The co-founder of the acclaimed Talawa Theatre Company, actress Carmen Munroe, and the former president of the Society of London Theatre, producer Eleanor Lloyd, are among those celebrating their inclusion in the third New Year Honours list of King Charles III’s reign.
Munroe was made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) for services to drama while Lloyd received an Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to theatre.
The work of a trio of leading stage and screen actresses – Sarah Lancashire, Carey Mulligan and Anne Reid – was recognised with Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) gongs. CBEs also went to multi-award-winning stage and screen costume designer Sandy Powell; and the chair of the board for English National Theatre, Harry Brünjes.
OBE recipients from the entertainment industry included: actress Anne-Marie Duff; actors Eddie Marsan and Kevin Whately; former ballet dancer and choreographer Ronald Hynd; dancer Carol Straker; Dee Conaghan (artistic director of Derry’s Stage Beyond theatre company); Christine Cort (former managing director of Manchester International); and Royal Ballet principal Marianela Núñez.
OBEs also went to Janet Elston (co-founder of Cornwall Youth Wind Orchestra); theatre manager and administrator Kathleen Hamilton; the Ulster Youth Orchestra’s general manager Paula Klein; School of Dance leader Joyce Anderson; and Deborah Lowe, chair and director of Youth Onstage.
New Members of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) include: much-loved former Dr Who Tom Baker; the founder of the Old Laundry Theatre in Windermere, Cumbria, Roger Glossop; former pop singer Myleene Klass; founder of the Wind Band Association, Kevin Gibson Lamb; the former chief executive of Shakespeare North Playhouse, Melanie Lewis; Daniel Schumann, founder of VIVA Theatre in Soham; Kevin Turner, co-founder of Company Chameleon; the chief executive and co-founder of Escape Arts, Karen Williams; Karon Wright, artistic director of music organisation Samling Institute); and Peter Young, a former trustee of the Guildhall School.
The 2025 list recognised more than 1,200 recipients, including the president of MIND, stage and screen star Stephen Fry, who received a knighthood for his services to mental health.
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