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Tuesday 7 December at 4pm – Three Year and One Year Courses
Wednesday 8 December at 4pm – Foundation Course
To book your place click here: https://bit.ly/3FjgvPQ

You can watch OSD Grad, Charity Wakefield playing Georgina tomorrow in the second series of Hulu’s The Great.

3 of our Grads, Callum Cronin, Harry Lukakis and Chris Moore will be in the London performances of the recent FDS Dublin Showcase on 7/ 8 December, 1pm at Soho Theatre.

To reserve tickets please contact Jude Tisdall – fds.jtisdall@gmail.com

OSD Grad Conor Gormally will be playing Callum in the new play Our Generation by Alecky Blythe at the National Theatre, opening in Feb 2022.
For more information: https://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/shows/our-generation

Recent Grad Sam Weston can be seen in episode 5 of Sky’s Temple – Streaming on NowTV. One of our other Grads, Catherine McCormack, is also a regular in the series.

OSD Grad Louis Raghunathan is performing in Lucinda Coyle’s new play “Our Last First” which will premier at The Union Theatre in London.

For more information: http://www.uniontheatre.biz/our-last-first.html

OSD Grad, Harry Lukakis will be appearing as Mark in the new Greek TV series ‘Cartes Postales, written by best selling author Victoria Hislop. It will be airing on ERT1+ (a Greek national channel) on Saturday 13 November, 9am UK time.

Catch OSD Grad Ritu Arya in cinemas from this Friday in Red Notice with Dwayne Johnson and Ryan Reynolds.

Congratulations to Ella Road, Molly Keogh and Oscar Adams, who will be performing in Polaroid Theatre’s 10th Anniversary Celebration in aid of the Fleabag Support

Congratulations to Meg Olssen, one of our 2nd Year students who has been selected for the shortlist of the Luke Westlake Scholarship 2021.

This is an incredible achievement, as Meg is one of only 8 shortlisted candidates. Meg will be taking part in workshops with Agents Oliver Campbell (BWH) and Max Latimer (JAG) and Casting Director Emma Sylvester (Holby City, BBC) before our panel decides the winner of the scholarship – with over £4000 worth of financial and development support.

This is the last week you can see OSD Grad Ruby Crepin-Glyne in Northern Stage’s Road by Jim Cartwright.

For more information and to purchase a ticket: https://www.northernstage.co.uk/Event/road

Read the article about our new reduced audition fees: https://bit.ly/3Bab43n

Emily Patrick, a regular on ITV’s Grantchester who plays Tamara, will be acting alongside fellow grad George Hannigan who will playing Stanley this Friday 24 September.

Georgina Tack will be appearing in ‘Front Seat Passenger’ as part of Full Disclosure’s new writing night XPOSED at the Southwark Playhouse on the 3rd October.
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Lizzie Annis will be playing Laura Wingfield in the Duke of York’s new production of The glass Menagerie. Hollywood actress, Amy Adams is to make her West End debut playing Amanda Wingfield.
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The event 29 September in Leeds, will feature stands and workshops from some of the UK’s top Drama Schools and Conservatoires where you can find out more about what specialist training can offer, options available, and how to make your application and audition stand out.

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Emily Llloyd-Saini, who forms half of comedy duo Egg, has recorded a stand-up podcast along with Anna Leong Brophy about being mixed race fo BBC Sounds.

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Rosanna Adams, one of our grads from last year has been cast in the RSC’s The Mirror and the Light, playing from 23 September at the Gielgud Theatre.

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Lizzie Annis, one of our Grads from last year has landed the role of Zacare in Netflix’s The Witcher: Blood Origin.

Announcing the premiere of a new play, performed at Park Theatre – 39 and Counting by Shireen Mula and directed by Gemma Aked-Priestley.

The play features 10 characters who loved women that were killed by men. They are the brothers, sisters, best friends, nieces, nephews and cousins of the deceased whose lives have been disrupted and torn apart by violence. 10 characters navigating their way through the trauma. Wanting justice to be done, the grief to end and to reach a place of acceptance. To feel in control again.

For more information and to book a ticket: https://www.parktheatre.co.uk/whats-on/39-and-counting