The Wilmslow Festival of One Act Plays 2009

"The Friendly Festival"

Wed 20th - Sat 23rd May 2009

Once again, May sees the return of our annual competitive Festival of One Act Plays, featuring many varied one act plays from amateur dramatics groups throughout the area. The awards are:

Best Production (junior, youth and senior)
Best Individual Performance (junior, youth and senior)
The Adjudicator's Award
The Syd Mence Cup for a Piece of Theatre Magic

Running Order

Wednesday 20th May 7.00pm
Wilmslow Guild Players "The Ark" by Helen Griffin (Senior/drama)
Barton Theatre Company "Blitz" by Elaine McCann (Senior/drama)
Adjudication of the evening's plays

Thursday 21st May 7.00pm
Whitehead School of Dance and Drama
"The Wizard of Oz" Adapted by Julia Whitehead (Junior/fairytale)
"Dream Jobs" by Graham Jones (Junior/drama)
"Henry Hereafter" by Hal Stewart (Junior/comedy)
Adjudication of the evening's plays

Friday 22nd May 7.00pm
CHADS "The Lover" by Harold Pinter (Senior/drama)
PADOS "The Ladybirds" by Tony Layton (Senior/comedy)
Adjudication of the evening's plays

Saturday 23rd May 7.00pm
Cheshire Academy of Performing Arts "The Magician's Assistant" by Geoff Bamber (Junior/comedy)
Know Your Onions Theatre Group "Forward On The Right" By Lily Ann Green (Senior/drama)
CYDS (The Club Theatre) "Cinders - The Return" by The Company (Youth/comedy)
Adjudication of the evening's plays
Presentation of the awards

Radio Articles

Guild Players chairman appeared on Tony Barker's Theatre Show on Canalside Community Radio (102.8FM) on Thursday 14th May, talking about the festival.

You can download an MP3 of the broadcast here. (7.5MB, 16 minutes)

Tony Barker also did a review of our festival on Thursday 28th May, including interviews with the adjudicator, one of the winners and our chairman.

You can download an MP3 of the broadcast here. (6.2MB, 13 minutes)