The 2008 Norman Beaton Fellowships have been awarded to:

MANJEET MANN

INAM MIRZA


Manjeet came to the event via a workshop at the West Yorkshire Playhouse in Leeds and Inam via a workshop hosted by the New Vic Theatre in Stoke. Both join the Radio Drama Company on Saturday 26th July, along with the Carleton Hobbs Bursary Award winners Donnla Hughes, Jill Cardo, Gunnar Cauthery and Robert Lonsdale.

This year, the judges awarded two runners-up prizes to NBF finalists. Their names and the theatres through whose workshops they joined NBF 2008 are below:

Caroline Frewin............. Birmingham Rep
Luke Walker ……........... West Yorkshire Playhouse Theatre, Leeds

Each of them will be cast via a freelance engagement in one of Radio Drama's 2008 summer/autumn/winter productions.

This year, nine theatres from around the UK joined forces with Radio Drama in workshopping talent new to Radio. From the many actors who took part, 12 finalists were auditioned on 26th March at Bush House by this year's judges who were Peter Leslie Wild (Drama Producer and chair), Fiona Kelcher (Drama producer), Sandra Boyce (agent), Janice Acquah (actor) and Rebecca Wilmshurst (Drama Production Executive).