"The Friendly Festival"
Wed 26th - Sat 29th May 2010
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 and senior)
- Best Individual Performance (junior and senior)
- The Adjudicator's Award
- The Syd Mence Cup for a Piece of Theatre Magic
Check out the article on wilmslow.co.uk
Running Order
Wednesday 26th May, 7.00pm
M.A.D.S. Senior/Comedy The Erpingham Camp by Joe Orton
Hyde Little Theatre Junior/Comedy Round the World with Class Six by Nick Warburton
Bollington Festival Players
Senior/Comedy Last Tango in
Little Grimley by David Tristram
Thursday 27th May, 7.00pm
The Whitehead School of Dance and Drama Junior/Story The Willow Pattern by Jackie Robertson
Cheshire Academy of Performing Arts Junior/Comedy A Right Royal Mess by S.J. Edwards
The Whitehead School of Dance and Drama Junior/Drama Rats by Liz Sharp
Shoreline Senior/Drama Prelude to Macbeth by James Chalmers
Friday 28th May, 7.00pm
P.A.D.O.S. Senior/Comedy The Last Bread Pudding by Nick Warburton
Wilmslow Guild Players Junior/Comedy Hell Has Our Phone Number by Nicole Villacres
'Know Your Onions' Theatre Group Senior/Drama In the Blinking of an Eye by Jeremy Hylton Davies
Saturday 29th May, 7.00pm
The Really Useful Reject Players Senior/Comedy Blue Suede Blues by Diana Raffle
Cheshire Academy of Performing Arts Junior/Comedy Bonding by Geoff Bamber
Nantwich Players Senior/Drama A Dog's Life by Pam Valentine
Wilmslow Guild Players Senior/Comedy White Lies by Richard James
Radio Articles
Tony Barker from the Theatre Show on Canalside Community
Radio (102.8FM) interviewed the winners of our one act play festival and the
adjudicator. You can download and listen to MP3s of the interviews
below.
Article before the festival (3.6MB, 8 minutes)
Interview with senior winners (4MB, 4.5 minutes)
Interview with junior winner (1.7MB, 2 minutes)
Interview with adjudicator
(3.6MB, 4 minutes)
The Results
Best Junior Production
Hyde Little Theatre Junior/Comedy Round the World with Class Six by Nick Warburton
Best Junior Individual Performance
The Queen in A Right Royal Mess (Cheshire Academy of Performing Arts)
Best Senior Production
Bollington Festival Players Senior/Comedy Last Tango in Little Grimley by David Tristram
Best Senior Individual Performance
Ben in A Dog's Life (Nantwich Players)
Adjudicator's Award
Shoreline Senior/Drama Prelude to Macbeth by James Chalmers
The Syd Mence Cup for a Piece of Theatre
Magic
'Know Your Onions' Theatre Group Senior/Drama In the Blinking of an Eye by Jeremy Hylton Davies - awarded for the chemistry between the two actors