09 Jun KSF Artists of Choice: UK Theatre Selection Panel
Today the KSF Team was thrilled to be working alongside some of the UK’s top theatre industry to meet with the shortlisted applicants for KSF Artists of Choice: UK Theatre category. Read all about our UK theatre selection panel below.
Samuel Adamson is a writer whose work in theatre includes book and lyrics for The Light Princess (music by Tori Amos), Southwark Fair, a new version of Ibsen’s Pillars of the Community, and Mrs Affleck (from Ibsen’s Little Eyolf) all at the National Theatre. He is artistic associate on the Tony Award-winning stage adaptation of Michael Morpurgo’s War Horse (Lincoln Centre Theatre, New York; Princess of Wales Theatre, Toronto; US tour; Australian tour; UK tour).
Cush Jumbo is an actor and writer. She was awarded the Ian Charleson Award 2012. In November 2013 she was presented with The Evening Standard Emerging Talent Award for her one-woman show Josephine and I, which was performed at The Bush and then transferred to The Public in New York. In 2013 she was also nominated for the Best Supporting Actress Olivier Award for her portrayal of Marc Anthony in Phyllida Lloyd’s Julius Caesar at The Donmar Warehouse.
Jamie Lloyd is a theatre director. Recent work includes, as artistic director of Trafalgar Transformed at Trafalgar Studios (presented by Jamie Lloyd Productions): The Ruling Class, Richard III, The Pride, The Hothouse, Macbeth (Olivier nomination for Best Revival) and Urinetown (St. James and Apollo), Assassins (Menier Chocolate Factory) and Cyrano de Bergerac (Roundabout Theatre Company; American Airlines Theatre, Broadway).
Andrew Scott is a BAFTA and Olivier-award winning actor. His recent films included Ken Loach’s Jimmy’s Hall and Matthew Warchus’ Pride, (BIFA for Best Supporting Actor). TV includes his role as Moriarty in worldwide smash- hit drama Sherlock. Recent theatre includes Birdland at the Royal Court, and Aristocrats and Emperor and Galilean at the National, as well as numerous plays in Dublin, London and New York. His forthcoming films include Frankenstein and Alice: Through The Looking Glass. He is currently filming Spectre, the next installment of the Bond franchise.
Charlie Westenra is a theatre director who trained with Augusto Boal’s Centre of the Theatre of the Oppressed and the Donmar Warehouse. Her credits include Return of the Soldier (Jermyn Street Theatre), Titanic: Scenes from the British Wreck Commissioner’s Enquiry (MAC Belfast), Lower Ninth (Donmar Trafalgar) and Kiss of the Spiderwoman (Donmar).
KSF Artists of Choice is a pioneering funding and mentoring initiative for UK and US based emerging artists working in theatre, musical theatre, music, dance or film. Epitomizing KSF’s aim of ‘sending the elevator back down’ it will provide funding, year-round support and mentoring by industry heavyweights. Once we’ve completed shortlist interviews in the UK and the US, we hope to announce our award recipients by early July. - See more at: https://www.kevinspaceyfoundation.org/ksf-artists-of-choice-film-panel/#sthash.hCgM5YdT.dpuf