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Alumni Successes In January 2011 Simon Russell Beale (Acting 1983) was granted the Freedom of the City of London for services to drama. Speaking before his Freedom ceremony, Simon said: “It has been my good fortune that the City of London has played an important part in my life. For six years, I was a chorister at St. Paul’s Cathedral, where one of our more memorable and exciting duties was to sing for the Lord Mayor of the City of London after The Lord Mayor’s Show. Many years later, I trained briefly at Guildhall School of Music & Drama, a wonderful college that has turned out so many great actors and musicians. It is a particular and humbling honour for me to receive the Freedom of the City of London, and I feel very proud.”
at NT Lyttelton. Andy Nyman (Acting 1987) was nominated for Best Entertainment as co-writer of Ghost Stories and Best Entertainment for Derren Brown: Enigma written by Derren Brown and Andy Nyman. OperaUpClose won Best New Opera Production for La Bohème at Soho Theatre – their cast included Nicolas Dwyer (Voice 2009), Tom Kennedy (Voice 2009), Louise Lloyd (Voice 2009), Elinor Jane Moran (Voice 2004) and Clare Presland (Voice 2010). Gwilym Lee (Acting 2008) was the winner of the 2010 Sunday Times Ian Charleson Award, for his performance as Edgar in the Donmar Warehouse’s recent production of King Lear. In total four Guildhall
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Gwilym Lee in King Lear
performance as Petra in An Enemy of the People at Sheffield Crucible; Ferdinand Kingsley (Acting 2009) for Rosencrantz in Hamlet at the National Theatre; and Ashley Zhangazha (Acting 2010) for the King of France in the Donmar Warehouse production of King Lear. Several well-established Acting alumni were nominated for prestigious awards including:
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Neil Austin (Technical Theatre 1992) won at the 2011 Laurence Olivier Awards for Best Lighting Design for The White Guard
graduates appeared on the shortlist of 15 young actors: Susannah Fielding (Acting 2007) was nominated for her
Alfred Molina (Acting 1975) nominated for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in An Education at the Critics’ Circle Awards 2010 Ewan McGregor (Acting 1992) nominated for Best Actor for The Ghost and David Thewlis (Acting
1984) nominated for the Peter Sellers Comedy Awards for his performance in London Boulevard, both at the Evening Standard Awards 2011 Hayley Atwell (Acting 2005) nominated for Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-series or Motion Picture Made for Television for Pillars of the Earth at the Golden Globes Simon Russell Beale (Acting 1983) nominated for Best Actor in a Play for Deathtrap and London Assurance and Stephen Campbell Moore (Acting 1999) nominated for Best Supporting Actor in a Play for All My Sons at the Theatregoers’ Choice Awards.
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