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News, Updates and Announcements from Central

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News, updates and announcements from Central

Following the Higher Education Funding Council for England’s independent review into institution-specific funding, and the confirmation that The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama’s provision is world-leading, the School is delighted to announce that it can now move ahead with the next phase of development on its site in Swiss Cottage. 

Image: Flash Forward; Design: Tim Ronalds Architects

On Friday 15 April, Research Fellow Dr Daniel Ploeger will lead a public workshop at the Victoria and Albert Museum combining digital art, hands-on electronics repair, and a live-video exchange with an active electronics repair community in Kenya. 

Dani Ploeger - Charging

From Friday 1 April – Tuesday 5 April, Central was in exclusive collaboration with Network Releasing and the ICA to present the Pablo Larraín Focus series of events.

Still from Pablo Laarain's The Club

Central is delighted to announce that a number of alumni have been successful at the 2016 Olivier Awards.

Central steps

Congratulations to final year BA (Hons) Acting Collaborative and Devised Theatre student Keziah Joseph who has won a 2016 BBC Carleton Hobbs Bursary Award!

Keziah Joseph

We talk with alumnus Toby Olié, a graduate of BA (Hons) Theatre Practice - Puppetry, about his career in theatre. Toby has worked on West End Productions such as War Horse  and has recently set up the production company Gyre & Gimble with his business partner.

Toby Olie

In the first of our new, regular series of interviews with members of the Central community, we talk with Professor Sally Mackey, Professor of Applied Theatre and Performance and Associate Director (Research and Projects), about her AHRC research grant and her instrumental role in establishing Applied Theatre at the School.

Professor Sally Mackey Interview

On Thursday 3 March, The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama hosted an event on behalf of the London-based HIV charity Positively UK.

Central Hosts Event with Positively UK and Prime Study

The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama has, this year, received support from Europe’s leading entertainment company, Sky.

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Central is delighted to offer congratulations to the many members of the Central community who have been nominated at this year’s Olivier Awards.  

MA Advanced Theatre Practice performance

The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama (Central) and the Unicorn Theatre are pleased to announce the establishment of a memorial fund in honour of the late Petrus Bertschinger.

The Captains Fund

On 21 January 2016, as it welcomed members of the Industry to its Embassy Theatre for the annual Association of Lighting Designer’s (ALD) New Technology Showcase, The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama was delighted to announce the establishment of the Richard Pilbrow Scholarship.

ALD/ White Light New technology showcase, image by Zak Macro