Mountview Alumni News February and March 2025: Olivier Awards Special
February and March have seen our alumni achieve some truly remarkable successes! Keep reading to discover their latest projects and accomplishments.
Are you an alum with news to share? We’d love to hear from you! Get in touch at alumni@mountview.org.uk.
On Stage and Screen
Daniel Meehan stars as Samuel in Where the Eagles Fly! at Miller Theatre, Philadelphia.
Dean Makowski-Clayton plays Student in Midnight Cowboy – A New Musical at Southwark Playhouse Elephant.
Jenny Fitzpatrick portrays Anne in Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey’s If/Then.
Stanton Plummer-Cambridge featured in an episode of Law & Order: Organized Crime and performed in a film called Throuple, which premiered at NewFest and is now showing in theatres across New York.
Melanie Bright portrays one of the Fates in new West End cast of Hadestown.
Melisa Camba | Children of Eden (2019) | Photo by Robin Savage
Melisa Camba is playing Claire in Ordinary Days this April at the Old Joint Stock in Birmingham and Upstairs at the Gatehouse in London. Melisa is also co-writing a new musical titled This Is My Name, which will be featured in Before It Hits – a new musical theatre showcase, presenting snapshots of six in-development musicals by some of the West End’s best emerging writers.
Stanton Plummer-Cambridge is joining the cast of This Bitter Earth as an Understudy, featuring an original composition by Sean Green.
Jack Wolfe will portray The Balladeer in The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, a new musical based on Rachel Joyce’s novel, along with Timo Tatzber completing the company.
Vicky Gimby directed Theatre Mum as part of 2025 MTFestUK musical showcases.
Andrew Berlin performs in the UK premiere of Muriel’s Wedding the Musical as an Ensemble.
Jon Robyns and Jordan Crouch joined the cast of The Great Gatsby at the London Coliseum.
Phoenix Henries and Dale Superville perform in Witness for the Prosecution at London County Hall.
Lee Ormsby plays Alternate Doc Brown/Principal Strickland in Back to the Future – The Musical.
Signe Larsson takes on the roles of Marlene and Madeleine in Piaf revival at the Newbury Theatre along with Oliver Nazareth Aston as Raymond and Theo.
Iwan James will be joining the cast of The Starlight Express.
Jack Ofrecio | Kipps (2021) | Photo by Pamela Raith
Jack Ofrecio will play Allan/Young Man/Doctor in A Streetcar Named Desire revival in Sheffield.
Raphael Bushay plays Magwitch/Wopsle/Jaggers/Bentley in More as part of 2025 MTFestUK musical showcases.
Rhashan Stone is playing Anderson in Ghosts, a new adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s play by playwright Gary Owen.
Verity Thompson plays Satine in Moulin Rouge! The Musical, while Summer Priest takes on role of Arabia.
Jenny Murphy is a Section Officer/Musician in a new adaptation of A Matter of Life and Death at The New Vic Theatre.
Richard James-Neale is an Associate Movement Director on the UK tour of The House Party for Headlong Theatre Limited.
Suchiththa Wickremesooriya is starting rehearsals for his directing debut in a Deaf Theatre adaptation of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s The Little Prince at Theatre Passe Muraille in Toronto.
Kelly Price will play Trudi in House of Games at Hampstead Theatre.
Kane Oliver Parry plays Steve Jobs in Nerds as part of 2025 MTFestUK musical showcases.
Michael Longhurst directed a new production of Much Ado About Nothing at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre.
Production Arts
Anna Hulm co-produced her show Everytime We Touch at Theatre 503, a project that was developed as part of Anna’s MA Creative Practice – Producing degree at Mountview.
Mic Pool designed the sound for Witness for the Prosecution at London County Hall.
Jon Melhenney-Hayward is celebrating 10 years working on Coronation Street as an Art Director. Jon previously spent 13 years as a Stage Manager on Emmerdale.
Damien Stanton is a Set & Costume Designer for Mountview’s Actor Musicianship cohort performance Machinal.
Conor Thornton is a Senior Lighting and Video Technician in Back to the Future – The Musical.
Alistair Higgins is an Associate Musical Supervisor in The Choir of Man.
Olivier Awards
Chumisa Dornford-May | The Addams Family (2023) | Photo by Steve Gregson
Chumisa Dornford-May – 2025 Olivier Award Nomination for Best Actress in a Musical (Natasha, Pierre and The Great Comet Of 1812 at Donmar Warehouse).
Beverley Klein – 2025 Olivier Award Nomination for Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical (Fiddler On The Roof at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre).
Tom Xander – 2025 Olivier Award Nomination for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical (Mean Girls at Savoy Theatre).
Lauren Drew – 2025 Olivier Award Nomination for Best Actress in a Musical (Titanique at Criterion Theatre).
2025 Olivier Award Nomination for Best New Musical: Why Am I So Single – Orchestrator, Vocal Arranger and Musical Supervisor by Joe Beighton, with Noah Thomas as part of the cast.
2025 Olivier Award Nomination for Best New Musical: Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 – featuring Chumisa Dornford-May and Andrew Berlin as part of the cast.
2025 Olivier Award Nomination for Best New Musical: MJ The Musical – featuring Grace Kanyamibwa as part of the cast and Sean Green as a UK Musical Director.
2025 Olivier Award Nomination for Best New Play: Kyoto – featuring Andrea Gatchalian as part of the cast.
2025 Olivier Award Winner for Best Family Show: Brainiac Live – designed by Damien Stanton.
2025 Olivier Award Winner for Best Revival: Oedipus – featuring Jim Creighton as Ensemble/Understudy Oedipus & Creon.
Eve Humphrey | 9 To 5 (2023) | Photo by Steve Gregson
2025 Olivier Award Winner for Best Entertainment or Comedy Play: Titaníque – featuring Lauren Drew as Céline, Kat Ronney as Rose and Rodney Vubya completing the company.
2025 Olivier Award Nomination for Best Entertainment or Comedy Play: Inside No 9 – featuring Rebecca Bainbridge and Toby Manley as part of the cast.
2025 Olivier Award Winner for Best Musical Revival: Fiddler on the Roof – featuring Natasha Jules Bernard as Mirila and Beverly Klein as Yente.
2025 Olivier Award Nomination for Best Musical Revival: Hello, Dolly! – featuring Tyrone Huntley as Barnaby Tucker and Gavin Wilkinson as a Swing.
2025 Olivier Award Nomination for Best Musical Revival: Oliver! – featuring Oscar Conlon-Morrey as Mr Bumble and Jamie Birkett as Mrs Sowerberry/Mrs Bedwin.
2025 Olivier Award Nomination for Best Musical Revival: Starlight Express – featuring Eve Humphrey as Dinah and Pablo Gómez Jones as an Ensemble.
Awards and Other News
Caolan Hunter collaborated with Min-Jeong Kim (currently a professor at Hongik University in Seoul) in launching the Global Arts Admissions Pathway at Hunter Global, a specialised service helping Korean artists, performers, and creatives gain admission to the world’s top MFA and arts programmes.
Mina Anwar – The Pantomime Awards 2025 Nomination for Carmen Silvera Award for Best Magical Being (Cinderella, Derby Arena).
Charlotte Rutherfoord – The Pantomime Awards 2025 Nomination for Best Supporting Artist (Jack and the Beanstalk, Hall for Cornwall, Truro).
