This is a representative sample of alumni of the National Student Drama Festival from the past 52 years. This list details: name, profession and examples of their work.

 

Khalid Abdalla, Actor – United 93, The Kite Runner

Bill Alexander, Director – former Artistic Director Birmingham Rep

Annabelle Apsion, Actress - Shameless

Paul Arditti, Sound Designer - Billy Elliott

Michael Attenborough, Director - Artistic Director The Almeida

David Bamber, Actor – Valkyrie

Julia Bardsley, Director - former Co-Artistic Director Young Vic

Patrick Barlow, Actor, Absolutely Fabulous

Simon Russell Beale, Actor - National Theatre, RSC

Nigel Betts, Actor – RSC, WYP

Michael Billington, Drama Critic – The Guardian

Baroness Tessa Blackstone – former Minister of Arts, DCMS

Brian Blessed, Actor – Flash Gordon, Phantom Menace

Laurence Boswell, Director - former Artistic Director Watford Palace Theatre

Michael Boyd, Director -  Artistic Director RSC

Jeremy Brock, Script Writer - Mrs Brown

Alan Brodie, Agent – Alan Brodie

Michelle Butt, Actress – Emerdale

Dominic Cavendish, Drama Critic – The Telegraph

Ian Charleson, Actor – Chariots of Fire

Caryl Churchill, Playwright – Top Girls

Anthony Clarke, Director - Artistic Director Hampstead Theatre

Simon Curtis, Film Producer, Director – The Colour of Justice

Howard Davies, Director – Moon for the Misbegotten

Nicholas de Jongh, Drama Critic – The Evening Standard

Graham Devlin former Deputy Chief Executive and Acting Chief Executive of the Arts Council of England

Simon Donald, Writer – Murphy’s Law

Alan Dossor, Director - former Artistic Director of Liverpool Everyman

Keith Drinkel, Actor – Coronation Street

Matthew Dunster, Actor – Royal Court, Out of Joint

Geoffrey Durham, Magician – The Great Soprendo

Adrian Edmondson, Actor – The Young Ones

Ben Elton, Comedian and Writer – We Will Rock You

Michael Elwyn, Actor – Robin Hood

Jack Emery, Director and Writer - A Remnant

Jane Edwardes, Drama Critic – Time Out

Marianne Elliott, Director – National Theatre

Richard Eyre (NSDF Selector), Director - former Artistic Director National Theatre

David Farr, Director – Artistic Director, Lyric Hammersmith

Vicky Featherstone, Director - Artistic Director Scottish National Theatre

Tim Fountain, Playwright – Sex Addict

Stephen Fry, Actor, Comedian, Writer – Cinderella

Tony Garnett, Producer – Beautiful Thing

Mark Gatiss, Actor/Performer - League Of Gentlemen

John Godber, Playwright – Bouncers

Buzz Goodbody, Director

Tony Grounds, Writer – When I’m 64

Terry Hands, Director - Artistic Director Theatre Clwyd

Lena Hey, Actress – Band of Gold

Nick Hern, Publisher – Nick Hern Books

Paul Hilton, Actor – National Theatre

Bernard Hill, Actor – Joy Division

Tyrone Huggins, Actor – National Theatre

Geoffrey Hutchings, Actor – Topsy-Turvey        

Colin Jeavons, Actor – House of Cards

Stephen Jeffreys, Playwright – The Libertine

Martin Jenkins, Actor – Mark Goucher tours

Alex Jennings, Actor – National Theatre

Andy Jordan, founded Bristol Express

Peter Jukes, Writer and Producer  - BBC

Charlotte Keatley, Writer -  My Mother Said I Never Should

Jonathan Kerrigan, Actor – Casualty

Daniel Kitson, Comedian

Timothy Knightley, Actor – RSC        

Bill Lebitter, Actor – Lovejoy

Margot Leicester, Actress – Five Days

Martin Lowe, Musical Director -  Jerry Springer

Phelim Mcdermott, Artistic Director Improbable Theatre - Shockheaded Peter

Barbara Matthews, Producer - ACE

Rik Mayall, Actor, Writer, Comedian – The Young Ones

Nicola McCartney, Playwright – Heritage

Kay Mellor, Actress – West Yorkshire Playhouse

Roger Michell, Director – Notting Hill

Tom Miles, Jerry Springer – The Opera

Ben Miller, Actor – The Worst Week of My Life

Ann Mitchell, Actress – RSC

Peter Morris, Writer – Marge        

Donna Munday, former Chief Executive Royal and Derngate Theatres, Northampton

Braham Murray, Director - Artistic Director Royal Exchange Theatre

Bruce Myers, Actor – Peter Brook Company

John Nettles, Actor – Midsommer Murders

Caro Newling, Producer - SCAMP

Cyril Nri, Actor – National Theatre

Paddy O’Kane, Actor – National Theatre

Andy Parsons, Actor, Comedian, Presenter – Lenny Henry Show

Steve Pemberton, Actor/Performer - League Of Gentlemen

Ronald Pickup, Actor – Holby City

Tim Pigott-Smith, Actor – Gangs of New York

Bruno Poet, Lighting Designer – The Lemon Princess

Pete Postlethwaite, Actor – In the Name of the Father

Dennis Potter, Writer – Blue Remembered Hills

Lucy Prebble, Writer – Secret Diary of A Call Girl

Mark Ravenhill, Writer – Shopping and Fucking

Laurie Sansom, Director - Artistic Director Royal and Derngate Theatres

Joanna Scanlan, Actress – Little Britain

Joseph Seelig, Co-Founder, London International Mime Festival

Nabil Shaban, Actor - Co-founder of Graeae

Antony Sher, Actor – National Theatre

Wole Soyinka, Playwright – winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature

Tim Supple, Director - former Artistic Director of Young Vic

Meera Syal Actor and Comedian – National Theatre

Polly Teale, Director - Joint Artistic Director Shared Experience Theatre

John Tiffany, Director - Associate DirectorNational Theatre of Scotland

Sandi Toksvig, Actress and Comedien - Cinderella

Jeremy Treglown, Writer – Former Editor Times Literary Supplement

Unlimited Theatre (Liz Margee, Jon Spooner and Chris Thorpe) Performers and Devisors

Glen Walford, Director – Educating Rita

Michael Wearing, TV Producer – Our Friends in the North

Timothy West, Actor – National Theatre

Larry Westland MBE, Founder Music & Youth Schools Prom

Erica Whyman, Artistic Director of Northern Stage

Ruth Wilson, Actress – Jane Eyre

Snoo Wilson, Playwright – Pignight

Clive Wolfe, former Artistic Director of NSDF

Nicholas Woodeson, Actor – Arab Israeli Cookbook

Alan Yentob, Creative Director BBC

Michael York, Actor – Cabaret