Take Your Seat
Rob Brydon the actor, comedian, Fellow and former student of the Royal Welsh College Of Music And Drama is leading the college's Take Your Seat fundraising campaign.
Naming a seat in the new state-of-the-art theatre or concert hall will help to nurture some of the most talented young performers in the world within Cardiff.
Dedicate a seat to yourself, your family, your choir, brass band, drama society or gardening club, or have your name or dedication engraved on a plaque on a seat of your choice in the new concert hall or theatre.
"I had a wonderful time studying at the Royal Welsh College," says Rob Brydon. "It’s thanks to them that I’m now thought of, quite rightly, as Wales' greatest actor since Anthony Hopkins - even better than Michael Sheen and Ioan Gruffydd and Mathew Rhys, and the Welsh bloke that used to present Blue Peter".
Take Your Seat will be launched on Friday 13 February at the first night of Thoroughly Modern Millie at Sherman Cymru and is part of the college's major fundraising campaign launched by Bryn Terfel in November 2008.
The money raised will go towards the multimillion pound development creating a suite of world-class training and performance facilities which will help the college to attract the best international students and performers to Wales.
The landmark facilities include a new concert hall, theatre, acting and movement studios and exhibition gallery.
Over 80% of funding is already in place, including a £10 million grant from the Welsh Assembly Government. The fund-raising target currently stands at £3.1 million.
To find out more about Take Your Seat please call 029 2039 1420 or email takeyourseat@rwcmd.ac.uk.