Mountview launches live-streamed conversations with leading industry figures

Monday, May 11, 2020

Mountview has announced a series of live-streamed conversations hosted by Olivier Award-winning actor alumnus Giles Terera, with Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda and actors Noma Dumezweni and Amanda Holden among the guests

The hour-long conversations will include each guest discussing their career as well as taking questions from Mountview students.

Each conversation will be hosted on Mountview’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVmtmQNsB68XZJ6dC6Ar4eQ

The series began on Monday 11 May at 6pm, with ‘Giles Terera meets Lin-Manuel Miranda’. Giles Terera won the Best Actor in a Musical Olivier Award in 2018 for his portrayal of Aaron Burr in the original London production of Hamilton, and recently appeared in Rosmersholm at the Duke of York’s Theatre. Lin-Manuel Miranda is an Oscar, Tony, Emmy, Grammy and Pulitzer Prize winning actor, producer, composer and lyricist. His work includes In The Heights and Hamilton, the music and songs for Disney’s Moana and Mary Poppins. In 2018 he starred as Jack in the movie Mary Poppins Returns.

Each subsequent conversation will take place on the following Mondays at 6pm. Mountview Honorary Doctorate Noma Dumezweni (Olivier Award winner for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child and A Raisin in the Sun) and Amanda Holden (actor/TV personality and Mountview alumna and Honorary Doctorate) will join Giles on 18 and 25 May respectively. Other guests will be announced in due course.

Giles Terera said ‘I’m thrilled to be hosting Mountview LIVE – helping young artists is really important to me, and this is a fantastic opportunity for the next generation of theatre makers to learn from established figures within the industry. As I know from my time there, Mountview’s commitment to providing training for everyone is a massive part of what makes it so special and I can’t wait to get started on this project.’