Latest alumni news for January
Music
- Octavian Godji (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