The Luke Westlake Scholarship 2021

The winner of the Luke Westlake Scholarship 2021 is Melodie Karczewski of Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama! 🎉

 

AWard Evening at The turbine theatre

2021 shortlist

Rawaed Asde (RADA), Rebecca Bell (Rose Bruford), Amelia Braithwaite & Ibraheem Hussain (LAMDA), Melodie Karczewski (Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama), Meg Olssen (Oxford School of Drama), Olivia Simpson (ALRA) and Evie Ward-Drummond (Guildhall) (L-R)

About the scholarship

The Luke Westlake Scholarship is an award set up by JAM for working class actors (BA) in their 2nd year at Drama School or University in the UK.

The winner receives over £4000 worth of financial and developmental support as they complete their training and graduate.

The scholarship was established in 2019 when we realised many actors were being priced out of their career even before graduating. After spending upwards of tens of thousands of pounds to train, actors then need to purchase subscriptions, plays, headshots, websites and more just to support themselves - the most affected often being those from working class and low income backgrounds.

The scholarship is named in memory of Luke Westlake, a friend of JAM and a talented actor who trained with at ArtsEd (2014-17). A diligent, fierce, working-class actor, he represents everything the scholarship stands for and JAM are grateful to be supported his parents, Bridgette and Lee, in keeping the memory of Luke alive.

“We are delighted that the scholarship so kindly dedicated by JAM to the memory of our son Luke continues to grow from strength to strength. It is an amazing opportunity and we urge all those eligible to apply.

We look forward to seeing another excellent field of candidates and this year we hope to meet in person to celebrate the fantastic talent that we know will come forward.”

Lee & Bridgette Westlake

Luke Westlake

Luke Westlake

2021 Prizes

  • 1yr Subscription

  • 1yr Subscription

  • £100 Nick Hern Books Voucher

  • 3 Professional Coaching Sessions and Coach Matchmaking

  • 1-to-1 with Martin Poile (Casting Assistant)

  • 2 Pairs of Tickets to 2 Shows in 2022

  • Full Headshot Package

  • 1st Year Tax Return (Upon Graduating)

  • 1-to-1 Agent Meeting

  • Standard Level Stage Combat Course

  • £500 Towards Rent on Graduating

  • 3 Voiceover Coaching Sessions

  • 2x Career Sessions with Emma Dyson

  • 1-to-1 with Amy Jackson (Casting Associate at Amy Hubbard)

  • 1-to-1 with Rob Kelly (Casting Director)

  • 1-to-1 with Faye Timby (Casting Associate at Sophie Holland Casting)

  • 1 Full Showreel

  • 1yr Flairbox Premium Subscription

  • 6 JAM Workshops

2021 panel

  • Ian Aryeh

  • Mary Burch BEM

  • Jaz Hutchins

  • Team JAM

  • Scarlett Maltman

  • Faye Timby