Honorary Fellows & Honorary PhD

Honorary Fellows

Dame Jenny Abramsky DBE
Chair of the UK's National Heritage Fund and Chair of the Trustees, University of London
Actor and alumnus of Central School of Speech & Drama

Yvonne Brewster OBE
Founder, Talawa Theatre Company

Jo Brand
Stand-up comedian

Diana Cooper
Former Drama and Movement Therapy (Sesame), Central School of Speech & Drama

Declan Donnellan
Artistic Director, Cheek by Jowl

Penny Francis MBE
World-leading puppetry practioner

Heiner Goebbels
Composer and director, President of the Theatre Academic Hessen.

Nickolas Grace
Actor and alumnus of Central School of Speech & Drama

Michael Grandage
Artistic Director, Donmar Warehouse and alumnus of Central School of Speech & Drama

George Hall
Former Head of Stage, Central School of Speech & Drama

Sir Ronald Harwood CBE, FRSL
Playwright and Novelist

Jude Kelly OBE
Director and Chair of Culture and Education for the 2012 Olympics

Simon McBurney
Co-founder and Artistic Director of Complicite

Dame Helen Mirren DBE
Actress

Dame Joan Plowright DBE
The Lady Olivier, award-winning actress

Professor Sir Ken Robinson
Senior Adviser to the President, The J Paul Getty Trust

Professor Richard Schechner
Professor in Performance Studies, New York University

Catherine Tate
Actress and alumna of Central School of Speech & Drama

Richard Wilson OBE
Actor

Honorary PhD

Cicely Berry
Voice Director, Royal Shakespeare Company and alumna of Central School of Speech & Drama