One of Scotland's leading actors and a world renowned choreographer are to receive honorary degrees from the nation's top performing talent school.

The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in Glasgow is to award Honorary Degrees to RCS alumnus David Tennant, choreographer Sir Matthew Bourne and the distinguished cellist, Ralph Kirshbaum on July 5.

David Tennant will be awarded an Honorary Doctor of Drama, Sir Matthew Bourne will receive an Honorary Doctor of Dance and Ralph Kirshbaum will receive an Honorary Doctor of Music.

Professor Jeffrey Sharkey, Principal of the RCS, said: "I am delighted that the RCS is to confer Honorary Degrees on these truly world-class and inspirational individuals.

"They represent the highest levels of artistry in their chosen disciplines and help promote international reach of the performing arts.

"It is fitting that such respected artists join the RCS family in the year that we are named in the world’s top ten for performing arts education."

Tennant, who was born in Bathgate and grew up in Ralston, was the tenth Doctor Who, starred in the popular Broadchurch series and was recenlty the comic book villain in Marvel’s Jessica Jones series.

Sir Matthew Bourne has created and directed dance for some of the most successful musicals and operas.

His latest production, the ballet version of the Oscar winning film, The Red Shoes, premieres later this year.

Tennant can currently be seen on stage as the title character in Shakespeare’s Richard II as a part of the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s King & Country: Shakespeare’s Great Cycle Of Kings series.

The series marks the celebration of the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death and will run at the BAM Harvey Theater until the end of this month.

In November, Tennant starred as the villainous Dr. Zebediah Kilgrave otherwise known as The Purple Man opposite Krystin Ritter in the Netflix Marvel series Jessica Jones.

Tennant will next star as the Scottish psychiatrist RD Laing in Robert Mullan’s Mad to be Normal alongside Elizabeth Moss.

The story follows Dr. Laing and his unique community at Kingsley Hall, East London during the 1960’s.

The film completed production in Autumn 2015 and is set to be released in 2016.