(Acting 2005) had a major role in the ITV hit drama Broadchurch. SARAH LANCASHIRE (Acting 1986) starred in new BBC drama Happy Valley.
Sarah Lancashire in Happy Valley
(Acting 1988) took the lead role of Thomas Cromwell in the RSC adaptations of Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Hall and Bring Up The Bodies. And at the National Theatre, PAAPA ESSIEDU (Acting 2012) stepped up midway through a performance of King Lear to take over the part of Edmund, with SIMON RUSSELL BEALE (Acting 1983) in the title role. BEN MILES
Technical Theatre alumni were recognised at a number of major ceremonies: (Technical Theatre 2004) won the StageBitz Award for Outstanding Achievement in Prop Making at the 2013 Technical Theatre Awards. JONATHAN HALL
Orchestra and JULES BUCKLEY (Composition 2004) was announced as the new Chief Conductor of the Metropole Orchestra.
Roderick Williams at the
Last Night of the Proms
Guildhall actors continued to be recognised for their craft: DAMIAN LEWIS (Acting 1993) was made OBE for services to Drama, after finishing his run as Nicholas Brody in Showtime series Homeland. SARAH LANCASHIRE (Acting 1986) won Best Supporting Actress in the BAFTA TV awards for Last Tango in Halifax. And LILY JAMES (Acting 2010) won Glamour magazine’s Next Breakthrough Award; after two seasons in hit ITV show Downton Abbey as Lady Rose, she was announced as the title role in the forthcoming feature film Cinderella, due out in 2015. Among major castings for Guildhall alumni, 2013/14 included: (Junior Guildhall 2010), FREDDIE FOX (Acting 2010), MAX IRONS (Acting 2008) and BEN SCHNETZER (Acting 2013) all starred in feature film The Riot Club, based on the stage play Posh. Ben and Freddie also featured alongside DOMINIC WEST (Acting 1995) in Pride, the British comedy-drama film. DOUGLAS BOOTH
(Acting 2012) won a major part in the series 24: Live Another Day, which saw the Sky TV show re-locate to London for its ninth season, while JODIE WHITTAKER EMILY BERRINGTON
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(Technical Theatre 2008) with his colleague Finn Ross won the White Light Award for Best Lighting Design at the 2014 Olivier Awards, for Chimerica at the Almeida Theatre and Harold Pinter Theatre. TIM LUTKIN
(Technical Theatre 2004) took the Philips Entertainment Award for Outstanding Achievement in Lighting at the Technical Theatre Awards 2014. RICHARD RHYS THOMAS
(Technical Theatre 2002) won the Individual Stage Management Award at the National Stage Management Awards 2014, for Emil and the Detectives at the National Theatre. GEMMA TONGE