Following a sell-out Edinburgh Fringe run, Willy brings Bottom to London. Described as a ‘queer coming of age remix with a cracking soundtrack’, Bottom was developed with support from The Arts Council, Exeter Phoenix, Bristol Old Vic Ferment, Strike A Light and Bryony Kimmings.
Richard has won an award for his role as Ambassador for Survivors Manchester. Survivors Manchester is a charity which offers confidential support, information, practical and emotional support for boys and men affected by sexual violence.
Sharon Horgan’s much heralded new comedy follows three Dublin friends trying to navigate their lives, or rather struggle to get them under control.
Ciara is part of the Royal Court Young Agitators and young performers company who have collaborated with writer Robert Alan Evans and director Lucy Morrison to create a response piece to The Woods.
Daniel and Helen are both returning to the RSC in Gregory Doran’s production of Troilus and Cressida. Daniel was in Imperium for the RSC earlier this year which transferred to the West End and Helen was in the RSC’s production of Death of a Salesman in 2015.
The Bunker Theatre’s Pint-Sized: October-Fest offers five short new plays by writers mentored by Lucy Kirkwood, Simon Stephens, Lucy Prebble and others.
Women in Power is based on Assemblywomen by Aristophanes.
The Bisexual is the television debut for American filmmaker Desiree Akhavan. Akhavan is the writer of the acclaimed feature film The Miseducation of Cameron Post which won the Sundance Film Festival’s Grand Jury prize in 2018.
Will has co-written and performs in The Lost Disc – “a show described as art gig, part play, part comedy show… and an alternative history of popular music.”
Kiran has been nominated for a Best Actress Award for her performance in Netflix’s Black Mirror as Shazia Akhan in the episode Crocodile.
Victoria will be in company for the RSC’s Christmas production at Stratford-upon-Avon from 4 December 2018 until 20 January 2019.
Two third-year students from The Oxford School of Drama have been awarded bursaries by the Society of London Theatre (SOLT).
Rehearsals have just started for Laura Wade’s new play at Chichester Festival Theatre and in the cast are two OSD One Year Course grads, Cat White and Laurence Ubong Williams.
Claire has won an Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for her role as Queen Elizabeth II in Netflix’s royal epic The Crown. This was the second year running she had been nominated, but she lost out last year to Elisabeth Moss (The Handmaid’s Tale) who was hotly tipped to win again this year.
George (on right in the photo), who graduated from our Three Year Course in July, is making his professional stage debut in the UK tour of The Comedy about a Bank Robbery. The production opened in Birmingham this month and tours until May 2019. The production has been receiving glowing reviews and George’s performance has been highlighted in many of them:
There were awards and accolades aplenty for our graduates at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe which finished earlier this week.
Charity Wakefield stars in Emilia at Shakespeare’s Globe
One Year Course graduate Naveed makes his debut for the RSC in two productions this Autumn:
One Year Course graduate, Jude returns to the RSC to play Tamburlaine in Christopher Marlowe’s play.
Kiran stars in The Royal Court/BBC Four’s series untold stories about ordinary women who do the extraordinary. The series of 15 minute monologues were commissioned to mark 100 years of Suffrage.
Lindsay Posner is directing Alexandra Dowling and Alexander Vlahos as Romeo and Juliet in Europe’s first ever pop-up Shakespearean Theatre. The theatre, a replica of the Rose Theatre, has been sited in the centre of the city for the summer for a season of four Shakespeare plays.
Oliver is playing Cal Jackson in Ian Kershaw’s new play with music set in Massachusetts in 1912.
From the preview clip, it looks like things will be hotting up for Leigh-Anne in Holby ED this week.
Annice will be playing Elaine in Matt Woodhead’s production of Trojan Horse at Summerhall in Edinburgh from 1st – 26th August.
Killer Joe starring Orlando Bloom and Sophie Cookson had its press night earlier this month. While critics were divided by Tracy Letts’ black play, Sophie’s performance garnered his praise:
Caitlin will join Outlander as it enters its fourth season. She will play Lizzie Wemyss in this, her professional TV debut.
After a sell-out season in the Swan Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon, Gregory Doran’s epic, acclaimed productions of Imperium: The Cicero Plays, based on the bestselling Cicero
Ritu joins Harry Enfield, Arthur Darvill, Oliver Alvin-Wilson, Kirsty Besterman, Laura Howard, Shobu Kapoor, Clare Perkins and Arthur Wilson in Jemma Kennedy’s new play.
Sophie has just opened at Trafalgar Studios in Tracy Letts’ play Killer Joe alongside Orlando Bloom.
Jordan and Kate have joined the new cast of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child at the Palace Theatre. Their first performance was on 23rd May. The production unites
