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Genesis Foundation: Nuturing Emerging Talents In The Arts
First Genesis LAMDA Scholar in new BBC TV series
Thursday, 29 October 2009
The actor Samuel Barnett, a former recipient of the Genesis Bursary at LAMDA, takes the part of Alan Turing, the World War II Enigma code-breaker, in Turing's Test. This new audio drama runs from October 24th on The Independent's website as part of a pioneering collaboration between the newspaper and award-winning production company Made in Manchester (MIM).
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Barnett, whose credits include Alan Bennett's The History Boys and the BBC's recent series about the Pre-Raphaelites, Desperate Romantics, will also appear from early November on BBC 2 in a new series of Jonathan Harvey's comedy Beautiful People.
Turing's Test speculates on Turing's dying thoughts after he poisoned himself with cyanide in 1954. In early September 2009, Turing received a posthumous apology from Gordon Brown for the state persecution he suffered for being gay.
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LAMDA Genesis Scholars
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Thursday, 17 June 2010To celebrate the success of LAMDA Genesis Foundation scholars, we are pleased to present this documentary which features current second and third year students preparing for their end of year performances alongside Peter James, the Principal of LAMDA.
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An Update on LAMDA Genesis Foundation Scholars
Thursday, 19 August 2010
Tom Riley (class of 2005) will be appearing at 9pm tonight (6th September) in the ITV1 drama Bouquet of Barbed Wire alongside Trevor Eve and fellow LAMDA alumnus, Hermione Norris. Meanwhile, Paul Tinto (class of 2010) is currently understudying in the critically acclaimed Black Watch at the Barbican Theatre which will run from 27th November 2010 to 22nd January 2011.
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