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BA (Hons) Directing graduate Roy Alexander Weise has been announced as the winner of the 19th annual James Menzies-Kitchin Young Director Award.

We were delighted to hear the news that Honorary Fellow, Jenny Beavan, won the Oscar for Best Costume Design, at the prestigious ceremony on Sunday 28 February.

Ché Walker’s The Cane is one of three pieces of new writing being performed by Final year BA (Hons) Actor and Actor Musicianship students for a season at Bargehouse on London’s South Bank from 8-11 June 2016.

Award winning lighting designer Patrick Woodroffe, OBE visited the College recently to talk to students on the BA (Hons) Lighting Design programme about his hugely successful and varied career.

We were delighted to welcome (back) a 50th anniversary reunion of the Class of ’65 to ‘68 on Sunday 12 July 2015.

Our Head of School for Design, Management and Technical Arts, Nick Hunt, wrote an article for The Stage newspaper recently about the future of technical theatre training. Read the article in full. 

Actor and psychotherapist, Michael Charlesworth taught on the American Theatre Arts (ATA) programme, from its inception through to last year.

Christopher Court, a new halls of residence for 168 Rose Bruford College of Theatre and Performance students, has been officially opened at a ceremony in Sidcup.

A charity performance of Anton Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard by final year BA (Hons) Acting and BA (Hons) Actor Musicianship students from Rose Bruford College of Theatre and Performance has raised £300 for Bexley SNAP, a charity which supports disabled young people and their families.

Two Rose Bruford College lighting students have recently undertaken a very successful placement with TSL Lighting at Wembley Arena.

Rose Bruford College students, staff and guests gathered for Sir Richard Eyre’s annual President’s Talk on Wednesday 21 January 2015 at the College’s Rose Theatre.

Rose Bruford College of Theatre and Performance has scored 90% in overall Student Satisfaction, the highest score among all UK drama schools taking part in the annual National Student Survey. The College scored high in all categories including an exceptional 91% in teaching.

BA (Hons) Acting students John Wroth-Omack and Calum Speed beat over 250 applicants from drama schools across the country to reach the final of the prestigious Alan Bates Award on Friday 24 April.

It was a successful night at the Royal Opera House for Rose Bruford College of Theatre and Performance alumni at the 2015 Olivier Awards.

An audience of over 300 local residents, parishioners and special guests gathered at Holy Trinity Church, Lamorbey to listen to Sir Quentin Blake on his return to his home town of Sidcup.

SoundBoxed Collective are a group of innovative performance-makers, emerging from the 2011/12 BA (Hons) European Theatre Arts programme.

The Malcolm Morrison Award for Classical Verse Speaking 2015 took place on 24 June in the College’s Rose Theatre. This award has been created in memory of Professor Malcolm Morrison, an alumnus and former member of staff who sadly passed away in 2013. Donations from Malcolm’s family and friends have made this award possible.

A host of industry experts, including Tower of London Poppies theatre designer Tom Piper and Episodes actress Tamsin Greig, attended the 2015 Rose Bruford College of Theatre and Performance ‘Graduate Exhibition’ and ‘New Writing Season’ at the prestigious Bargehouse on London’s South Bank from the 10-14 June.

First year students from the European Theatre Arts and Lighting Design programmes at Rose Bruford College presented a selection of scene works from Jean Genet’ s The Maids in collaboration with Theatre Delicatessen recently.

 Rose Bruford College once again hosted the national lighting competition  'Ready, Steady, Light' in partnership with The Society of Light and Lighting (SLL). This year, 14 teams competed against each other by designing and setting up temporary exterior installations with a range of equipment, in only 180 minutes.

Quentin Blake, one of Britain’s best loved illustrators and storytellers, will be returning to his home town of Sidcup as part of a creative project hosted by Holy Trinity Church, Lamorbey and supported by Rose Bruford College of Theatre and Performance.

The Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA) has confirmed the quality and standards of provision at Rose Bruford College of Theatre and Performance following its review in November 2014.

Graduates and tutors from our BA (Hons) Theatre Design programme are currently exhibiting at Make:Believe, the inaugural Society of British Theatre Designers National Exhibition in Nottingham.

We were saddened to hear of the passing of Stuart Bennett on 28 January 2015.

Our final year European Theatre Arts students are marking Tadeusz Kantor's centenary year by performing a devised piece in our Barn Theatre.

We were deeply saddened to hear of the recent passing of 2007 American Theatre Arts graduate Charlotte 'Charlie' Elise Seekings.

Rose Bruford College President, Sir Richard Eyre, has joined a host of figures from stage and screen to write an open letter to the most powerful broadcasting institutions in Britain, calling for ring-fenced funding for Black, Asian and ethnic minority (BAME) programming.

Lighting Design graduate, Ben Cracknell has won a national lighting award for his lighting of the 2014 Olivier Awards.

Gareth Clough and David Manson, both students on the BA (Hons) Lighting Design, spent 2 months working for the Bregenzer Festspiele in Austria this Summer. The exchange was made possible through Erasmus funding and contacts developed by the Lighting Design programme’s European network.

A charity performance by final year Acting and Actor Musicianship degree students from Rose Bruford College of Theatre and Performance has raised £300 for Greenwich and Bexley Hospice.

The Governors of London’s Rose Bruford College of Theatre and Performance are pleased to announce that Monisha Shah has been appointed new Chair of the College’s governing body.

Students from the BA (Hons) Lighting Design and BA (Hons) Creative Lighting Control have been working at the recent Kinetica Art Fair in London.

Gareth Clough (BA Lighting Design) has spent the Summer on placement with Woodroffe Basset  Design (WBD) at London’s O2 Arena, shadowing lighting designer Patrick Woodroffe throughout the process of lighting Monty Python Live (mostly)!

Award winning lighting designer Paule Constable visited the second year lighting design students this week.

Rose Bruford College of Theatre and Performance and the Xinghai Conservatory of Music in Guangzhou, south China, signed a memorandum of understanding on 15 September, agreeing to pursue joint projects that will focus on Xianghai's Department of Arts Management.

We are pleased to announce that Rose Bruford College has received support from Artswork, the South East bridge organisation, through its Partnership Investment programme. The investment of £25,000 will enable the college to deliver performing arts workshops to young people and practitioners in Ashford, Kent.

A team of BA (Hons) Creative Lighting Control students from Rose Bruford College of Theatre and Performance have won an industry-led competition at the prestigious PLASA London exhibition.

Rose Bruford College student Caitlin O’Reilly received national industry recognition when she was Highly Commended for her work in the Student Achievement category at the National Awards for Stage Management.

We were saddened to hear of the passing of Patsy Byrne, Rose Bruford Alumni, who has died aged 80. Patsy was a Rose Bruford College student from 1951 to 1954 and subsequently a governor. Our records show that she was taught by Rose Bruford herself.

Over 1000 visitors and industry experts attended the 2014 Rose Bruford College ‘Graduate Exhibition’ and ‘New Writing Season’ at the prestigious Bargehouse on London’s South Bank from the 5-8 June.