Drama Sally Boardman née Roberts (SMTT 1997)
Kurt Egyiawan (Acting 2011) The Spotlight Prize 2011 has been awarded to actor Kurt Egyiawan. The Spotlight Prize is awarded each year to the best actor graduating from one of the Conference of Drama Schools. Previous winners have included Judi Dench, Robert Lindsay and Zoë Wanamaker.
Jennifer Kett (SMTT 2010)
Sally is photographed here with her baby boy, Scott, born 19 February 2011.
Alex Clatworthy (Acting 2011) Jenny has recently moved to New Zealand where she now works for Oceania Audio, the largest sound lighting stage and screen hire-company in the country, mixing shows as well as radio mic running at the Civic Theatre.
Darren Rosen (SMTT 1997) Alex won the 2011 Michael Bryant Award for VerseSpeaking. Each year, eight 3rd year actors are selected to appear in the final at the Olivier Theatre, in front of a jury made up of Sir Nicholas Hytner, the Casting Department of the National Theatre and a guest actor (this year, Christopher Ecclestone). The Award was established by Judith Coke (pictured above with Alex) in memory of her late husband, the renowned classical actor, Michael Bryant.
Daniel Craig (Acting 1991) Congratulations to Daniel Craig and Rachel Weisz on their recent marriage!
I attended Guildhall in 1952–54. I came from Hobart, Tasmania, to take both the Drama course and Music course, and then never went back afterwards! My drama professor was John Holgate, who was celebrated as the originator of Poetry in Pubs in London at that time. My music professor was Dennis Dance, who also taught Sir Colin Davis at the time. My first job was ASM at the Felixstowe Rep, then joined the Old Vic Co for an Australian tour headed by Katharine Hepburn and Robert Helpmann. I went to Canada in 1960s and acted in CBC TV dramas then to New York when I worked with Yul Brynner as his P.A. during The King & I. I started writing in the 1980s returned to London and have written 10 books about the theatre. Latest news is that I lectured at the Lincoln Center in New York last March about my new book, Behind the Doors of Notorious Covent Garden which is part of a series called Life Upon the Wicked Stage.
I’m about to start work on the production end of Fashion Week in NYC, working for IMCD Lighting covering over 50 of the shows during the 7 day event. Fashion Week happens twice yearly during September and February. Needless to say the September event is a lot... warmer than February’s!
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Elizabeth Sharland (Drama/Piano 1954)
Dominic will return to our screens in September as Fred West in ITV drama Appropriate Adult [with Monica Dolan (Acting 1991) as Rosemary West] and travel to Sheffield to be reunited with his Guildhall contemporary Daniel Evans and at least five other recent graduates when he plays Iago in Othello.
Dominic West (Acting 1995) It’s a busy year for Dominic West! Starring in the West End production of Simon Gray’s Butley at the time of writing, he has also just hit our screens in the new BBC period drama, The Hour, hotly tipped to be the summer’s hit series.
Reunions Recent 26 June 2011 AGSM Singers of the ‘70s 5 July 2011 Annual Musical Reunion (Recent graduates of Acting and Technical Theatre) 10 July 2011 Acting Class of 1986, 25th anniversary
Coming up 17 Sept 2011 GGSM 1964, 50 yrs since start of course 23 Oct 2011 Students of Yona Ettlinger Nov 2011 China Reunion (Beijing) 24 Jan 2012 Annual New York Reunion (see page 8)
If you would like further information about any of the above, are planning or thinking about planning a reunion that is not listed, please contact the Alumni Office (alumni@gsmd.ac.uk, 020 7382 2325).
PLEASE NOTE: These listings are collated from information sent in to us. They reflect only a tiny proportion of the exciting and varied things that our alumni do.
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