Spotlight Showcase Tonight, 22 Graduates Compete
The Spotlight Showcase 2011 will be held at the Bloomsbury Ballroom tonight (19 July 2011) with 22 of the most promising graduating students from drama schools across the country performing in front of a star-studded judging panel of actors and casting directors and an audience of agents, producers and industry professionals.
The panel also includes industry professionals Neil Rutherford, head of casting for ATG; Amy Ball, head of casting at the Royal Court; Julia Crampsie, casting executive for BBC Drama; and Nigel Seale, head of Spotlight.
This year’s graduates will compete for the titles of Best Actor and Highly Commended Actor and prize money of £2000 and £1500 respectively.
Previous winners of the annual Showcase have included Albert Finney, Judi Dench, Robert Lindsay, Jim Broadbent and Zoe Wanamaker with last year’s winner, Andrew Gower, having already appeared as a series regular in ITV’s Monroe. He also appeared in the BBC’s production of Frankenstein’s Wedding earlier this year.
Be sure to check back tomorrow to find out who of the 22 “faces to watch” are the winners and for photos from tonight’s event.
The 22 graduating students included in this year’s Spotlight Showcase are:
| Robert Saunders | ALRA |
| Mitchell Hunt | Arts Ed |
| Edward Birch | Bristol Old Vic |
| James Mountain | Birmingham School of Acting |
| Henry Proffit | Central |
| Alexandra Harman | Cygnet Training Theatre |
| Lily Carrie | Queen Margaret University |
| Damien Molony | Drama Centre London |
| Eddie Arnold | Drama Studio London |
| Andrew Leung | East 15 |
| Lucy Hope Borne | GSA |
| Kurt Egyiawan | Guildhall |
| Itoya Osagiede | Italia Conti |
| Ciaran Owens | LAMDA |
| Jamie Hampson | LIPA |
| Louisa Lorey | Manchester Metropolitan School of Theatre |
| Nicola Kill | Mountview |
| Cassandra Bond | Oxford School of Drama |
| Hiran Abeysekera | RADA |
| Kirsty Oswald | Rose Bruford |
| Lynsey-Anne Mofatt | RSAMD |
| Stephen Bisland | RWCMD |
