2011 Post Graduate Chloe Ward will be performing her semi-autobiographical one woman sketch show at the Bush Theatre, Covent Garden on Monday 18^th June. The show will then be taken to the Camden Fringe Festival and shown at the Etcetera Theatre. For more information about Chloe’s show and to book tickets - click here

2008 graduate Michelle Yim is currently launching a new fringe theatre, Grist to the Mill, at The Vibe Gallery, Brick Lane, E1 6QL. The venue has opened with a brand new comedy, Punchline, 7.30pm, from 8^th May to 3^rd June. For more information please visit www.gristtheatre.co.uk).

Tickets are £10.50, however as an ALRA graduate, he would love to offer ALRA students, staff and graduates, a range of tickets deals.

Under 26s – We are giving under 26s some whopping half price tickets (£5.50, instead of £10.50). We are limiting this offer to 10 under-26s audience members only per show, so book early before the offer runs out!

Group deals – If the under-26’s offer is taken, we are happy to do a group deal for you. Please email  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Rob Harding (PG 2008) is appearing in 'The Beekeeper', a new play taking place at Waterloo East Theatre until May 27.  I'm playing Kommandant Richard Baer.  For more info you can go to www.beekeeperplay.co.uk.

Or you can keep up to date via twitter - @robhardingactor

After a successful run as Steerpike in  'Gormenghast: Titus Groan' at the Actor's Church, Covent Garden. Francis Woolf (2010 Grad) is off to The hush house to Play Will Laud in eastern Angles upcoming production of 'Margaret Catchpole'. 21st June to 8th July. deets at www.easternangles.co.uk. You may also see him at Cannes International Film Festival in, upcoming feature, Welcome to the Majority, as Rhys.

2010 graduate, Darren Benedict will be appearing in ‘Hold On To Your Hats’ with the Adam Street Singers on Friday 25^th and Saturday 26^th May at 7.30pm at the Greenwood Theatre. For tickets please visit http://www.adamstreetsingers.com/tickets.html.

He has also recently appeared in ‘God Save the Mad Parade,’ which is a new British farce written by David Spicer and directed by John Schwab. 

Stephanie Winiecki (2011 Grad) has been cast as Biondello and the Widow in Taming of the Shrew from the 9th - 28th July at Downing College, Cambridge. She will then be performing in Twelfth Night as Viola from 30th July - 18th August at Robinson College.   Both performances are done outdoors in the gardens of the colleges.

For tickets and more information please see: http://www.cambridgeshakespeare.com

Congratulations Steph! 

Chris Ashby (3 Year 2011) , is currently appearing in ‘The Conquest of the South Pole’  by Manfred Karge Translated by Tinch Minter and Anthony Vivis at theArcola Theatre. They have had numerous four-star reviews including Time Out, The Guardian and Whatsonstage.

To book tickets and for more information, please see: http://www.arcolatheatre.com/production/arcola/the-conquest-of-the-south-pole

Raj Bajaj, who graduated from the Three Year Acting course last year, has been cast as Balthasar in the Royal Shakespeare Company's forthcoming production of Much Ado About Nothing. It plays at the Courtyard Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon from 26^th July – 15^th September, and then transfers to the Noel Coward Theatre, in London from 22^nd September – 27^th October.

2011 graduate David Moxham is due to work with the South of France English Theatre Company. He will be playing the part of Clifford in the play Deathtrap and will be acting alongside David Easter. The show will run from the 9^th of May until the 9^th of June. Congratulations David!

2011 grad Chris Ashby has been cast in BBC Drama ‘New Tricks’ which will be aired in the Autumn, he plays Jake Bentley. Congratulations Chris, you’re on a roll!

Elliot Hadley 2010 Grad has got a part in new BBC Drama ‘Preston Passion’, it will be aired on Good Friday.

Well done Elliot!

Congratulations to 2011 Grad Amy Louise Collins who has just got a part as a Zingzilla for the new BBC tour!

Tour dates to follow!

Nick Wymer plays the Headmaster Mr Tubb in this new zany kids’ series for ITV. Nick graduated from ALRA’s Postgraduate course in 1989, and is just returning to acting after a break. He’s based in the Northwest, and is a regular visitor to ALRA North for our Showcases.

You can catch up on episodes of My Phone Genie on the ITV Player here.

Check out 2011 Grad Robert Saunders, and regular ALRA Director Roman Stefanski (Associate Director at Polka Theatre) in this trailer for Polka’s Christmas Show Charlotte’s Web.

Let us know what you think!

ALRA Grad Jimmy Akingbola has won an MVSA (Music Video Screen Award) for Best Actor in TV. The MVSAs glitzy ceremony in the middle of the annual Birmingham Black International Film Festival. Jimmy scooped the award for his performance as live-wire Registrar Antoine Malick in the BBC’s Holby City.