News

The Board of Governors is pleased to announce that Professor George Caird has been appointed as the new Interim Principal of The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.  Professor Caird will join Central on 14 September and will serve while the Board undertakes the selection of a permanent Principal, who is expected to take up post in 2021. 

Throughout the summer term, 2nd year students on Central’s Contemporary Performance Practice courses engaged with participants from around the world through their digitally delivered Collaborative Outreach projects.

Congratulations to Central's Dr Ella Parry-Davies, whose collaborative creation with Filipina domestic and care workers living in the UK and Lebanon of a series of soundwalks about migration, domestic labour and the lived experiences of individuals who work "behind closed doors", has been shortlisted for the Times Higher Education's prestigious Research Project of the Year: Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Award.

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. 

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. 

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.

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. 

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).

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.

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. 

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.

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