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2025 CHBA Winners

ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Carleton Hobbs Bursary Award Winners 2025

Two 2025 Carleton Hobbs bursaries have been awarded to:

SASHA MCCABE (Bristol Old Vic Theatre School)
DJANGO BEVAN
(Mountview)

They will join the Radio Drama Company on Saturday 26th July 2025.


Five finalists receive runners-up awards - and we hope each of them will be cast as a freelance actor in one of our upcoming productions productions:

MADDY LENNY (East 15)
JAX GUERRERO (Mountview)
KELLIE-GWEN MORGAN (RWCMD)
JESSE NYAKUDYA (Italia Conti)
LEE HUGHES (Royal Conservatoire of Scotland)

The event this year was arranged in two Stages. In Stage One, seventeen accredited Drama schools and colleges took part - a total of 68 students. And of those, fourteen Colleges advanced to Stage Two with a pair of students each – a total of 28 students.


Chaired by Clare Ewing, RDC Co-ordinator, the judges comprised producer Sue Roberts, actor Christopher Harper and agent Tom Dale.


Many congratulations to all finalists and especially to Sasha and Django with whom we look forward to working in the summer.

The full commendations list follows:


BEST SOLOS

Sasha McCabe - BOVTS
Django Bevan - Mountview
Ellie Larkin - LAMDA
Jesse Nyakudya - Italia Conti
Cara Vogels - GSA
Tom McMillan - RBC
Lee Hughes - RCS

BEST SOLOS - Prose Sight-reading

Peter Devlin - BOVTS
Sasha McCabe - BOVTS
Maddy Lenny - East 15
Yash Kutty - East 15
Kellie-Gwen Morgan - RWCMD
Django Bevan - Mountview
Jax Guerrero - Mountview
Jesse Nyakudya - Italia Conti
Cara Vogels - GSA
Lucas Heap - GSA
Lee Hughes - RCS

BEST DUOLOGUES

Kellie-Gwen Morgan & Sebastian Coleman FALLING FALLING FALLING FALLING by Simon Longman Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama
Django Bevan & Jax Guerrero GROWTH by Luke Norris Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
Jesse Nyakudya & Amara Statham THE EFFECT by Lucy Prebble Italia Conti
Lee Hughes & Mollie Milne MUMMIES AND DADDIES by Torben Betts Guildhall School of Music and Drama