UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX ALUMNI & FRIENDS matchfunded £1,000
By
Samuel Xavier
London
A showcase for the BA Acting and Contemporary Theatre graduates 2020 and 2021. Both years left East 15 Acting School without a live showcase, due to coronavirus restrictions - this CT Showcase 2021 will give them a chance to perform to an audience of industry professionals, secure an agent and be seen by casting directors and theatre companies from across the country.
I'm Samuel Xavier, a student at East 15. My partner is Rory Thomas-Howes, an ex-CT (class of 2019) and a writer/producer/actor/theatre-maker. We're producing this showcase with the graduating class of 2021, whose profiles you can view here: https://www.east15.ac.uk/alumni/2021/ba-acting-and-contemporary-theatre
I think we can all agree... the pandemic has been ROUGH. But for the graduating classes of East 15 Acting School 2020 and 2021, it's been especially unfair. These students have worked against all odds to create exceptional new work and deliver incredible performances, often to a solely live-streamed audience and an empty theatre. The culmination of three years of training, for any actor, is the live showcase. Unfortunately, coronavirus has made that impossible, meaning the graduating actors of 2020 and 2021 have had no opportunity to show agents, casting directors and theatre companies their talent, severely hampering their career prospects. This showcase, scheduled for a time when all restrictions have been lifted in the UK, will give the students of the BA Acting and Contemporary Theatre courses the chance to perform a live showcase, in front of an invited industry audience, in the Soho Theatre.
Find us @east15ct to see all the actors in action, including their performances at Debut Festival 2021 and a programme for the showreels produced in February 2021.
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A special thank you and mention in the programme for the showcase!
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