London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art

Main LAMDA building on Talgarth Road

The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) is a leading British drama school in west London. LAMDA's president is Timothy West and its new principal is Joanna Read,^[1] who recently succeeded Peter James. Celebrating its 150th Anniversary in 2011, LAMDA is the oldest drama school in the United Kingdom, and in recent years, over 98% of LAMDA's stage management & technical theatre graduates have found work in their chosen field within weeks of graduation. It is registered as a company under the name Lamda Ltd^[2] and as a charity under its trading name London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.^[3] There is an associate company in America under the name LAMDA in America, Inc., previously known as The American Friends of LAMDA.^[4]

The MacOwan Theatre

Board & Honorary Fellows

Executive Board

• Executive Board President: Timothy West CBE FRSA
• Vice-President: Janet Suzman
• Chairman: Luke Rittner
• Vice-Chairman: Harold Sanditen
• Other Board member: Hugh Bullock, James Cane, Kay Ellen Consolver, Kevin Fitzmaurice, Anthony Gordon-Lennox, Gerard Hargreaves, Doreen Jones, Paterson Joseph, Victoria Legge-Bourke LVO, Timothy Oakley, Mark Schnebli, Dallas Smith, Sue Stapely, Richard Szpiro, Thomas Vaughan, Wilf Weeks OBE

Advisory Council

• Anna Calder-Marshall
• Brian Cox CBE
• Nichola McAuliffe
• Sam Mendes
• Michael Oliver
• Simone Reynolds
• Sir Donald Sinden CBE FRSA
• David Suchet OBE
• Brian Tilston LLAM Hons.
• Harriet Walter CBE
• Matthew Warchus
• Michael White

Honorary Fellows

• Norman Ayrton
• Eileen Collins LLAM Hons
• Colin Cook
• Zoë Dominic OBE
• The Rev. Michael Forrest
• Brian Tilston LLAM (Hons) FLAM

Alumni

References

External links

• Official LAMDA website

Coordinates: 51°29′26″N 0°12′52″W / 51.49056°N 0.21444°W / 51.49056; -0.21444

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