A huge thank you to everyone who took part ...and I mean everyone. Two tutors attended the Finals Day, and their presence was much appreciated, by their students and by me. It was excellent finding out what they think of the competition, and to hear their questions...
On Friday afternoon (10 April 2026), I joined the WordSong team at the Concert Artistes’ Association in London to support the final of the CAA Actors’ Prize. As luck would have it, I was also able to observe some of the preliminary round during the previous day, so I...
Requirements for the Unaccompanied Song. The song should be from one of these categories: please note: pop songs, or musical theatre songs are not acceptable. A song from a Shakespeare play (examples: 'The Willow Song' from Othello, 'What shall he have who killed the...
A few weeks ago, I wrote about the forthcoming CAA Actors’ Competition for the website. It is all now done and dusted (apart from my feedback for the Finalists), so here is an account of what happened on the two glorious days. In the first paragraph of that piece, I...
Actors' Prize Finals: 10 April 2026 (with Semi Finals 9 April 2026) | Venue: CAA, Bedford Street, London This year, for the first time, all entrants were invited to submit a "Self Tape" video, and the Semi-Finalists were welcomed in person on 9 April in London....
Objectives and aims This year I was in charge of the judging procedure for The Concert Artistes' Association Speech Prize for Actors. Being in such a position forces one to think hard about the stated aim of the competition, which is “to encourage the communication of...
"The whole experience was a joy really. What made the thing interesting is that I had no idea what I was competing against, so all I could do was go in and hope for the best. After the first round I received some really helpful feedback from the panel that I tried to...
The Programmes | 2025 Winners of 2025 Actors'Prize 1st: Emre Gozlugol 2nd: Matthew Ralph 3rd: Grace Dalgarno Song Prize: Sophie Banning Programmes for 2025 Competition Preliminary Round | Judges: Marilyn Cutts, Nicola Blackman, Rohan Gotobed, Pau Leonard....
The final of the annual Speech Prize for Actors took place on Friday 11 April this year at the Concert Artistes’ Association headquarters on Bedford Street. The CAA are our new sponsors of this competition, in association with our staunch supporters John and...
The Programmes | 2023 Ed Shamwana: Human relationships to power from the absolute to the innocent The Power of Armies is a Visible Thing – Wordsworth Power is not a means, it is an end (from 1984) – George Orwell A letter to Presidential Candidate, Abraham Lincoln –...
