
Radio presenter Simon Beale presented the Music and Drama Education Awards 2025 at a live ceremony on 30 January at The Royal National Hotel, London.
The winners were chosen from a pre-announced shortlist, with six organisations or individuals given high commendations for their work.
The MDEA jury – chaired by Phil Croydon, editor of Music Teacher, and Wendy Frost, Head of Content (Drama) for Expo 2025 – was made up of a range of leading voices from the worlds of music and drama education.
The drama categories were judged by Patrice Baldwin FRSA, drama for learning specialist and chair of the UK’s Council for Subject Associations; Steve Ball, co-chair of the Drama and Theatre Education Alliance, and chair of the For/With/By European Youth Theatre Network; Aileen Douthwaite, founder and director of AMD Arts Consultancy Ltd; Russeni Fisher, actor and poet; Honor Hoskins, leader of Vamos Theatre’s creative learning programme; Lynn Howes, outreach lead for Drama Studio London; Ferah Ibrahmin, outreach practitioner at Chickenshed Theatre Company; Cerys Jones, writer, casting director, and manager for British Youth Music Theatre; Dale Rooks, director of education, Chichester Festival Theatre; and Lynette Shanbury, Polka Theatre’s executive director and joint chief executive.
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