News, Updates and Announcements from Central
News, updates and announcements from Central
On Wednesday 27 February 2019, The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama was visited by its Royal Patron, HRH Princess Alexandra. The visit marked the official opening of the School’s new North Block building and provided the Princess with an opportunity to meet staff and students and observe a variety of student work.
On Monday 21 January 2019, Central Staff and Students began their first official week of classes in the School’s newly completed North Block building.
A social initiative from Central has been named as one of the UK’s 100 best breakthroughs for its significant impact on people’s everyday lives.
The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama is delighted to announce that it has been awarded a grant of £414,620 from the Leverhulme Trust in support of student scholarships and further support for its internationally recognised work in Applied Theatre.
On Monday 10 December, Central hosted its annual Graduation Ceremony at The Royal Festival Hall.
Central is delighted to congratulate our many graduates nominated for WhatsOnStage Awards this year, the only major theatre awards in which audiences are able to judge across all categories.
On Friday 30 November 2018, former Crown Chief Prosecutor Nazir Afzal OBE chaired Performing Race at The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.
On Sunday 18 November, Central was pleased to welcome alumna Dame Judi Dench back to Central to formally open the Dench Studio, named in honour of the members of the Dench family; Dame Judi, her brother Jeffery Dench, and her daughter Finty Williams, who all trained at Central.
Congratulations to Central’s Dr Ella Parry-Davies, who has been awarded a Postdoctoral Fellowship by the British Academy to pursue her research project ‘Home-makers: urban expertise in the Philippine diaspora’.
Alumni have been receiving nominations across the board for the annual BroadwayWorld UK Awards (2018). The awards are given by public vote to celebrate their favourite longest running shows and new productions.
Central is committed to providing support to students and graduates who wish to start up and develop their own commercial, social or charitable enterprises. The School conducts workshops over the course of the year open to all students and offers competitive funding to graduating students at the end of the academic year as a part of its dedicated Central Start Up and Enterprise Fund.
The entire Central community is deeply saddened to learn of the passing of esteemed alumna, Honorary PhD and Vice President of the School, Cicely Berry CBE.
