LIPA grads get creative for Christmas

The festive season is always a busy time for our graduates and this year is no different. Over Christmas and into the new year you’ll find our designers, musicians, performers and technicians busy across screen and stage. Here’s a selection of what of what they’re up to - if we’ve missed you off, let us know! 

Joe Lindley (Acting, 2019), Room on the Broom, Lyric Theatre (West End)  

Martha Godber (Acting, 2018), Alice in Wonderland, Shakespeare North Playhouse 

Brittany Feeney (Dance, 2022), Cinderella with Trio Entertainment. Performing at Liverpool, Melton, Exmouth and Retford 

Image: Brittany Feeney

Frankie Bradshaw (Theatre & Performance Design (TPD), 2014), Set Designer, Ballet Shoes, National Theatre 

Grace Smart (TPD, 2014), Set & Costume Designer, Spend, Spend, Spend, Manchester Royal Exchange  

Sasha Gilmour (TPD, 2018), Set & Costume Designer, Alice in Wonderland, Shakespeare North Playhouse 

Ellie Light (TPD, 2019), Set & Costume Designer, The Scouse Red Riding Hood, Liverpool's Royal Court 

Jasmine Swan (TPD, 2016), Set & Costume Designer, The New Adventures of Peter Pan, Mercury Theatre Colchester 

Alex Howley, (Music, 2023), Musical Director; Helena Harvey (Theatre & Production Technology (TPT), 2019), Assistant Stage Manager, Sound No. 2; Exaucè Yagi (Dance, 2016), Prince Lancelot; Niamh Mailer (Music, 2022), Keyboards, Sleeping Beauty, The Atkinson, Southport 

Adrian Gee (TPD, 2006), Set & Costume Designer, Mother Goose, The Rock ‘n’ Roll Panto Theatre Clwyd  

Emma Cæcilie Kristensen (Acting, 2024) Beauty and the Beast, Chaplins, tour 

Kudzai Mangombe (Acting, 2021) The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Ireland and UK tour  

Tovah Zafrin, Grace Venus (Acting, 2024), Alex McGonagle (Acting, 2021) Sleeping Beauty, Storyhouse  

Allie Aylott (Acting, 2023), Papa John's Christmas advert 

Mary Shanker (MA Acting, 2021), Cinderella, Northwich Memorial Court 

Image: cast, creatives and crew of Sleeping Beauty, The Atkinson, Southport

Ruchi Rai (Acting, 2022), Doctor Who Christmas special Joy to the World 

Joni Franieczek (TPT, 2024), Deputy Stage Manager, Jack and the Beanstalk: The Rock ‘n’ Roll Panto, Leeds Heritage Theatres 

Top image: Cinderella, Northwich Memorial Court