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News, Updates and Announcements from Central

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News, updates and announcements from Central

In June, Central student Shannon Theumer took part in a unique interview with the award-winning French novelist, playwright and director Florian Zeller as a part of the press junket for his BAFTA and Academy Award-winning film The Father. 

Shannon Theumer interviewing Florian Zeller online

During the week of 14 June Central’s Dr Ella Parry-Davies, a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow at Central, will take part in the British Academy’s annual Summer Showcase an exciting combination of free online talks, performances, demonstrations and activities exploring research into subjects ranging from early modern fortune-telling to the hidden histories of British hip–hop. 

Dr Ella Parry-Davies

A roundup celebrating a selection of Central graduate’s news and successes, covering alumni award wins and nominations, and their numerous contributions in all areas of stage and digital theatre, television and film, as well as in the wider community.

Millicent Wong in After Life at The National Theatre. Photographer, Johan Persson

On Sunday 16 May Central’s Keep Creating Gala, featuring appearances from alumni including Riz Ahmed, Dame Judi Dench, Sonia Friedman, Michael Grandage, Jason Isaacs, Rebecca Lenkiewicz, Toby Olié, Sir Tony Robinson, Catherine Tate and incoming Principal Josette Bushell-Mingo, raised over £33,000 to support Central students impacted by the Coronavirus pandemic. 

Student, Staff and Alumni participants in Hold the Light, the Gala's musical finale

Central students, alumni and well-known faces join together to present the virtual Keep Creating Gala, an online celebration showcasing talent from across the Central community and in support of Bursaries for current students.

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On the evening of Wednesday 14 April, we were delighted to have Central alumna Zoë Wanamaker join us for a special online event for our Class of 2020 and 2021, as part of our programme of support for emerging graduates. 

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Central is excited to announce the launch of the auralia.space website, the digital home for researcher Duška Radosavljević’s project Aural/Oral Dramaturgies: Post-Verbatim, Amplified Storytelling and Gig Theatre in the Digital Age. 

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Congratulations to Central PhD candidate Gabriel Vivas-Martínez, who has been awarded a Civic Scholar Award by the Institute for Community Studies. 

Civic Scholar Awards

The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London, is saddened to record the death of His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, father of Her Royal Highness Anne The Princess Royal, Chancellor of the University of London.

HRH Prince Philip, Image Source: Twitter via @RoyalFamily

We sat down with Dr Katharine Low to discuss the involvement that she and her students have had with the South African My Body My Space Festival, an annual festival of public performance and exhibitions that, for 2021, has moved into the virtual realm becoming the first arts festival to take place entirely on a dedicated WhatsApp line.

Dr Katharine Low

From Monday 22 - Friday 26, Central is partnering with the NHS to present the Student Knowledge Exchange Festival, a week-long celebration of the Student Knowledge Exchange project between the Central and Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust.  Across five days, staff and students will share their insights, learning, and achievements from these projects. 

Knowledge Exchange Festival

Throughout Spring term the student, staff and alumni teams that collaborate to deliver Central’s Outreach programme to young people across the country have continued their work digitally, despite the national lockdown. 

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