Past Events
We've been bringing Masterclasses to young creatives for over 20 years, with an incredible range of leading professionals in theatre, television and film.
From actors, writers and directors to lighting, sound and costume designers, Masterclass has been hosting regular sessions to help guide and shape the futures of young actors, creatives, designers and technicians.
Past Masterclasses
A
- Joss Ackland
- Jenny Agutter
- Pippa Ailion
- Kacey Ainsworth
- Roger Allam
- Adèle Anderson
- Gillian Anderson
- Jade Anouka
- Mina Anwar
- Adjoa Andoh
- Paul Arditti
- Roy Alexander Weise
- Eileen Atkins
- Steven Atkinson
- Michael Attenborough
- Michele Austin
- Alan Ayckbourn
- Rakie Ayola
B
- Lucy Bailey
- Peter Barnes
- Samuel Barnett
- Mike Bartlett*
- Bo Barton
- James Barton
- Richard Bean
- Hildegard Bechtler
- Ishia Bennison
- Steven Berkoff
- Eve Best
- Cicely Berry
- Jason Bevan
- Sanjeev Bhaskar
- Michael Billington
- Brenda Blethyn
- Claire Bloom
- Alecky Blythe
- Gemma Bodinetz
- Jez Bond
- Samantha Bond
- Tony Bond
- Hugh Bonneville
- Matthew Bourne
- Michael Boyd
- Lucy Briers - Jasper Britton
- Miriam Buether
- Amelia Bullmore
- Tom Burke
- Dan Burman
- Nica Burns
- Jez Butterworth
C
- John Caird
- Simon Callow
- Bob Carlton
- Jim Carter
- Bertie Carvel
- Anna-Jane Casey
- Lolita Chakrabarti
- Anna Chancellor
- Bunny Christie
- Jonathan Church
- Lizzie Clachan
- Nobby Clark
- Patricia Clarkson
- Michael Codron
- Joan Collins
- Geoffrey Colman
- Dominic Cooke
- Steve Coogan
- Bradley Cooper
- Kate Copstick
- Michael Coveney
- Brian Cox
- Stephen Crockett
- Emma Cunniffe
- Richard Curtis
- Niamh Cusack
D
- James Dacre
- Tyne Daly
- Charles Dance
- Phil Davis
- Janie Dee
- Frances de la Tour
- Danny DeVito
- Gillian Diamond
- Omid Djalili
- Anita Dobson
- Monica Dolan
- Philip D'Orleans
- Anthony Drewe
- Bill Dudley
- Lesley Duff
- Noma Dumezweni
- Adrian Dunbar
- Lindsay Duncan
- Penny Dyer
E
- Christopher Eccleston
- Helen Edmondson
- Idris Elba
- David Eldridge
- Paul Elliott
- Simon Evan
- Richard Eyre
F
- Nadia Fall
- Ray Fearon
- Vicky Featherstone
- Ralph Fiennes
- Sally Field
- Emma Fielding
- Deborah Findlay
- Rick Fisher
- Kate Fleetwood
- Oliver Ford Davies
- Neal Foster
- Kerry Fox
- Forkbeard Fantasy
- Matthew Francis
- Anna Francolini
- Tanya Franks
- Michael Frayn
- Maria Friedman
- Sonia Friedman
- Rebecca Front*
- Gilda Frost
G
- Lyn Gardner
- Romola Garai
- Mark Gatiss*
- Jennifer Gelfer
- Kulvinder Ghir
- Jamie Glover
- Simon Godwin
- Henry Goodman
- Rupert Goold
- James Graham
- Michael Grandage
- John Grant
- Richard E Grant
- Angela Griffin
- David Grindley
- David Grindrod
- Tanika Gupta
- Nickolas Grace
- Charlotte Gwinner
H
- David Haig
- Edward Hall
- Lee Hall
- Peter Hall
- Victoria Hamilton
- Christopher Hampton
- Sheila Hancock
- David Hare
- David Harewood
- Joe Harmston
- Simon Harper
- Zinnie Harris
- Tamara Harvey
- Michael Haslam
- Martin Hazlewood
- Anne Henderson
- Lenny Henry
- Ruthie Henshall
- Jeremy Herrin
- Julie Hesmondhalgh
- Greg Hicks
- Ella Hickson
- Clare Higgins
- Simon Higlett
- Paul Hilton
- Douglas Hodge
- Patricia Hodge
- Tom Hollander
- Sean Holmes
- Thelma Holt
- Rob Howell
- Wu Hsing-kuo
- Sarah Hughes
- Kathryn Hunter
- Jessica Hynes
- Nicholas Hytner
I
- Jeremy Irons
- Clement Ishmael
J
- Derek Jacobi
- Geraldine James
- Marianne Jean-Baptiste
- Stephen Jeffreys
- Toby Jones
- Richard Jordan
- Tony Jordan
- Paterson Joseph
- Cush Jumbo
K
- Helena Kaut-Howson
- Rachel Kavanaugh
- Dillie Keane
- Penelope Keith
- Dennis Kelly
- Jude Kelly
- Matthew Kelly
- Jonathan Kent
- Nicolas Kent
- Mel Kenyon
- Iqbal Khan
- Ayub Khan-Din
- Lucy Kirkwood
- Terry King
- Lucy Kirkwood
- Jane Krakowski
- Kwame Kwei-Armah
L
- Lynda La Plante
- Fiona Laird
- Bonnie Langford
- Angela Lansbury
- Denis Lawson
- Simon Lee
- Mike Leigh
- Rebecca Lenkiewicz
- Adrian Lester
- Sylvestra Le Touzel
- Damian Lewis
- Robert Lindsay
- Maureen Lipman
- Tom Littler
- Phyllida Lloyd
- Joanna Lumley
- Rachel Lynes
M
- Sharman Macdonald
- Matthew MacFadyen
- Steven Mackintosh
- Stephen Mangan
- Lesley Manville
- Patrick Marber
- Miriam Margolyes
- Linda Marlowe
- Steve Marmion
- Vladimir Mashkov
- Guy Masterson
- Daniel May
- Nichola McAuliffe
- James McAvoy
- Simon McBurney
- Helen McCrory
- Phelim McDermott
- Natascha McElhone
- Ewan McGregor
- Frank McGuinness
- Nicholas McInerny
- Blanche McIntyre
- Clare McIntrye
- Gina McKee
- Anne McNulty
- Nancy Meckler
- Kay Mellor
- Carole Metcalfe
- Kerry Michael
- Mervyn Millar
- Ben Miller
- Jonathan Miller
- Sienna Miller
- Joseph Millson
- Oleg Mirochnikov
- Helen Mirren
- Tanya Moodie
- Hattie Morahan
- Abi Morgan
- Sheridan Morley
- Paul Morris
- David Morrissey
- Peter Mumford
- Lucian Msamati
N
- John Napier
- Joyce Nettles
- Caro Newling
- Peter Nichols
- Bill Nighy
- Alessandro Nivola
- Rufus Norris
- Andy Nyman
O
- Tracy-Ann Oberman
- Jeanie O’Hare
- Eileen O’Reilly
- Camille O’Sullivan
- Julian Ovenden
P
- Elaine Paige
- Katherine Parkinson
- Bill Paterson
- Nick Payne
- David Paynter
- Maxine Peake
- Michael Pennington
- The Penny Dreadfuls
- Clarke Peters
- Sian Phillips
- Tim Pigott-Smith
- Stephen Pimlott
- Tom Piper
- John Pitt
- Nigel Planer
- Stephen Poliakoff
- Lindsay Posner
- Lucy Prebble
- Jonathan Pryce
- James Purefoy
Q
- James Quaife
- Hugh Quarshie
- Philip Quast
R
- Paulette Randall
- Roger Rees
- Emma Rice
- Joy Richardson
- Natasha Richardson
- Colin Richmond
- Alan Rickman
- Ian Rickson
- Diana Rigg
- Patsy Rodenburg
- Amanda Root
- Josie Rourke
- Clive Rowe
- Indhu Rubasingham
- Frances Ruffelle
- Willy Russell
- Barry Rutter
S
- Colin Salmon
- Nick Salmon
- Jeremy Sams
- Diane Samuels
- Danny Sapani
- Greta Scacchi
- Prunella Scales
- Adrian Scarborough
- Ginny Schiller
- John Schwab
- James Seabright
- Andy Serkis
- John Sessions
- Rufus Sewell
- Lesley Sharp
- Fiona Shaw
- Timothy Sheader
- Reece Shearsmith
- Michael Sheen
- Ruth Sheen
- Anthony Sher
- Roxana Silbert
- Michael Simkins
- John Simm
- Josette Simon
- Donald Sinden
- Paul Sirett
- Dallas Smith
- Sheridan Smith
- Sound & Fury
- Nina Sosanya
- Wole Soyinka
- Samantha Spiro
- Imelda Staunton
- Alison Steadman
- Polly Stenham
- Simon Stephens
- Shelagh Stephenson
- Patrick Stewart
- George Stiles
- Melly Still
- Rhashan Stone
- Tom Stoppard
- Ken Stott
- Mark Strong
- Tim Supple
- Janet Suzman
- Jessica Swale
- Meera Syal
T
- Owen Teale
- Polly Teale
- Gerry Tebbutt
- Giles Terera
- Michelle Terry
- Shane Thom
- Sophie Thompson
- John Tiffany
- Sally Ann Triplett
- Sam Troughton
- Lyndsey Turner
- Matt Trueman
- debbie tucker green
- Mischa Twitchin
U
- Stephen Unwin
V
- Gareth Valentine
- Anthony Van Laast
- Indira Varma
W
- Laura Wade
- Nina Wadia
- Che Walker
- Michael Walling
- Keith Wallis
- Julie Walters
- Zoe Wanamaker
- Steven Warbeck
- Matthew Warchus
- Deborah Warner
- Don Warrington
- Steve Waters
- Jason Watkins
- Jody Watson
- Ruby Wax
- Timberlake Wertenbaker
- Arnold Wesker
- Samuel West
- Timothy West
- David White
- Jeremy White
- Graham Whybrow
- Rupert Wickham
- Lia Williams
- Olivia Williams
- Roy Williams
- Richard Wilson
- Penelope Wilton
- Peter Wood
- Victoria Wood
- Fenella Woolgar
X
- Matthew Xia
Y
- Alan Yentob
Z
- Maya Zbib
- Leigh Zimmerman
Past Coffee with Creatives
B
- Jake Brunger & Pippa Cleary
- Ned Bennett
C
- Simon Cotton
- Tinuke Craig
D
- Sope Dirisu
M
S
T
- Oscar Toeman
- Alex Turner
W
- Ben Weatherill
- Paul Westwood
- Emma Whipday
Z