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Recent Success for Rose Bruford Graduates
2008 BA (Hons) Actor Musicianship graduate Sam Scott, is currently appearing in Can't Smile without You, Bill Kenwright's brand new musical love story. Based on an original idea by Bill Kenwright and written by Tim Prager, the show features all the timeless hits from music legend Barry Manilow. The show will transfer to the West End stage following a National Tour.
Jess Gunning and Claire Rushbrook, both BA (Hons) Acting graduates, are currently appearing in the new BBC1 drama series, Mutual Friends. Claire plays one of the lead characters, Leigh Cato. Kate Ashfield, another Acting graduate is also appearing in the new ITV1 drama series, The Children.
Nicola Roy, who also graduated from the BA (Hons) Acting course in 2008 has secured the part of Frances McPherson in the new, yet to be screened BBC production of Hope Springs, starring Annette Crosbie and Alex Kingston.
Greg Hicks, a graduate and Fellow of the College is currently appearing in Small Craft Warnings, directed by Bill Bryden, at the Arcola Theatre. The production has received rave reviews including four stars in Time Out and Critic's Choice.
Some of the college's recent BA (Hons) American Theatre Arts graduates have also been busy. Charlie Shand and his company, The Kamichi Plan (which features several of his fellow graduates), present the professional premiere of his new play When Do We Start Fighting? at the Pumphouse in Suffolk, before transferring to London in the New Year.
Natasha Vincent has been awarded a place on the highly competitive MA Directing for Digital Film and Television degree programme at Bournemouth University Media School, one of the UK's key centres for independent film making.
Marina Burton has recently left the theatre company, Shady Dolls (a theatre company formed by her fellow graduates from the American Theatre Arts course), to manage a literacy development scheme as part of the rehabilitation programme for inmates at HMP Pentonville.
Poppy Jhakra will be appearing in Coronation Street in autumn 2008.
Sophie Cartman, who is now based in Japan, has recently played the lead in the BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play: A Tokyo Murder, a fascinating collaboration between the BBC and Japanese actors, recorded in Tokyo.
Paul Anderson and Sven Ortel, both graduates from the BA (Hons) Lighting Design programme are currently involved in Complicite's production of A Disappearing Number, conceived and directed by Complicite's Artistic Director, Simon McBurney. Paul is responsible for the lighting and Sven for the projection. The production, which is currently on tour, received the Laurence Olivier Award 2008 for Best New Play.
Øystein Brager and Philip Thorne, 2007 graduates from the BA (Hons) Directing Programme recently visited the International Theatreschool Festival 08 in Amsterdam with their showcase production of Heiner Müller's Hamletmachine. This visit to the Netherlands follows previous successful performances of Hamletmachine at the Cairo International Festival for Experimental Theatre and Laboratorium Teatro in Rome, where the production was awarded the Premio Internazionale Claudio Gora award for best experimental theatre production. Øystein and Philip are also currently working on their new production of Now you See It; Now You Don't in Oslo and Amsterdam.
Teunkie van der Sluijs who graduated from the Directing programme in 2008 is in the process of arranging to take his show Yasser to Chicago. This follows a successful run at the Edinburgh Festival, which also saw the show nominated for the Amnesty International Freedom of Expression Award.
24th October 2008
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