This is a representative sample of alumni of the National Student Drama Festival from the past 58 years.

Khalid Abdalla . Actor

Bill Alexander . Director and former Artistic Director Birmingham Rep

Annabelle Apsion . Actor

Paul Arditti . Sound Designer

Michael Attenborough . Artistic Director The Almeida

David Bamber . Actor

Julia Bardsley . Director

Patrick Barlow . Actor

Simon Russell Beale . Actor

Nigel Betts . Actor

Michael Billington . Critic and Writer

Baroness Tessa Blackstone . Former Minister of Arts and DCMS

Brian Blessed . Actor

Laurence Boswell . Director

Sir Michael Boyd . Director and former Artistic Director RSC

Jeremy Brock . Film Writer

Alan Brodie . Agent

Michelle Butt . Actor

Dominic Cavendish . Critic

Ian Charleson . Actor

Caryl Churchill . Playwright

Anthony Clarke . Director and former Artistic Director Hampstead Theatre

Carrie Cracknell . Director

Simon Curtis . Film Producer and Director

Howard Davies . Director

Nicholas de Jongh . Critic and Writer

Graham Devlin . Former Deputy Chief Executive and Acting Chief Executive of the Arts Council of England

Simon Donald . Writer

Alan Dossor . Director and former Artistic Director of Liverpool Everyman

Keith Drinkel . Actor

Matthew Dunster . Writer

Geoffrey Durham . Magician

Adrian Edmondson . Actor

Ben Elton . Comedian and Writer

Michael Elwyn . Actor

Jack Emery . Director and Writer

Jane Edwardes . Critic

Marianne Elliott . Director

Richard Eyre . Director and former Artistic Director National Theatre

David Farr . Director

Vicky Featherstone .  Artistic Director Royal Court Theatre

Tim Fountain . Playwright

Stephen Fry . Actor, Comedian, Broadcaster and Writer

Tony Garnett . Producer

Mark Gatiss . Actor

John Godber . Playwright

Buzz Goodbody . Director

Tony Grounds . Writer

Terry Hands . Artistic Director Theatre Clwyd

Christopher Haydon .  Artistic Director Gate Theatre

Lena Hey . Actor

Nick Hern . Publisher Nick Hern Books

Ella Hickson . Writer

Paul Hilton . Actor

Bernard Hill . Actor

Tyrone Huggins . Actor

Geoffrey Hutchings . Actor

Colin Jeavons . Actor

Stephen Jeffreys . Playwright

Martin Jenkins . Actor

Alex Jennings . Actor

Reuben Johnson . Actor/Writer

Andy Jordan . Director Bristol Express Theatre Company

Peter Jukes . Writer and Producer

Charlotte Keatley . Writer

Jonathan Kerrigan . Actor

Daniel Kitson . Comedian

Timothy Knightley . Actor

Bill Lebitter . Actor

Margot Leicester . Actor

Jamie Lloyd . Director Jamie Lloyd Productions

Martin Lowe . Musical Director

Doon Mackichan . Actor

Phelim McDermott . Artistic Director Improbable Theatre

Barbara Matthews . Former Director, Theatre at Arts Council England

Rik Mayall . Actor, Writer, Comedian

Nicola McCartney . Playwright

Caitlin McLeod . Director

Kay Mellor . Actor

Roger Michell . Theatre and Film Director

Tom Miles 

Ben Miller . Actor

Ann Mitchell . Actor

Hattie Morahan . Actor

Peter Morris . Writer

Donna Munday . Director of Theatre at Working Title & Chair of the NSDF Board

Braham Murray .  Artistic Director Royal Exchange Theatre

Bruce Myers . Actor

John Nettles . Actor

Caro Newling . Producer

Cyril Nri . Actor

Paddy O’Kane . Actor

Andy Parsons . Actor, Comedian, Presenter

Steve Pemberton . Actor

Ronald Pickup . Actor

Tim Pigott-Smith . Actor

Bruno Poet . Lighting Designer

Pete Postlethwaite . Actor

Dennis Potter . Writer

Lucy Prebble . Writer

Mark Ravenhill . Writer

Laurie Sansom .  Artistic Director National Theatre of Scotland

Joanna Scanlan . Actor

Joseph Seelig . Director London International Mime Festival

Nabil Shaban . Actor and Co-founder of Graeae

Sir Antony Sher . Actor and Writer

Wole Soyinka . Playwright and Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature

Tim Supple . Artistic Director of Dash Arts

Meera Syal . Actor and Comedian

Polly Teale . Joint Artistic Director Shared Experience

John Tiffany . Director

Sandi Toksvig . Actor, Broadcaster and Writer

Jeremy Treglown . Writer

Unlimited Theatre . Liz Margee, Jon Spooner and Chris Thorpe

Glen Walford . Director

Michael Wearing . TV Producer

Timothy West . Actor

Larry Westland MBE . Founder Music & Youth Schools Prom

Erica Whyman . Deputy Artistic Director RSC

Ruth Wilson . Actor

Snoo Wilson . Playwright

Clive Wolfe . Former Director of NSDF

Nicholas Woodeson . Actor

Alan Yentob . Creative Director BBC

Michael York . Actor