"The Friendly Festival"
Tue 13th - Sat 17th June 2017
June sees the return of our annual competitive Festival of One Act Plays, featuring many varied one act plays from dramatics groups throughout the area.
This is a great opportunity to see some really exciting and varied drama from all over the North West. Groups are limited to a maximum of 45 minutes and each evening has several different plays on. Each evening is concluded by a verbal adjudication by our adjudicator.
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
Confused? Still wondering what a "one act play festival" is? Look here.
Or read about the festival in this article in the Wilmslow Guardian.
Entrants
- ACTS (Junior and Youth)
- Barton Theatre Company (Senior)
- CHADS (Senior)
- Cheshire Academy of Performing Arts (Junior)
- Heald Green Theatre Company (Junior)
- Manchester Athenaeum Drama Society (Senior)
- Nantwich Players (Senior)
- Phoenix Dance and Drama (Junior and Youth)
- Players Dramatic Society (Senior and Youth)
- SADOS (Senior)
- Wilmslow Guild Players (Senior and Youth)
Festival Running Order
Tuesday 13th June (ADULTS ONLY!)
- "Waiting for Elvis" Barton Theatre Company (Senior/Drama)
- "Slim Chance" Players Dramatic Society (Senior/Comedy)
Wednesday 14th June (ADULTS ONLY!)
- "Effie's Burning" Nantwich Players (Senior/Drama)
- "Consequences" CHADS (Senior/Drama)
- "Background Artiste" Manchester Athenaeum Drama Society (Senior/Comedy)
Thursday 15th June
- "The Trouble with Teenagers" The Company, Heald Green Theatre(Junior/Other)
- "A Grimm Night for Hans Christian Andersen" Cheshire Academy of Performing Arts (Junior/Comedy)
- "Oh Mr Shakespeare!" ACTS (Junior/Comedy)
Friday 16th June
- "Sarah" Phoenix Dance and Drama (Junior/Drama)
- "Art is in the Eye of the Beholder" ACTS (Youth/Comedy)
- "Dreamjobs" Phoenix Dance and Drama (Youth/Drama)
- "Shop!" Wilmslow Guild Players (Youth/Comedy)
Saturday 17th June
- "The Chair" Hyde Little Theatre (Youth/Moral Tale)
- "A Talk in the Park" SADOS (Senior/Comedy)
- "Captive Audience" Wilmslow Guild Players (Senior/Comedy)
The Winners
Best Junior Production
The Trouble with Teenagers (The Company, Heald Green Theatre)
Best Junior Individual Performance
Queen Elizabeth I in Oh Mr Shakespeare! (ACTS)
Best Youth Production
Dreamjobs (Phoenix Dance and
Drama)Best Youth Individual Performance
Sly and Crafty in The Chair (Hyde Little Theatre)
Best Senior Production
Consequences (CHADS)
Best Senior Individual Performance
Effie and Dr Kovacs in Effie's Burning (Nantwich Players)
The Geoffrey Reed Award for Best Director
Sarah (Phoenix Dance and Drama)
Adjudicator's Award
Marjorie and Edna in Slim Chance (Players Dramatic Society)
The Syd Mence Cup for a Piece of Theatre
Magic
The Knight in Shop! (Wilmslow Guild Players)