New Year Honours – Richard Eyre, Clive Rowe and Sharon D Clarke recognised

Sharon D Clarke (back, centre) and Clive Rowe (front, centre) receive MBEs in the New Year Honours list

Ray Davies, Ken Dodd, Bryn Terfel, Patricia Routledge, Mark Rylance, Richard Eyre, Clive Rowe and Sharon D Clarke are among the famous names from the entertainment world celebrating their inclusion in this New Year Honours list.

Receiving MBEs are Rowe and Clarke, while Kinks frontman Davies, veteran comedian Dodd, opera singer Terfel and stage and screen actor Rylance have all received knighthoods. Routledge, TV’s Hyacinth Bouquet, becomes a Dame for her services to theatre and charity.

The principal of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Professor Barry Ife, also receives a knighthood for his services to music.

Theatre and film director Eyre and virtuoso percussionist Evelyn Glennie have both been made members of the Order of the Companions of Honour for services to drama and music respectively.

CBE recipients from the arts and entertainment sector include the Almeida Theatre’s artistic director Rupert Goold; the Royal Academy of Dance’s chief executive Luke Rittner; and writer, broadcaster and arts administrator Professor David Smith.

Costume designer Jenny Beavan; actress Naomie Harris; violinist Lennox Mackenzie; the chief executive of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Stephen Maddock; actress Helen McCrory; the director of Dance UK, Caroline Miller; and veteran stage and screen actor Tim Piggott Smith all receive OBEs.

Sandra Biddle, the director of Northern Ireland’s Foyle School of Speech and Drama; Scottish Opera’s director of outreach and education Jane Davidson; classical singer Iestyn Davies; the chairman of the Royal Choral Society, Anthony Forbes; the founder and artistic director of IRIE Dance Theatre, Beverley Glean; musician and producer Dr Stephen Hetherington; dancer and choreographer Kenrick Sandy; veteran pop star Marty Wilde; Anne Smol, the founder and chief executive of Face Front Inclusive Theatre; and the co-founder of Tara Arts, Jaitinder Verma, are all included on the list of new MBEs.

Angela Thomas