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IAN CHARLESON AWARDS

Revealed: the young actors vying for the Ian Charleson Awards

Who will follow in the footsteps of Rebecca Hall, Cush Jumbo, David Oyelowo and Tom Hollander? Here’s the shortlist for the award honouring the finest performances by actors under 30

Previous winners, clockwise from top left: Rebecca Hall, Rilwan Abiola Owokoniran, Rory Kinnear, Cush Jumbo, David Oyelowo and Tom Hollander
Previous winners, clockwise from top left: Rebecca Hall, Rilwan Abiola Owokoniran, Rory Kinnear, Cush Jumbo, David Oyelowo and Tom Hollander
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The Ian Charleson Awards, supported by The Sunday Times and the National Theatre, celebrate the finest performances by actors under 30 in a classical role (written pre-1918). The awards honour Ian Charleson, the actor who died in 1990 aged 40.

Past winners include Rebecca Hall, Rory Kinnear, David Oyelowo, Cush Jumbo and Tom Hollander. Rilwan Abiola Owokoniran won first prize for his role as Algernon in The Importance of Being Earnest last year.

This year’s judges are the actors Emma Fielding and Ashley Zhangazha, Robert Hastie, the artistic director of Sheffield Theatres, and Alastair Coomer, the head of casting at the National Theatre. The winners will be announced in Culture on May 26.

Shyvonne Ahmmad, 29
Macbeth, RSC

Jonathan Case, 29
Macbeth, Wessex Grove/Underbelly Touring

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Joséphine Callies, 22
Henry V, Shakespeare’s Globe and Headlong

Samuel Creasey, 27
The Winter’s Tale, Shakespeare’s Globe, Sam Wanamaker Playhouse

Amber James, 29
Cymbeline and Fair Maid of the West, RSC

Shalisha James-Davis, 28
Romeo & Juliet, Royal Exchange Theatre

Toheeb Jimoh, 26
Romeo & Juliet, Almeida Theatre

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Tyreke Leslie, 22
As You Like It, RSC

Francesca Mills, 27
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Shakespeare’s Globe

Taheen Modak, 27
Pygmalion, Old Vic

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Danielle Phillips, 27
The Comedy of Errors, Shakespeare’s Globe

Joseph Payne, 29
The Tempest, RSC and Macbeth, Shakespeare’s Globe

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Anna Russell-Martin, 25
Macbeth, RSC

Kibong Tanji, 26
Titus Andronicus, Shakespeare’s Globe, Sam Wanamaker Playhouse

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