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For the first instalment in our new “5 Questions” series, we sat down with #Dr@cula Director Robert Shaw Cameron to discuss Central’s forthcoming production, which has been adapted from Bram Stoker’s original text by Tony nominated playwright Bryony Lavery.

Congratulations to Ayse Tashkiran who has been appointed as a new Associate Artist of the Royal Shakespeare Company.

Central is pleased to congratulate its Director of Research, Professor Maria Delgado, on her appointment to the Research England Council.

The Embassy Shorts mini-festival was recently held at Central by 2nd year BA (Hons) Theatre Practice students.

Central graduate Khadija Raza has been named as a winner of the 2017 Linbury Prize for Stage Design.

Eight Central alumni have been named in the Evening Standard’s Progress 1000 for 2017.

BA Acting graduate Andrew Garfield recently returned to Central to be interviewed by major US news network CBS.

Central graduates have been announced as winners at two of this year’s most prestigious award ceremonies for film, TV and theatre.

Central is pleased to announce that, together with Associate Artist Fevered Sleep, it has been shortlisted for a Times Higher Education Award (THE) for Research Project of the Year: Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences.

Central's associate artist, London-based arts company Fevered Sleep– described by the Guardian as ‘boundary-smashing’ - and their Co-Artistic Director, Central's Professor of Interdisciplinary Performance David Harradine, bring a new version of their highly acclaimed dance piece, ‘Men & Girls Dance’ to Tate Britain this summer.

In front of a small invited audience, Professor Sally Mackey scattered paper memories of Studios 1 and 2 onto their former location, the structural foundations of the new North Block building.

Central partnered in 2017 with graduate theatre company Mad Like Roar to deliver a series of live Q&As about Edinburgh Fringe Festival on Facebook.