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News, Updates and Announcements from Central

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News, updates and announcements from Central

The Central community is deeply saddened to learn of the passing of former Central governing body member, Honorary Fellow and leading educationist, Sir Ken Robinson. 

Sir Ken Robinson

As a part of commitments made in Central’s Anti-Racism Action Plan, the School is issuing a call for expressions of interest in membership of its Independent Equity Committee. 

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On Friday 31 July, BAFTA announced the winners of this year's Virgin Media British Academy Television Awards, recognising the very best programmes and performances of 2019. We are extremely proud to be able to share and celebrate news that Central alumni won in two of the four acting categories.

Central Alumni Win at the 2020 BAFTA Television Awards

Throughout the Summer, Central has been working alongside a number of partner organisations as well as schools, colleges and universities across London to make two unique, remote summer school opportunities – Get Creative at Home and Get Scene at Home – available to young people who have been stuck at home due to COVID-19. 

Get Creative at Home

Congratulations to Professor Maria Delgado, Central’s Director of Research, who has received the Career Achievement Award in Academic Theatre from the Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE).

Professor Maria Delgado

Congratulations to Central’s final year Theatre Practice students on their BA (Hons) Theatre Practice 2020 Exhibition. The annual exhibition provides a chance to share and celebrate the accomplishments of graduating students from all twelve courses of the Theatre Practice programme, a degree programme offering a deep understanding of the collaborative process of performance design and production.

BATP Exhibition 2020

Students from Central’s BA (Hons) Acting Collaborative and Devised Theatre and BA (Hons) Acting Musical Theatre Class of 2020 have performed in the School’s first-ever online Industry Showcases for undergraduate acting. 

Students perform in Urinetown The Musical

Congratulations to the MA Acting for Screen team behind the 2019 short film Lab Rat, which has won the Best Film, Best Cinematography and Best Director Awards at the Roswell Sci-Fi Film Festival.

MA Acting for Screen

Central is delighted to announce the launch of its brand-new podcast, Discover Central! 

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Dr Ella Parry-Davies, Central’s British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow and a BBC/ AHRC New Generation Thinker, has partnered with the Kanlungan Filipino Consortium and the Refugee and Asylum Seeker Participatory Action Research charity (RAPAR) to release a new report documenting the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Filipino migrants in the UK.

Dr Ella Parry-Davies Publishes “A Chance to Feel Safe" Report into the effects of COVID-19

In response to the global COVID-19 pandemic, Central’s staff, students and alumni have spearheaded a number of initiatives to make a difference.

Celebrating Student, Staff and Alumni Initiatives

With our Summer Term now underway, we're taking a moment to look back at some of the highlights of our 2020 Spring Term and to celebrate the achievements of our student community.

A Celebration of Central's Spring 2020 Term