Latest alumni news for January
Music
- Octavian Godji (Applied Theatre, formerly known as Community Arts Practice’ 14) has been announced as BBC Sound Of 2019 Winner. He is signed to Black Butter Guardian p15, RotD, BBC, iNews
- Jade Bird (Music‘ 16) and and Freya Ridings (Music’12) and Octavian (CAP’14) are 3 artists out of 10 tipped as news faces and ones to watch in 2019 https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/8114805/2019-charts-pop-music-lewis-capaldi-grace-carter/
- Josh Record (Music’06) is BRIT Awards nominated for best British single for writing Sigala’s hit ‘Lullaby’.
- Connie Lamb (MT current student) is performing on ITV’s The Voice https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/8171965/connie-lamb-the-voice-contestant/
- Mina Rose (Mina Walker Chapman) Visual Arts & Design ‘ 11 has a new single being released on 30th January, it will be premiered by Jamz Supernova on her BBC1Xtra show. Rose was Support to Jorja Smith on her UK Tour.
- Natalie Shay (Music’16) has released a single ‘Yesterday’http://ventsmagazine.com/2019/01/11/natalie-shay-releases-yesterday/
Theatre/TV/Dance
- Tuwaine Barrett (Theatre’ 14) and Michael Ajao (Theatre’14) starred in BBC 1 Silent Witness.
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Rhianne Barreto (Theatre Bridge' 16) and Joivan Wade (Theatre Bridge'12) are both in this top 10 of Brits to watch: https://variety.com/2019/film/features/variety-10-brits-to-watch-for-2019-1203116068/
- Eleanor Walsh (Musical Theatre’ 15) is starring in Aspects of Love at Southwark Playhouse until Feb 9th.
- Kitty Archer (Theatre Bridge ’14) is in the cast of Tartuffe at the National Theatre. Tartuffe runs in the Lyttelton from February 9, with press night on February 21.
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Scott Jennings (Dance'06) interviewed as the Bausch masterpieces return. Going beyond Bausch: Tanztheater Wuppertal's new moves https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2019/jan/22/pina-bausch-tanztheater-wuppertal-dimitris-papaioannou-alan-lucien-oyen?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other