Notable Alumni
Maria Aberg
Director
Credits Include: Days of Significance and
As You Like It (Royal Shakespeare Company),
Hotel (National Theatre) and Little Shop of Horrors (Regent's Park Open Air Theatre)
Kelly Adams
Actor
Credits Include: Death in Paradise, Hustle and Holby City (BBC).
Simbi Akande
Actor
Credits Include: Fiddler On The Roof (Chichester Festival Theatre), Ghost The Musical (UK Tour), and Show Boat (New London Theatre)
Paul Anderson
Lighting Designer
Credits Include: A Taste of Honey, The Amen Corner (National Theatre), The Producers (national tour), The Master and Margarita (Complicite – Olivier Award nomination).
Mina Anwar
Actor
Credits Include: Happy Valley, The Thin Blue Line (BBC), Shameless (Channel 4) and Everybody's Talking About Jamie (Apollo Theatre)
Julie Atherton
Actor
Credits Include: The Grinning Man (Trafalgar Studios), Avenue Q (Noel Coward Theatre), Sister Act The Musical (London Palladium) and the original West End production of Jonathan Larson’s Tick, Tick… BOOM! (Menier Chocolate Factory)
William Banyard
Actor and Puppeteer
Credits Include: Muppets Most Wanted (Disney), Zingzillas (BBC), Solo: A Star Wars Story (Lucasfilm) and Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (Amblin)
Bronté Barbé
Actor
Credits Include: Hairspray (Kuala Lumpur/Singapore Tour), Shrek the Musical (UK Tour), Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (UK Tour).
Glynis Barber
Actor
Credits Include: Dempsey and Makepeace, Emmerdale (ITV), Blake’s 7 and Eastenders (BBC).
Callum Blue
Actor
Credits Include: Dead Like Me, The Tudors (Showtime) and Smallville (WB).
Alecky Blythe
Writer
Credits Include: London Road (National Theatre), Cruising (Bush Theatre), Little Revolution (Almeida Theatre).
Simon Bowman
Actor
Credits Include: Les Miserables (The Palace Theatre), Phantom of the Opera (Her Majesty's Theatre), Original Cast of Miss Saigon (Theatre Royal Drury Lane)
Philip Bulcock
Actor
Credits include: Jersey Boys (Prince Edward, London), The King and I (UK tour) and The Dark Knight (Warner Bros.)
Jonathan Butterell
Director and Choreographer
Credits Include: Everybody's Talking About Jamie (Apollo Theatre), Company, Into The Woods (Donmar Warehouse) Fiddler on the Roof, The Light in the Piazza (Broadway)
Rikki Chamberlain
Actor
Credits Include: Captain Mack (CITV), Interview with a Hitman, The Backseat.
Lois Chimimba
Actor
Credits Include: Holby City, Trust Me (BBC), National Theatre Live: Peter Pan, Wonder.land (National Theatre)
Joanna Christie
Actor
Credits Include: Equus (Gielgud Theatre), Once (Broadway), Narcos (Netflix), Misfits (E4), Holby City (BBC).
Lindsey Coulson
Actor
Credits Include: EastEnders, The Street (BBC) and Bulletproof (Sky 1).
Brendan Coyle
Actor
Credits Include: Starlings (Sky), Lark Rise to Candleford, Requiem (BBC), Downton Abbey (ITV)
Josh Dallas
Actor
Credits Include: Zootopia (Disney), Thor (Paramount Pictures) and Once Upon A Time (ABC).
Tim Downie
Actor
Credits Include: The Royal Bodyguard (BBC), This Is Jinsy (Sky Atlantic), Paddington (Heyday Films) and The King’s Speech (See Saw Films).
Tim Dutton
Actor
Credits Include: Genius, Death in Paradise, Midsummer Murders, Bonkers, The Bourne Identity, Ally McBeal, In the Name of Love, Darkness Falls.
Sally Dynevor
Actor
Credits Include: Coronation Street (ITV)
Justin Edwards
Actor
Credits Include: The Duchess (Paramount), Armando Iannucci's Charm Offensive (Radio 4), The Death of Stalin (Gaumont), The Ferryman (Gielgud Theatre)
Hiba Elchikhe
Actor
Credits Include: Disney's Aladdin (Lyric Theatre Brisbane) and Antony and Cleopatra (National Theatre).
Kit Esuruoso
Actor
Credits Include: Mark Colvin's Kidney (Upstairs Theatre), Showboat (New London Theatre), Tina the Musical (Aldwych).
Michael Fentiman
Director
Credits Include: Titus Andronicus (RSC), Comedy of Errors (Cambridge Arts Theatre), Loot (Park Theatre).
Connie Fisher
Actor
Credits Include: The Sound of Music (Palladium and UK tour), They’re Playing Our Song (Menier Chocolate Factory) and Wonderful Town (UK tour).
Michael French
Actor
Credits Include: Eastenders and Casualty (BBC).
Joseph Gatt
Actor
Credits Include: Game of Thrones (HBO), Ray Donovan, From Dusk Till Dawn, Star Trek: Into Darkness (Paramount) and Dumbo (Disney).
Don Gilet
Actor
Credits Include: Babyfather, Eastenders and 55 Degrees North (BBC).
Graham Gill
Director
Credits Include: Associate Director for Les Miserables, Oliver!, Wicked and Lend Me A Tenor.
Edward Hall
Director
Artistic Director of Hampstead Theatre
Ian Hallard
Actor
Credits include: The Boys in the Band (Park Theatre, Nominated for the Whatsonstage Award for Best Actor in a Play 2017), The Crown (Netflix), The Vote (Donmar) and Mary Queen of Scots (Focus Features).
Louisa Harland
Actor
Credits include: Lost in London (Waypoint Entertainment) and Derry Girls (Channel 4)
Douglas Henshall
Actor
Credits Include: Primeval (ITV), Shetland (BBC), Network (National Theatre) and Betrayal (Harold Pinter Theatre).
Helen Hobson
Actor
Credits Include: Blood Brothers (Phoenix Theatre), Heathcliff (Hammersmith & UK Tour), Cats (UK Tour) and Aspects of Love (Prince of Wales Theatre).
Amanda Holden
Actor and TV Presenter
Credits Include: Thoroughly Modern Millie (Shaftesbury Theatre), Shrek The Musical (Theatre Royal, Drury Lane), Wild at Heart and Britain’s Got Talent (ITV1).
An award-winning actress, talent show judge, presenter, singer, fashion designer and author; Amanda Holden truly defines the term 'household name', soon to celebrate 30 years in the entertainment business.
With a career spanning almost three decades she firmly sits on the judging panel of Britain's Got Talent, hosts the biggest commercial radio show Heart Breakfast alongside Jamie Theakston, has her own clothing collection with Fenn Wright Manson, her own homeware collection 'Bundleberry' on QVC and is signed to VirginEMI for an imminent debut album release.
Nick Holder
Actor
Credits Include: Threepenny Opera, Everyman, London Road, Sweeney Todd (National Theatre), Peaky Blinders (Tiger Aspect), Parade’s End (HBO/BBC)
Jim Howick
Actor
Credits Include: Action Team (ITV2), The Wrong Mans, Horrible Histories (BBC), Peep Show (Channel 4), Yonderland (Sky One).
Tyrone Huntley
Actor
Credits Include: Dreamgirls (Savoy Theatre), Jesus Christ Superstar (Winner of the Evening Standard Emerging Talent Award 2016) and The Book of Mormon (Prince of Wales Theatre).
Ibinabo Jack
Actor
Credits Include: Dreamgirls, Legally Blonde (Savoy Theatre), The Bodyguard (Dominion Theatre), Vera (ITV)
Dean John-Wilson
Actor
Credits Include: Disney's Aladdin (Prince Edward Theatre), The King and I (London Palladium)
Leanne Jones
Actor
Credits Include: Hairspray (Olivier Award Winner for Best Actress in a Musical 2008), Tick, Tick... BOOM! (Union Theatre)
Iqbal Khan
Director
Credits Include: Macbeth (Shakespeare’s Globe), Othello, Much Ado About Nothing (RSC), The Killing of Sister George, Othello, East is East (Birmingham Repertory Theatre).
Ayub Khan Din
Writer and Actor
Credits Include: East Is East, Sammy and Rosie Get Laid, Rafta Rafta.
Emma Kingston
Actor
Credits Include: 21 Chump Street (Tristan Bates Theatre), In the Heights (Southwark Playhouse/King's Cross Theatre), Grease (UK tour), Evita (International tour).
Beverley Klein
Actor
Credits Include: Ivanov and Platonov (Chichester Festival Theatre), Mr Selfridge (ITV), Call the Midwife (BBC1) and original cast of Les Miserables London.
Ashley Kumar
Actor
Credits Include: EastEnders (BBC), The Level (ITV) and Doctors (BBC).
Leigh Lawson
Actor, director and writer
Credits Include: Being Julia (Sony Pictures), Brother Sun, Sister Moon (EIA) and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (RSC).
Perryn Leech
Musical Director
Credits Include: Musical Director (Houston Grand Opera), Production Manager (English National Opera) and Technical Director (Welsh National Opera).
Michael Longhurst
Director
Artistic Director of the Donmar Warehouse. Credits include: Amadeus (National Theatre), Constellations (Royal Court and Duke of York’s Theatre) and If There Is I Haven’t Found It Yet (Roundabout Theatre, New York).
Charlotte Loughnane
Visual Effects Artist
Credits include: Avatar (20th Century Fox), the Harry Potter Series (Warner Bros) and Spectre (Columbia).
Eddie Marsan
Actor
Credits Include: Vera Drake (Winner of British Independent Film Award for Best Supporting Actor 2004), The World’s End (StudioCanal), War Horse (DreamWorks), Happy-Go-Lucky (Winner of the British Independent Film Award for Best Supporting Actor 2008).
Jill Nalder
Actor
Credits include: Les Miserables (Palace Theatre), Oliver! (London Palladium), Stepping Out (Arts Depot), Valley of Song (Finborough Theatre), Finding Your Feet (Eclipse Films & Power Keg Pictures), It's A Sin (Channel 4).
Arian Nik
Actor
Credits include: Artemis Fowl (Disney), The Ugly One (Park Theatre) and The Village (Theatre Royal Stratford East)
Craig Parkinson
Actor
Credits Include: Misfits (E4), Whitechapel (ITV), Line of Duty (BBC), Four Lions (Film4).
Laura Pitt-Pulford
Actor
Credits include: Side Show (Southwark Playhouse), The Sound of Music (Leicester Curve), Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre - Nominated: Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical) and Barnum (Menier Chocolate Factory).
Dan Poole
Actor
Credits include: Jerusalem (Royal Court), The Dark Earth and the Light Sky (Almeida), King Lear, Henry V, Othello (Shakespeare’s Globe).
James Powell
Director
Credits include: Les Miserables (25th Anniversary), Dirty Dancing (Aldwych Theatre) and Mary Poppins (Prince Edward Theatre & UK Tour).
Kelly Price
Actor
Credits include One Man Two Guv'nors (UK Tour), Company (Sheffield Crucible), A Little Night Music and The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole (Menier Chocolate Factory).
Matt Rawle
Actor
Credits include Evita (Adelphi Theatre), Zorro (Garrick Theatre) and Cabaret (UK Tour).
Rebecca Root
Actor, Writer and Teacher
Credits include The Danish Girl (Universal), Boy Meets Girl (BBC) and Doctors (BBC).
David Seadon-Young
Actor
Credits Include: An American in Paris (Dominion Theatre), A Damsel in Distress (Chichester Festival Theatre), Assassins (Menier Chocolate Factory).
Matthew Seadon-Young
Actor
Credits Include: Big Fish (The Other Palace), Billy Elliot (Victoria Palace Theatre), Les Miserables (Film and Musical), Sweeney Todd (ENO).
Cleve September
Actor
Credits Include: In The Heights (Southwark Playhouse/King's Cross Theatre), Hamilton (Olivier Award Nominee for Best Supporting Actor in a Musical 2018).
Sharon Small
Actor
Credits Include: The Inspector Lynley Mysteries, Trust Me (BBC), Threepenny Opera (National Theatre), Still Alice (West Yorkshire Playhouse).
Rhashan Stone
Actor
Credits include: Desmond's (Channel 4), The Smoke (Sky One) and Our Town (Almeida Theatre).
Ken Stott
Actor
Credits Include: The Hobbit Trilogy (New Line Cinema), Café Society (FilmNation) and Rebus (ITV).
Giles Terera MBE
Host, Season 1
Giles Terera trained at Mountview. His career has included Candide, Hamlet and Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (National Theatre). He was in the original casts of Avenue Q and Book of Mormon. Most recently he originated the role of Aaron Burr in the London production of Hamilton, for which he won the 2018 Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical and appeared in Rosmersholm at the Duke of York’s Theatre. In his 2013 documentary Muse of Fire Giles interviewed many of the world’s leading actors about acting Shakespeare.
Oliver Thornton
Actor
Credits include: Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (Palace Theatre), Phantom of the Opera (Her Majesty’s Theatre) and The Rocky Horror Show (UK Tour).
Emily Tierney
Actor
Credits include: The Wizard of Oz (London Palladium), Wicked (UK Tour) and All The Fun Of The Fair (Garrick).
Rebecca Trehearn
Actor
Credits Include: Dogfight (Southwark Playhouse), City of Angels (Donmar Warehouse), Show Boat (Olivier Award Winner for Best Supporting Actress in a Musical 2017)