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 alumna of Central School of Speech & Drama
Joss Ackland CBE
Actor and alumnus of Central School of Speech & Drama
Bette Bourne
Actor, drag queen and equal rights activist
Jo Brand
Stand-up comedian
Paule Constable
Lighting designer
Diana Cooper
Former Drama and Movement Therapy (Sesame), Central School of Speech & Drama
Marcus Davey
Chief Executive and Artistic Director of the Roundhouse
Declan Donnellan
Artistic Director, Cheek by Jowl
Carrie Fisher
Actress, novelist, screenwriter, performance artist and alumna of Central School of Speech & Drama
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 CBE
Artistic Director of the Michael Grandage Company 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
Jocelyn Herbert
Stage designer
Jude Kelly OBE
Director and Chair of Culture and Education for the 2012 Olympics
Helen Lannaghan
Co-founder and co-director of the London International Mime Festival
Simon McBurney
Co-founder and Artistic Director of Complicite
Dame Helen Mirren DBE
Actress
Harold Pinter CH CBE
Nobel Prize winner, playwright, screenwriter, actor, director, alumnus and former President of Central
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
Joseph Seelig
Co-founder and co-director of the London International Mime Festival
Sir Donald Sinden CBE
Actor and author
Rae Smith
Designer
Catherine Tate
Actress and alumna of Central School of Speech & Drama
Richard Wilson OBE
Actor
Honorary PhD
Cicely Berry CBE
Voice Director, Royal Shakespeare Company and alumna of Central School of Speech & Drama
Yvonne Brewster OBE
Founder, Talawa Theatre Company