A Tradition of Success
Keith Allen FRWCMD (Acting, 1974), as well as
being a writer, director, and presenter, has developed a vast TV
and film portfolio including the movies
Shallow Grave,
Trainspotting and The Others.
Oliver Browne (current fourth year student) has
been offered a trial as Principal Tuba with Royal Scottish National
Orchestra.
Rob Brydon FRWCMD (Acting, 1986) won British
Comedy Awards for both Marion and Geoff and Human
Remains, and has many comedy credits to his name, including
Gavin and Stacey and films including 24 Hour Party
People, MirrorMask and A Cock and Bull
Story.
Dave Danford (Music, 2006) has performed as a
solo percussionist at events across the UK since graduating and
recorded his own album, Rhythmic Renaissance, in 2007.
Wilf Driscoll (BMus, 2006) is currently on
trial as Principal Tuba with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
Rhian Lois Evans (current fourth year vocal
student) won the national Bryn Terfel Scholarship in September
2008.
Sir Anthony Hopkins FRWCMD (Acting, 1957) won
the Oscar for Best Actor in 1992 for Hannibal Lecter in Silence
of the Lambs and has become one of Hollywood’s most revered
actors.
Roderick Howie (Music, 2007) completed his
first year as Principal Oboe at the Guanzou Symphony Orchestra in
China in October 2008.
Ruth Jones FRWCMD (Acting, 1989) co-starred and
co-wrote smash-hit comedy Gavin and Stacey and won a BAFTA
Audience Award and Best Female Comedy Newcomer at the British
Comedy Awards.
Jo Joyner (Acting, 1999) won the Rose d'Or
international award for Best Female Comedy Performer in 2006 for
Swingers, and won the award for Best Dramatic Performance
at the 2008 British Soap Awards for her role as Tanya Branning in
BBC’s Eastenders.
Eve Myles, (Acting, 2000) won the Bafta Cymru
award for Best Actress for her role as Gwen in Torchwood,
won a Sunday Times Ian Charleson Award for her performance of
Lavinia in Titus Andronicus with the Royal Shakespeare
Company and performed opposite Michael Gambon in Henry IV,
Parts I and II at the National Theatre.
Kimberly Nixon (Acting, 2007) launched her
career with Dame Judi Dench in the BBC’s award-winning
Cranford, has starred in two films, Angus, Thongs
& Perfect Snogging and Wild Child, and made her
professional theatre debut in the London production of The Girl
with the Pearl Earring in Autumn 2008.
Laura Parfitt (Music, 2004) sang Rosina in
Rossini’s Barber of Seville with Welsh National Opera in
Autumn 2008.
Only Men Aloud!, winners of BBC’s Last
Choir Standing in September 2008, are made up of current
College students and graduates, and are directed by Royal Welsh
College vocal tutor Tim Rhys-Evans.
Tim Routledge (Stage Management, 1996) is
assistant to Durham Marenghi, one of the world’s great lighting
designers, and working on the opening and closing ceremonies of the
Beijing Olympics
Dougray Scott FRWCMD (Acting, 1987) played the
villain in Mission Impossible II, personally chosen by
Director Tom Cruise, and starred in Bond movie The World is Not
Enough.
Dave Stapleton (Music, 2002) has become a major
player of the UK jazz scene. He founded the label Red Eye Music and
the jazz band, Full Circle, and The Dave Stapleton Quintet whose
debut album When Life Was In Black & White was
released in 2005.
Adam Wiltshire (Stage Design, 2003) won a
Linbury Prize for Stage Design in 2003 and has designed across the
UK in Theatre and Opera and to great acclaim for the Royal Ballet
at Covent Garden.