A sample of individual alumni
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