"The Friendly Festival"
Tue 10th - Sat 14th June 2014
Our annual competitive Festival of One Act Plays, featuring many varied one act plays from dramatics groups throughout the area.
Plays are entered into three categories: junior (under 14), youth (14-18) and senior. Awards are made on the Saturday night. The awards are:
Best Production (junior, youth and senior)
Best Individual Performance (junior, youth and senior)
The Geoffrey Reed Award for Best Director
The Adjudicator's Award
The Syd Mence Cup for a Piece of Theatre Magic
Running Order
Tuesday 10th June, 7.30pm
1. “I Gave You My Heart” by David Muncaster
Knutsford Little Theatre (Youth / Comedy)
2. “A Kind of Alaska” by Harold Pinter
Players Dramatic Society (Senior / Drama)
Adjudication of the evening's plays
Wednesday 11th June, 7.30pm
1. “All the King’s Horses” by Joan BreenBarton Theatre Company (Senior / Drama)
2. “Blackout” by Davey Anderson
Wistaston Young Drama Group (Youth / Drama)
3. “Last Tango in Little Grimley” by David Tristram
Woodford Community Players (Senior / Comedy)
Adjudication of the evening's plays
(Please note that Blackout contains strong language)
Thursday 12th June, 7.30pm
1. “The Winter of 1917” by David Campton
Apeel Drama Group (Senior / Drama)
2. “Garlic and Lavender” by Nick Warburton
Altrincham Creative Theatre School (Junior / Comedy)
3. “Socks” by Rosemary Frisino Toohey
Chelford Players (Senior / Comedy)
Adjudication of the evening's plays
Friday 13th June, 7.30pm
1. “A Suitably Happy Ending” by Alison Chaplin
Heald Green Theatre Company – the Academy (Junior / Comedy)
2. “Camelot” by Richard Coleman
Hyde Little Theatre (Youth / Comedy)
3. “The Last Bread Pudding” by Nick Warburton
Nantwich Players (Senior / Comedy)
Adjudication of the evening's plays
Saturday 14th June, 7.30pm
1. “Pipkin and the Angel” by Geoff Bamber
Chelford Junior Players (Junior / Comedy)
2. “Sorry Wrong Number” by Lucille Fletcher
Altrincham Creative Theatre School (Youth / Drama)
3. “The Intruders” by Peter Horsler
Wilmslow Guild Players (Senior / Comedy)
Adjudication of the evening's plays followed by presentation of the Awards
Results
Best Junior Production
Garlic and Lavender (Altrincham Creative Theatre School)
Best Junior Individual Performance
Cappucino Angel in Pipkin and the Angel (Chelford Junior Players)
Best Youth Production
Blackout (Wistaston Young Drama Group)Best Youth Individual Performance
James in Blackout (Wistaston Young Drama Group)
Best Senior Production
A Kind of Alaska (Players Dramatic Society)
Best Senior Individual Performance
Gordon in Last Tango in Little Grimley (Woodford Community Players)
Adjudicator's Award
All the King’s Horses (Barton Theatre Company)
The Geoffrey Reed Award for Best Director
Camelot (Hyde Little Theatre)
The Syd Mence Cup for a Piece of Theatre
Magic
A Suitably Happy Ending (Heald Green Theatre Company – the Academy)