Olivia Colman: Emerging talent in performing arts needs encouragement
Jenna Al-Ansari won the Screenshot competition (Ali Wright).
Olivia Colman has said emerging talent in the performing arts needs to be given “encouragement” in order to stop them leaving the industry amid uncertainty caused by the pandemic.
The Oscar winning actress said the pandemic has “certainly delayed a lot of people’s start” in breaking into the arts.
Colman was speaking as part of a panel judging the Screenshot competition to seek out the next generation of comedy writers and performers for TV,
Rosie Jones, Olivia Colman Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Lolly Adefope with Screenshot winner Jenna Al-Ansari (Ali Wright).
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