Oliver Kennedy who is currently in his third and final year at ALRA has just been awarded the prestigious ‘Sir Alec Guinness Memorial Award.’ Set up in 2003 the award aims to equip talented young actors with the support needed after leaving drama school. This comes in the form of membership to Spotlight, Equity and the Actors Centre, plus a year’s subscription to the Stage.

This is the third time in the past four years that an ALRA student has won the award and the support it provides is invaluable. We are sure it will help pave the way to this young actor’s bright future.

By Moira Buffini

Directed by Gareth Nicholls

Thebes lies in ruins. An elected Cabinet of women, led by the President Elect Eurydice, set about rebuilding Thebes from the ashes of a brutal civil war. They start gathering testimonies from those who have suffered. Theseus, the First Citizen of Athens, arrives on a diplomatic mission to survey the damage.

But the rot has penetrated deep into the core of the city, making chaos out of all attempts at control. Unspeakable war crimes have scarred the souls of the citizens, and recovery starts to look impossible…

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Special thanks to Yi Chen for the photographs

By Bertolt Brecht

Translated by James and Tania Stern, with WH Auden
Directed by Jenny Eastop

A travelling band of singers and storytellers arrives to entertain the village. As they settle down to play, an extraordinary story unfolds…

When the land of Grusinia is turned upside-down by a sudden coup, Grusha the kitchen maid flees with the rest of the court, but she can’t bring herself to leave an abandoned baby behind.

Grusha and the child set off on a terrifying journey, trying to outrun the Ironshirts who’ve seized power. After Grusha bargains away her happiness, they settle in a remote mountain village.

But when the war is over and the tables have turned once again, the child’s real mother comes to reclaim him. After all this time, to whom does the child really belong?

Special thanks to Sam Dore for the photographs

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A rustling amongst the ashes in the hearth is the only sign of the Ash Girl. No-one has told her she has to be there - she’s banished herself to the dust.

Her sisters and step-mother tease her – the exotic prince is throwing a party and she won’t be going.

Outside in the forest, monsters stalk through the gloom, scheming and infectious. But there are friends too offering friendship, wisdom and magic…

‘Lyrical and thought provoking’ Independent on Sunday

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Special thanks to Sam Dore for the permission of these photographs.

Today at Greenwich students from ALRA's 3 year acting, MA acting and Foundation degree in stage management & technical theatre course graduated. Beth Ita was late.

Hat throwing!

Congratulations!

Congratulations!

Fausto Izzi, Sarah Double and Carla Batten.

Raj Bajaj, who graduated this summer from the Three Year Acting course, has been confirmed to play Bobby in the Unicorn Theatre's Christmas show.

Hans Christian Andersen's classic is going to be transported to India and given a Bollywood makeover... For more details about the show, click here.

Six 10 minute shorts produced by ALRA can now be viewed online.

They're a great chance to see our 2011 Three Year Acting course Graduates in action.

Click here to watch now!