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February 2023 TV News – OSD Graduates

Three graduates in the same Disney+ series and four graduates appearing in multiple hit BBC series. Here’s where you can spot some of our OSD graduates in TV projects this month.

TV news - oxford drama Disney plus extraordinary
Ella Bruccoleri, Joshua Leese and Edward Wolstenholme are currently appearing in the new Disney+ series Extraordinary.

Ella plays the role of Rebecca, Joshua plays the role of PDF Man and Edward plays the role of Richard.
TV news - oxford drama call the midwife
Annice Boparai and Yvie Magee play the role of Vinita and Mrs Biggs in the BBC hit series Call the Midwife.

They both appear in Season 12 Ep 4 which is available to watch now on BBC iPlayer
TV news - oxford school of drama silent witness
Maria Forrester plays the role of Ketevan Gvazava in the BBC series Silent Witness.

Maria appears in episode 3 & 4 of Series 26 which is now available to watch on BBC iPlayer
TV news - oxford school of drama waterloo road
Billy Dunmore plays the role of Fred Stinson in the returning BBC series Waterloo Road.

Billy appears in Episode 4 of the new series which is available to watch now on BBC iPlayer

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Seamus Allen

Seamus trained in his hometown, Dublin at the Conservatory of Music and Drama. After graduating he toured nationally with some of Ireland’s premier children’s theatre companies, as well as developing and performing clown performances for Barrabbas, and magic shows for Cahoots N.I. 

Since moving to the UK Seamus has appeared in The Tempest, As You Like It, Comedy of Errors, Macbeth and Robin Hood (Creation Theatre Company), Quest (Folklore Presents) The Disappearance (The Sticking Place),and Where’s My Desi Soulmate? (Rifco Arts). Tv work includes Bear Behaving Badly (Thames Valley).  Seamus is also a skilled improviser, training with Ken Campbell’s School of Night and core cast in the annual London 50 hour Improvathons and performs with “Austentatious, The improvised Jane Austen Novel”.  

Seamus was the director of the Young Company at the Watermill theatre in Newbury. He established Readings only Improvisation comedy club, “What’s the Game?! Improv”, hosting shows as well as coaching professional performers.  Seamus was Head of acting at Read college, a course which he wrote and which became one of the most successful Foundation courses for getting students into the top acting degree programmes in the UK.  Most recently he has been Head of Year at Drama Studio London and gained an MSc in Performance Psychology focusing on excellence in actor training.

Seamus is Head of Foundation and teaches on the Foundation Courses