SINGER Will Young and actor Joe McGann are among a list of showbiz stars who will receive special recognition from the Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts.
They will be named LIPA “companions” by Sir Paul McCartney during the organisation’s graduation ceremony held at the Philharmonic Hall in July.
Also receiving companionships will be casting director Pippa Ailion, choreographer Natricia Bernard, theatre designer Richard Hudson and community theatre expert John Fox.
Companions are selected from people in the music and arts industries who have had previous involvement with LIPA.
Many of them have held master classes for students of Liverpool’s Mount Street fame school.
Will Young gave a talk there earlier this year when he visited Liverpool to perform a concert at the neighbouring Philharmonic Hall.
LIPA director Mark Featherstone-Witty said: “I discovered his MD for that particular show was one of our graduates, which I was very pleased about.
