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Epsom Downs
Upcoming:
View the event page for all performance dates: 5-8 June 2024
Adaptation of the play by Howard Brenton
Performed by BA (Hons) Acting
Designed & produced by BA (Hons) Theatre Practice
By arrangement with Concord Theatricals
New Writing Showcase 2024
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Central's BA (Hons) Writing for Performance 2024 invite you to New Writing Showcase - a selection of short plays to showcase our writing before we enter the industry.
Osbert The Avenger
Upcoming:
View the event page for all performance dates: 12 - 15 June 2024
A new musical written by Marc Teitler & Christopher William Hill
Performed bey BA (Hons) Acting Musical Theatre
Designed and produced by BA (Hons) Theatre Practice
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Blog
MFA Movement: Directing and Teaching student Ching Chen shares their experience of their professional placement with Talawa Theatre Company.
Rhys Anderson, a graduate of Central's BA (Hons) Acting CDT course reflects on his experience playing Hamlet in TNT Theatre's touring production.
Ryan Denton, current third-year student on Drama, Applied Theatre and Education, BA and the first in his family to attend university, shares his journey to Central, his experience on the course, and advice to other first-generation university students.
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Discover Central Podcast
For this special, bonus episode of the Discover Central podcast, we’re joined by Central students and alumni Will Sebag-Montefiore (Just These, Please) and Adwitha Arumugam, Sam Law and Aadar Malik (The Situationalists) to discuss the process of taking their shows to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
For our final episode of Series 3, Central's Access and Participation Manager Victoria Edwards sits down with alumni Tim Chaundy and Maame Atuah to talk all things Central Outreach.
We catch up with Mairi Hayes and Jake Harders, graduates of Central who now work across the School's Diplomas and Short Courses to find out more about their work. We also hear from Diploma graduates Sonny Kong and Luke fox about their experiences studying at Central.
