hampton Court, TRUDI JACKSON Twisted Southwark, VANESSA ACKERMAN Slowly Riverside, YOUSSEF KERKOUR The Big Fellah Lyric Hammersmith


REGIONAL: ADAM VENUS Death of a Salesman Leeds, 1984 Manchester, ALAN COX Much Ado About Nothing/Hercules Chester, ALEXANDRA MATHIE My Wonderful Day Bath/ Oxford, ALISTAIR PETRIE That Face Sheffield, AMANDA BOXER Cling to Me Like Ivy Birmingham, AMY EWBANK Bus Stop, Northanger Abbey, What The Butler Saw Keswick, ANNA ORFORD (Assistant Director) Antony and Cleopatra Liverpool, ANTHONY CALF Wallenstein Chichester, ANTHONY EDEN The Merchant of Venice, Cider with Rosie Bury St. Edmunds, The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe Newcastle-Under-Lyme, BEN SLEEP The Tale of Beauty and The Tail of The Beast Belfast, CELIA ADAMS The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Lancaster, CHRISTOPHER CHILTON Of Mice and Men Lancaster, The Road to Nab End Oldham, CLAIRE CARRIE Love Story Chichester, CLAIRE RAFFERTY Dancing At Lughnasa Birmingham, COLIN BAKER House of Ghosts Stevenage, DAN FORD They Only Come at Night Huddersfield, DAVID HAIG Yes, Prime Minister Chichester, DAVID SCHOFIELD The Entertainer Manchester, DEBBIE CHAZEN Calendar Girls Chichester, DILLIE KEANE Fascinating Aida Chipping Norton, ELEANOR FANYINKA The Comedy of Errors Manchester, EMILY HOLT Cling to Me Like Ivy Birmingham, ERICA GUYATT The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Lancaster, FRANCES GREY The Furies, Land of The Dead,


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