2010 Acting graduate Lloyd Everitt has been shortlisted for the Most Popular Newcomer award at the National Television Awards, for his role as Jez in BBC One’s Casualty.
Casualty is filmed in the BBC Drama Village in Cardiff Bay, the biggest BBC Drama production centre outside of London, along with Sherlock and Doctor Who.
Casualty and Lloyd Everitt have been shortlisted in the 2017 National Television Awards! You can vote for both at https://t.co/6zpUkjQjkg pic.twitter.com/ApDLLA267u
— BBC Casualty (@BBCCasualty) January 3, 2017
Winners are decided by public vote and will be announced live on January 25th. Voting is open now at: http://www.nationaltvawards.com/vote
Lloyd recently made headlines with his innovative way of overcoming his dyslexia. With a method he developed while studying at RWCMD, the actor rewrites his scripts using a series of pictographs to help him learn his lines.
How dyslexic @BBCCasualty actor @LloydEveritt learnt his script through doodles https://t.co/0gZm0bwrMT #dyslexia pic.twitter.com/FwXg0WFvE1
— British Dyslexia Association (@BDAdyslexia) December 13, 2016
Lloyd’s motivational story has been shared widely on social media, and has prompted a flurry of positive responses from other people with dyslexia.
I feel so humbled I have been able to help people break through with their dyslexia. I had no idea the impact this would have. Just Wow ❤️!
— Lloyd Everitt (@LloydEveritt) December 14, 2016
After graduating in 2010, Lloyd become the youngest person to ever play Othello at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, in a production aimed at secondary school students.
![Lloyd Everitt as Othello at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre [photo: Ellie Kurttz]](http://blog.rwcmd.ac.uk/2013/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Lloyd-Everitt.jpg)
Lloyd Everitt as Othello at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre [photo: Ellie Kurttz]
Lloyd Everitt in ‘An Absolute Turkey’ at RWCMD in 2010
Best of luck from all of us at RWCMD!
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