Welcome to Soundstart

In 2003 BBC Radio Drama celebrated both the fiftieth anniversary of what is now the annual Carleton Hobbs Bursary Award, and the first year of a new acting initiative, the Norman Beaton Fellowship.

Together these two radio awards are celebrated under Radio Drama’s umbrella title for its acting initiatives : (((soundstart))).

In 2003 via these two bursaries, Radio Drama welcomed seven new actors to six-month contracts with the Radio Drama Company.

As well as work undertaken via the two acting competitions, (((soundstart))) initiatives include:

• Regular actor workshops for freelance engagements
• Actor workshops for membership of the Radio Drama Company
• Out-reach workshops in the community
• Voice CD auditioning with BBC radio producers
• Advice on how to compile voice-reels
• Advice on how to get into radio work