<p><span style="font-family: &quot;Gotham Book&quot;;" lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: small;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;" lang="EN-US">The Alan Rickman Birthday page is now in its eighth<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>year and was set up&nbsp;to commemorate his birthday.&nbsp; Alan is a RADA graduate and&nbsp;Vice Chairman of the RADA Council.&nbsp; The Alan Rickman bursary fund assists students in genuine financial need to allow them to complete their training here.&nbsp; </span><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;" lang="EN-US">Since the fund was started in 2002 it has raised over &pound;8,000 which is allocated to students on the Academy's full time core courses on an annual basis.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;" lang="EN-US">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;" lang="EN-US">27&nbsp;RADA students have so far benefited from&nbsp;this funding.&nbsp; They are: Tom Burke, Owain Yeoman, </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;" lang="EN-US">Alisa Murphy, Wunmi Mokasku, </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;" lang="EN-US">Jonathan Martlew, David Ononokpono, Paul Rhodes, Jeany Spark, </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;" lang="EN-US">Yvonne Deighton, Matthew Bigg, Annie Hemingway, Joe Kloska, John Hollingworth, Sophie Stone, </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;" lang="EN-US">Sonya Cassidy, &nbsp;Natalie Kenrick, Nina Ogden, </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;" lang="EN-US">Gemma Thomas, Yasmine Akram, Keiko LeMon,&nbsp;</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;" lang="EN-US">&nbsp;</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;" lang="EN-US">Lydia Wilson, Claire Wardroper, Charlotte Willis, </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;" lang="EN-US">Paul Christie, Jonathan Coulson, Caroline Perry, Benjamin Cole (Current Acting student - Year 2)</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">&nbsp;</span></p> </span></span></p> <p> <p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">&nbsp;</p> </p> <span style="font-family: &quot;Gotham Book&quot;;" lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: small;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;" lang="EN-US">On behalf of Alan Rickman and all the student recipients, RADA would like to thank all the contributors, past and present for their generous contributions. We hope<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>that the generosity of his fans will continue and that RADA will be in a position to continue to award Alan Rickman bursary support in the 2011 academic year. </span></p> </span></span></p>