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Winners of 主播大秀 Radio Drama’s (((soundstart))) 2017 awards were celebrated at a ceremony on Friday 23 June at 主播大秀 Broadcasting House in London. (((soundstart))) comprises two important awards: The 主播大秀  and 主播大秀 , both events exist to bring new voices into radio drama.

The Carleton Hobbs Bursaries are aimed at students graduating from regular (or post-graduate) courses run by accredited drama schools across the country, : ALRA, Arts Educational Schools, Birmingham School of Acting, Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, Central School of Speech and Drama, Drama Studio London, Drama Centre, East 15, Guildford School of Acting, Guildhall, Italia Conti Academy, LAMDA, Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts (LIPA), Manchester School of Theatre, Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts, The Oxford School of Drama, RADA, Rose Bruford College, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama. 

The Norman Beaton Fellowship is for applicants from non-traditional training backgrounds, and run in partnership with a range of theatres across the UK to source the winners. This year's theatres were Birmingham Repertory Theatre (Birmingham), Citizens Theatre (Glasgow), Eclipse Theatre (Sheffield), Kabosh Theatre Company (Belfast), National Youth Theatre (London), Talawa Theatre Company (London), Tamasha Theatre Company (London), Theatre Bristol (Bristol), Theatre Royal Stratford East (London) and The Other Room (Cardiff) .

The winners of both the Bursary and the Fellowship are each given a five-month contract with the Radio Drama Company, beginning on the 22 July 2017.

Actor and radio veteran Stephen Tompkinson (pictured above) announced this year's winners.

Five Carleton Hobbs bursaries have been awarded this year:

• Abbie Andrews  (ALRA)
• Isabella Inchbald (Drama Studio London)
• Adam Fitzgerald (Drama Studio London)
• Gary Duncan (Italia Conti Academy)
• Tayla Kovacevic-Ebong (Rose Bruford College)

The three 主播大秀 Norman Beaton Fellowship Winners 2017 are:

• Kath Weare  (The Other Room)
• David Reakes (Theatre Bristol)
• Ellie Darvill (Birmingham Rep)

This year, the judges awarded six runners-up prizes to finalists who will be cast via a freelance engagement in one of Radio Drama's 2017 summer/autumn/winter productions:

• Madeline Hatt (CHBA Runner-up, Guildford School of Acting)
• Lauren Cornelius (CHBA Runner-up, Drama Studio London)
• Ralph Davis (CHBA Runner-up, RADA)
• Patricia Allison (CHBA Runner-up, East15)
• Paul Cunningham (NBF Runner-up Glasgow Citizens Theatre)
• Helen Clapp (NBF Runner-up Theatre Royal Stratford East)

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