Honorary Fellows
Dame Jennifer Abramsky DBE
Chair of the UK's National Heritage Fund and Chair of the Trustees of the University of London
Joss Ackland CBE
Actor and Alumnus of Central School of Speech & Drama
Yvonne Brewster OBE
Funder of 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
George Hall
Former Head of Stage, Central School of Speech & Drama
Ronald Harwood CBE
Award-winning Playwright and Novelist
Jocelyn Herbert
Seminal stage designer
Jude Kelly OBE
Award-winning Director and Chair of Culture and Education for the 2012 Olympics
Simon McBurney
Co-founder and Artistic Director of Complicite theatre company
Dame Helen Mirren DBE
Award-winning Actress
Harold Pinter, CH, CBE
Playwright, screenwriter, actor, director, political activist and poet. President of Central, 2008.
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 at New York University
Catherine Tate
Award-winning Actress and alumna of Central School of Speech & Drama
Richard Wilson OBE
Award-winning Actor
Honorary PhD
Cicely Berry
Voice Director Royal Shakespeare Company