ANNOUNCING OUR NEW AMBASSADORS
We are thrilled to announce the appointment of 24 Mountview Ambassadors, in a new scheme launching as part of our 80th birthday celebrations!
The Mountview Ambassadors come from a wide range of backgrounds and industries, including the arts, politics, business and media. They are united in their commitment to elevating the next generation of creative talent, both onstage and offstage.
The Ambassador role involves advocating for Mountview and championing its values, as well as inspiring students and encouraging them to pursue their potential with confidence. They will actively collaborate on projects to enhance the Mountview offer and increase its positive impact.
Sally Ann Gritton, Principal and CEO of Mountview, said:
“Turning 80 this year celebrates our resilience and drives our ambitions for the next 80 years. First we announced our Vice Presidents to support Dame Judi Dench, and now we welcome in our Mountview Ambassadors. I will work closely with each of them in their areas of passion, to inspire our current students, to further elevate our world-class training and to build our impact towards dismantling barriers in the arts. Our current and future students deserve wonderful opportunities and we will continue to champion them, now with our mighty ambassadors on board”.
The new Ambassadors include award-winners, presenters, actors, directors, musical directors, political figures and creative industry leaders – find out more about them here.
Mountview Ambassadors
- Julie Atherton – Actor/director, Just for One Day and The Book of Dust
- Rachel Bagshaw – Artistic Director of Unicorn Theatre
- Lord Brendan Barber – Labour Working Peer and former general secretary of the Trades Union Congress (TUC)
- Peter Bennett-Jones CBE – Founder of PBJ Management and Tiger Aspect Productions
- Andrew Berlin – Actor, Natasha, Pierre and The Great Comet of 1812 and Oklahoma!
- Marina Caldarone – Director, BBC Radio Drama Producer and Education Consultant
- Will Close – Actor, Dear England (Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actor)
- Oscar Conlon-Morrey – Actor, Oliver! and Only Fools and Horses The Musical
- Matthew Dunster – Director, The Hunger Games: On Stage and 2:22 – A Ghost Story
- Sean Green – Musical Director, MJ: The Musical and Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)
- Beth Hinton-Lever – Actor, Otherland and Hadestown, Evening Standard Future Theatre Fund winner in Musical Theatre
- Amanda Holden – Presenter/actor/singer
- Alison King – Chief Executive of Turtle Key Arts
- Leigh Lawson – Actor/writer, Now and Then and The Dream: An Actor’s Story
- Dame Twiggy Lawson – Writer/singer/actor/designer/presenter
- Simon HJ Lupini – Director of International Development at ABBA Voyage
- Councillor Portia Mwangangye – Cabinet Member for Leisure, Parks and Young People at Southwark Council
- Arian Nik – Actor, Count Abdulla and Blue Mist
- Anne Odeke – Actor/writer, Princess Essex (Black British Theatre Award for Best Playwright)
- Cleve September – Actor, Hamilton (Olivier nomination for Best Supporting Actor), The Little Big Things, Bonnie & Clyde
- Johnson Situ – Director of the Co-Chairs’ Office and Diplomacy at C40 Cities
- Sharon Small – Actor, The Bacchae, London Kills and Nightsleeper
- Amy Trigg – Actor/writer, The Big Little Things (Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actress)
- Jack Wolfe – Actor, Next To Normal (WhatsOnStage Award for Best Supporting Performer), Hadestown (Broadway)
The Ambassadors are part of a new Mountview initiative including the recent appointment of Dame Elaine Paige, Eddie Marsan OBE and Giles Terera MBE as Mountview’s first ever Vice Presidents who join Dame Judi Dench in her role as longstanding President of the school.
Congratulations to our new Ambassadors!
