Who came to the festival?
Khalid Abdalla Actor | Bill Alexander Director
Annabelle Apsion Actor | Paul Arditti Sound Designer
Michael Attenborough Director | Van Badham Playwright
David Bamber Actor | Julia Bardsley Director
Patrick Barlow Actor | Simon Russell Beale Actor
Sam Benjamin Actor | Nigel Betts Actor
Michael Billington Critic and Writer
Baroness Tessa Blackstone Politician | Brian Blessed Actor
Laurence Boswell Director
Sir Michael Boyd Director | Jeremy Brock Film Writer
Alan Brodie Agent | Ruth Cooper-Brown Fight Director
Michelle Butt Actor | Daniel Bye Writer
David Byrne Artistic and Executive Director New Diorama Theatre
Dominic Cavendish Critic | Guy Chapman Director Make a Noise
Ian Charleson Actor | Caryl Churchill Playwright
Anthony Clarke Director
Sir Nick Clegg Former Deputy Prime Minister
Carrie Cracknell Director | Simon Curtis Film Producer and Director
Howard Davies Director | Nicholas de Jongh Critic and Writer
Graham Devlin CBE Vice Chair Royal Court Theatre
Simon Donald Writer
Alan Dossor Director | Keith Drinkel Actor
Matthew Dunster Writer | Geoffrey Durham Magician
Adrian Edmondson Actor | Ben Elton Comedian and Writer
Michael Elwyn Actor | Chris Elwell BEM Director Half Moon Theatre
Jack Emery Director and Writer | Jane Edwardes Critic
Marianne Elliott Director | Sir Richard Eyre Director
David Farr Director | Vicky Featherstone Artistic Director Royal Court
Tim Fountain Playwright | Stephen Fry Actor, Broadcaster and Writer
Tony Garnett Producer | Mark Gatiss Actor
John Godber Playwright | Buzz Goodbody Director
Emily Gray Artistic Director Trestle Theatre | Tony Grounds Writer
Terry Hands Director | Christopher Haydon Director
Lena Headey Actor | Nick Hern Publisher Nick Hern Books
Ella Hickson Writer | Paul Hilton Actor | Bernard Hill Actor
Joel Horwood Playwright | Luke Holbrook Producer and Agent
Tyrone Huggins Actor | Geoffrey Hutchings Actor
Angus Imrie Actor | Colin Jeavons Actor
Stephen Jeffreys Playwright
Martin Jenkins Actor | Alex Jennings Actor
Reuben Johnson Actor and Writer
Andy Jordan Director Bristol Express Theatre Company
Peter Jukes Writer and Producer | Charlotte Keatley Writer
Jonathan Kerrigan Actor | Robyn Keynes General Manager Young Vic
Daniel Kitson Comedian | Timothy Knightley Actor
Alan Lane Artistic Director Slung Low
Bill Leadbitter Actor | Margot Leicester Actor
Jamie Lloyd Director Jamie Lloyd Productions
Martin Lowe Musical Director | Doon Mackichan Actor
Barbara Matthews Pro Vice-Chancellor (Culture) Nottingham Trent University
Rik Mayall Actor, Writer, Comedian | Emma McDonald Actor
Nicola McCartney Playwright
Phelim McDermott Artistic Director Improbable Theatre
Caitlin McLeod Director | Kay Mellor Actor and Writer
Roger Michell Theatre and Film Director | Ben Miller Actor
Hannah Miller Head of Casting RSC | Ann Mitchell Actor
Hattie Morahan Actor | Peter Morris Writer
Donna Munday Producer and Trustee
Braham Murray Founder and former Artistic Director Royal Exchange Theatre
Bruce Myers Actor | John Nettles Actor | Caro Newling Producer
Sarah Nicholson Consulting Executive at Gate Theatre and NSDF Chair
Cyril Nri Actor | Paddy O’Kane Actor | Andy Parsons Comedian
Steve Pemberton Actor | Ronald Pickup Actor
Tim Pigott-Smith Actor | Nick Phillips Musical Director
Ali Pidsley Director | Bruno Poet Lighting Designer
Pete Postlethwaite Actor | Dennis Potter Writer
Catrin Powell Theatre Consultant ARUP | Lucy Prebble Writer
Mark Ravenhill Writer | Laurie Sansom Director
Joanna Scanlan Actor
Joseph Seelig Director London International Mime Festival
Joseph Schofield Performance Artist and Writer
Nabil Shaban Actor and Co-founder of Graeae
Sir Antony Sher Actor and Writer
Moira Sinclair Chief Executive of Paul Hamlyn Foundation
Wole Soyinka Playwright | Phoebe Sparrow Actor
Dame Rosemary Squire Commercial theatre owner and Entrepreneur
Tim Supple Artistic Director Dash Arts
Meera Syal CBE Actor, Writer and NSDF Patron
Nima Taleghani Actor
Polly Teale Joint Artistic Director Shared Experience
John Tiffany Director | Selina Thompson Perfomer and Writer
Sandi Toksvig Actor, Broadcaster and Writer | Jeremy Treglown Writer
Unlimited Theatre: Liz Margee, Jon Spooner and Chris Thorpe
Olivia Vinall Actor | 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 Director of the Festival 1970 to 1990
Nicholas Woodeson Actor
Alan Yentob BBC Producer and Presenter
Michael York Actor