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Form(at) Festival 2024

58-60 Hampstead Road, London
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Advanced Theatre Practice, MA/MFA students of 2024 present Form(at) Festival: Shape-Shifting.

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Collisions24: Celebration

Eton Avenue, London
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COLLISIONS is an annual festival curated by Central’s research degree candidates, which brings the research community together to engage with what it means it be researching with, through, in and by practice.

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'Drama as Therapy' - a celebration of a thousand citations

Online
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Join us for an online celebration of Phil Jones' 'Drama as Therapy', featuring global research insights and discussions.

A collage of several book covers related to drama therapy, featuring titles such as 'Drama as Therapy: Theatre as Living' and 'Drama as Therapy: Volume One - Theory, Practice and Research,' all authored by Phil Jones.

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Central at Camden Fringe 2024

We’re delighted to share and celebrate the range of shows presented by our students, graduates, and staff at this year’s Camden Fringe Festival.

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Central at Edinburgh Fringe 2024

Shows at this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe involving our alumni, students and staff.

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Diploma Spotlight: Tommaso Maria Neri

Meet Acting Diploma student Tommaso Maria Neri who shares his journey to Central and his plans for the future, including continuing training with an MA course

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Discover Central Podcast

For this special, bonus episode of the Discover Central podcast, we’re joined by Central students and alumni Will Sebag-Montefiore (Just These, Please) and Adwitha Arumugam, Sam Law and Aadar Malik (The Situationalists) to discuss the process of taking their shows to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

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For our final episode of Series 3, Central's Access and Participation Manager Victoria Edwards sits down with alumni Tim Chaundy and Maame Atuah to talk all things Central Outreach.

Collage of a face for Small Axe Big Talks

We catch up with Mairi Hayes and Jake Harders, graduates of Central who now work across the School's Diplomas and Short Courses to find out more about their work. We also hear from Diploma graduates Sonny Kong and Luke fox about their experiences studying at Central.

An Interview with Mairi Hayes and Jake Harders

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