ABOUT APPLY SUPPORT US MY ACCOUNT (LOGIN) BASKET £0.00 (0) Mountview MENU ACADEMIC AWARDS THE DIANA BODDINGTON AWARD Diana Boddington enjoyed a hugely successful career as a stage manager, working with Tyrone Gutherie, Orson Wells and Laurence Olivier at the New Theatre, Chichester Festival Theatre and the National Theatre, where she remained until her retirement in 1987. She was highly respected by the many leading names she worked with and was honoured to be the first stage manager to receive an MBE for services to the theatre. Diana enjoyed close links with Mountview, where her daughter, Claudia trained, so it is a fitting tribute to present an annual award in Diana’s name, to an outstanding Technical Theatre student graduating from Mountview. WINNERS 2003 SHARON LEWIS 2004 KINGSLEY COOK 2005 WILLIAM ROBERTS 2006 ALEX WALTERS 2007 AMBER TOMLIN 2008 SIMON BOYER-WILLSSON 2009 KATE RIEDLER 2010 NIAMH COOPER 2011 ABBIE PROCTER 2012 LAURA ELPHICK 2013 EDWARD LOCKE 2014 ANTHONY HANNAH 2015 MICHAEL HUMPHRIES 2016 SAM HAWKES 2017 ELLA WHEWAY 2018 ESTENIAH WILLIAMS 2019 CHANTELLE DOBBS 2020 TAMSIN HARPER JENKINS 2021 LIBBIE READ GYEARBUOR ASANTE AWARD FOR ACTING Gyearbuor Asante came to England from Ghana in 1967 and trained at Mountview where he distinguished himself as a prize-winning student. He had numerous theatre, film and television appearances to his credit and was perhaps best known as the African student Matthew in the hugely successful Channel 4 sitcom, Desmond’s, produced by Humphrey Barclay. He died from natural causes at the early age of 58 in 2000. The Gyearbuor Asante Memorial Fund from which is awarded The Gyearbuor Asante Award for Acting was founded by Humphrey Barclay and friends including Dame Judi Dench, Sir Ian McKellen, Richard O’Brien, Hugh Quarshie, Emma Thompson, John Alderton, Pauline Collins, Kenneth Branagh, Maureen Lipman, Neil Pearson and Matthew Kelly. They could think of no better way to commemorate Gyearbuor’s inspiration, contribution and example than to offer a yearly salute to the talent of somebody new – somebody who in the view of the judges is equally likely to make an unforgettable mark on the acting scene. The Gyearbuor Asante Award is presented to the top-scoring undergraduate performance student each year. WINNERS 2004 KELLY PRICE 2005 CONNIE FISHER 2006 DAVID FLYNN 2007 TESSA MABBITT 2008 LAUREN HOOD 2009 IDDON JONES 2010 MATTHEW SEADON-YOUNG 2011 RICHARD VORSTER 2012 SHAUN CHAMBERS 2013 BRONTE BARBE 2014 GIANNI TOZZI (JON TOZZI) and IMELDA WARREN-GREEN 2015 MICHAEL BELL (MICHAEL JAMES) and JUDITH NEILL 2016 ADAM SMALL 2017 OSCAR CONLON-MORREY 2018 SARAH DICKSON (ROSE DICKSON) 2019 ISABEL CANNING 2020 DARCY FINDEN 2021 PHOEBE HORN THE ARIF HUSSEIN AWARD Arif Hussein studied acting at Mountview from 1980- 83 and went on to an illustrious career as an actor, theatre founder, screenwriter, film producer, and Hollywood executive producer. Through his company Kaos Films, he established the prestigious British Short Screen Play Competition, giving many upcoming film makers an important break into the industry. Many films produced from the competition went on to win international film festival awards. Arif’s values of entrepreneurialism and compassion shone through his work. He sadly died from COVID-19 in January 2021. We are honoured that his wife Kathryn Wolfe chose to set up the award in Arif’s name. The award is made annually to a graduating student who emanates the attributes Arif held dear. WINNERS 2021 RACHEL MORRIS SIGN UP FOR OUR LATEST NEWS SIGN UP 120 Peckham Hill Street London SE15 5JT Tel: 020 8881 2201 Fax: 020 8829 0034 boxoffice@mountview.org.uk enquiries@mountview.org.uk Academic Partners Jobs Credits Access & Participation Cookies & Web Accessibility Disclaimer Annual Reports, Key Policies & Procedures © 2021 Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts Ltd Registered Charity No: 274166 Incorporated in England No: 01019858 Registered Office: 120 Peckham Hill Street, London, SE15 5JT