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

Radio Articles from 2009 Festival

Guild Players chairman Harry Lowe appeared on Tony Barker's Theatre Show on Canalside Community Radio (102.8FM) on Thursday 14th May 2009, 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 2009, including interviews with the adjudicator, one of the winners and our chairman Harry Lowe.

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

Last Year's Results

Best Junior Production

Whitehead School of Dance and Drama - "Henry Hereafter" by Hal Stewart

Best Junior Individual Performance

Josh Finan as Henry in "Henry Hereafter" 

Best Youth Individual Performance

Pasyca Gill as Prince in "Cinders - The Return" - CYDS (The Club Theatre) 

Best Senior Production

Barton Theatre Company - "Blitz" by Elaine McCann

Best Senior Individual Performance

Rani Jackson as Sarah in "The Lover" - CHADS

Adjudicator's Award

PADOS  "The Ladybirds"  by Tony Layton

The Syd Mence Cup for a Piece of Theatre Magic

Maisie Huston as Chantalle in  "The Magician's Assistant" - Cheshire Academy of Performing Arts