In Conversation With… Alumni

Fundraiser: In Conversation With… Alumni

Join us at our first In Conversation With… on Thursday 27 March at 7pm in our Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation Theatre with a complimentary drinks and nibbles reception to follow.  

The event is a 45-minute Q&A with our brilliant guest panel, all who graduated within the last 5 years and have gone on to successful careers having had the opportunity to star alongside the likes of David Tennant, Imelda Staunton, and Kate Winslet. The conversation will be followed by audience questions from students currently training at ArtsEd – a great opportunity for them to quiz the professionals and gain invaluable insights to inform their performing ambitions!

Our guests will join us in our Atrium Bar after the event for an informal mixer with drinks and nibbles. Adults are welcome to a Prosecco and non-alcoholic options are also available.

Our graduate guests for this first event are:

Emily Lane, who began her musical theatre career as a child playing Brigitta Von Trapp in The Sound of Music (Really Useful Group Productions) and Young Cosette in Les Misérables for Cameron Mackintosh Productions. Emily graduated from our BA Musical Theatre course in 2020. Her theatre credits include: Minnie Faye in Hello Dolly! (London Palladium), Alice in Starter for Ten (Bristol Old Vic), Anna in Frozen (Theatre Royal Drury Lane) and Susan in Before The Party (The Almeida). Other works include: Evita in Concert (Theatre Royal Drury Lane).

Samuel Creasey graduated our BA Acting course in 2020. He played Malcolm Polstead in his professional stage debut in The Book of Dust – La Belle Sauvage at the Bridge Theatre in which he won the 2022 Critics Circle Award for Most Promising Newcomer and was nominated for Best Performer in a play at The Stage Debut Awards and the Times Breakthrough Artist of the Year. He played the Young Shepherd in The Winter’s Tale at Shakespeare’s Globe, for which he became a 2024 recipient of the Ian Charleson Awards. Last year he lead the original cast of Derren Brown’s Unbelievable at the Criterion Theatre in the West End. Screen credits include Dan Mason in the Chemistry of Death for Paramount Plus and Leonard Tilson in Inside Man for BBC One and Netflix.

Kelvin Ade trained with National Youth Theatre and Arts Educational Schools, graduating from our MA Acting course in 2021. He is currently playing Fedotik in Chekhov’s Three Sisters, as he makes his debut with Shakespeare’s Globe. Television credits include: SAS Rogue Heroes (BBC), Supacell (Netflix), The Regime (HBO). Theatre credits include:Wendy and Peter Pan (Leeds Playhouse), Murder on the Orient Express (Chichester Festival Theatre). Kelvin appears in the upcoming feature film Giant starring Pierce Brosnan.

Ticket price: £12 online / £15 on the door / £5 students & alumni

A drink and nibbles are included after the event in the Atrium Bar.

All proceeds go towards our Bursary Fund, ensuring ArtsEd remains accessible and is able to keep the door of opportunity open to talented individuals.

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