The Ian Charleson Award celebrates the best stage performances by actors under 30 in a classical role and was established in recognition of Ian Charleson ( Chariots of Fire) who died in 1991 shortly after giving an impressive performance as Hamlet.  Benedict Cumberbatch, Helen McCrory and Eddie Redmayne are all past nominees so Chanel and Rosy are among an impressive roll call of actors.

Chanel Waddock was nominated for Desdemona in Othello, (Frantic Assembly)

Rosy McEwen was awarded third prize for Desdemona in Othello,( National Theatre)

StageTalk reviewed both actors while they attended the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.

Read our review of Dolores      https://stagetalkmagazine.com/p/21920

“Chanel Waddock’s performance is a wild roller-coaster ride of emotional highs and lows, but it has subtlety, too. Dolores may be a candidate for the ‘nuthouse’, but she is no fool, and she has sufficient insight to guess that her sister’s marriage is not all that it appears to be.”  StageTalk,  9 August, 2020

And our review of Julius Caesar  https://stagetalkmagazine.com/p/15854

“Rosy McEwen is an impressive Octavia, leaving us in no doubt in the concluding scene that her no-nonsense, clear-eyed grip on power spells future triumvirate troubles for Mark Antony. When she orders that Brutus’s body be laid in her tent overnight, not his, she is making it all too clear she is taking possession of their victory.”  StageTalk, 14 June 2017

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