BBC Carleton Hobbs Bursary Award 2014 Winners The 2014 Carleton Hobbs bursaries have been awarded to:
HANNAH GENESIUS (Bristol Old Vic TheatreSchool) ROSLYN HILL (East15) MONTY D’INVERNO (Drama Studio London) PAUL HEATH (Bristol Old Vic TheatreSchool)
They will join the Radio Drama Company on Saturday 26th July 2014.
Four other finalists are this year's runners-up - and each of them will be cast as a freelance actor in one of our autumn/winter productions:
RHIANNON NEADS (LAMDA) PHOEBE PRYCE (RADA) SAM RIX (Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama) SAMUEL VALENTINE (RADA)
Nineteen accredited Drama schools and colleges took part - a total of 76 students.
Chaired by Jonquil Panting, Producer Radio Drama, the judges comprised David Hunter, Michael Cronin, Paul Copley and Rebecca Wilmshurst.
Hearty congratulations to all finalists and especially to Hannah, Roslyn, Monty and Paul with whom we look forward to working in the summer.
Special Commendations:
RHIANNON HANDY | -Arts Ed | NICOLA TAGGART | -BOVTS | LIZZIE CLARKE | -Drama Centre | MATHEW WERNHAM | -Drama Centre | AMY BLAIR | -Guildford School of Acting | ALICE SIMONE | -Guildford School of Acting | JACOB FORTUNE-LLOYD | -Guildhall | REBECCA COLLINGWOOD | -Guildhall | TOM YORK | -LAMDA | AMY MILLNS | -Mountview | ELIZABETH GRACE-WILLIAMS | -Mountview | STANTON WRIGHT | -Mountview | ANNABEL SMITH | -Oxford School of Drama | SAM MELVIN | -Oxford School of Drama | HARRY OWENS | -Rose Bruford | REHANNA MACDONALD | -Royal Welsh College |
For Best Team Exercise – Five colleges share this year:
Bristol Old Vic Theatre School East 15 LAMDA Manchester School of Theatre RADA
Best solo in Shakespeare/or Classic Theatre category:
Name and College | Character | Nicola Taggart -BOVTS | Margery Pinchwife | Amy Millns – Mountview | Beatrice | Anna Herzog - Manchester | Desdemona | Luke Francis – East 15 | Cassius | Roslyn Hill – East 15 | Jailer’s Daughter | Harry Owens – Rose Bruford | Richard II | Sophie Bleasdale – RADA | Constance | DouggieMcMeekin – LAMDA | Trinculo | Lizzie Clarke – Drama Centre | Olivia |
Best solo in prose sight-reading category:
Name and College | Sight-reading Extract | Florence Roberts – Guildhall | Edith Appleton’s Journal | Jay Worley – Royal Welsh | The Tinderbox | Claire Wilson –ALRA | Jane Eyre | Amy Blaire – Guildford | Edith Appleton’s Journal | Elizabeth Grace-Williams – Mountview | Edith Appleton’s Journal | Rhiannon Handy – Arts Ed | Jane Eyre | Christopher Bonwell - Arts Ed | The Nightingale and the Rose | Annabel Smith – Oxford | The Tinderbox | Sam Melvin – Oxford | Young Man (soldier’s letter) | Alex Phelps – Manchester | Oliver Twist | Sian Morgan – Manchester | Edith Appleton’s Journal | Roslyn Hill – East 15 | Jane Eyre | Eva Bell – East 15 | Edith Appleton’s Journal | Molly Waters – Birmingham | The Nightingale and the Rose | Gerard McGrath – Rose Bruford | The Nightingale and the Rose | Samuel Valentine - RADA | Young Man (soldier’s letter) | Hubert Burton – RADA | Oliver Twist | Terence Rae – RSC | Oliver Twist |
For other outstanding solo work: Name and College | Character | Florence Roberts – Guildhall | Jenny | Rebecca Collingwood – Guildhall | Mabel Chiltern | Paul Heath-BOVTS | Ralph | Rehanna Macdonald - Royal Welsh | Bella | Jay Worley- Royal Welsh | Gus Gascoigne | Emma Rose Lowther – Royal Central | Sandra | Stanton Wright – Mountview | Tom | Elizabeth Grace-Williams - Mountview | Anna | Rhiannon Handy – Arts Ed | Juniper | Christopher Bonwell-Arts Ed | Tattoo Boy | Lydia Georgiou – Arts Ed | Steph | Annabel Smith – Oxford | Cavale | Sam Melvin – Oxford | Dougie | Anna Herzog – Manchester | Little Voice | Roslyn Hill – East 15 | Duck | Eva Bell – East 15 | Fleabag | Harry Owens – Rose Bruford | The Lover | Rick Yale – Rose Bruford | Willy | Phoebe Pryce – RADA | Ali | Rhiannon Neads - LAMDA | Carla | Tom York – LAMDA | Biff | Lizzie Clarke – Drama Centre | Denise | Lizzie Clarke – Drama Centre | Donna | Mathew Wernham – Drama Centre | Hal | Monty d’Inverno – Drama Studio London | Rab |
For the outstanding duologues:
ACTORS | TEXT | COLLEGE | Hannah Genesius/ Paul Heath | CONSTELLATIONS by Nick Payne | BOVTS | Patrick Tolan/ Nicola Taggart | BOLLOCKS by Lee Hall | BOVTS | Rehanna Macdonald/ Sam Rix | STRAIGHT by DC Moore | Royal Welsh College | Carla Fraser/ Alice Simone | TALENT by Victoria Wood | Guildford | Emma Rose Lowther/ Joe Graham | PLAY WITH REPEATS by Martin Crimp | Royal Central | Elizabeth Grace-Williams/ Stanton Wright | COMPLEAT FEMALE by Jeffrey Hatcher | Mountview | Amy Millns/ Owen McCavana | STRAIGHT by DC Moore | Mountview | Robin Wilson/ Lydia Georgiou | AFTER THE END by Dennis Kelly | Arts Ed | Alex Phelps/ Anna Herzog | LUNGS by Duncan Macmillan | Manchester | Richard Weston/ Eva Bell | HAPPY SAVAGES by Ryan Craig | East 15 | Sophie Bleasdale/ Samuel Valentine | KILLING THE CAT by David Spencer | RADA | Rhiannon Neads/ Tom York | BREATHING CORPSES by Laura Wade | LAMDA | Julia Pagett/ Monty d’Inverno | ANGEL PAVEMENT by JB Priestley | Drama Studio London |
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