Award
Winning Drama Group
48th Drama Festival
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Festival of One Act Plays
Another fabulous festival week. Here are the awards:
Audience Award – Rebellious Women, Sedgefield Players
John Walker Memorial Award for Technical Presentation – Check Please (Richmond Amateur Dramatic Society)
Most Effect Set – Far Away (Sedgefield Players)
Most Effective 30 Seconds – Far Away (The hat parade)
Jayne’s Award for Best Costume – Can You Hear the Music (Nunthorpe Players Youth Theatre)
Ray Tate Award for Endeavour – A Wrinkle in Time (Sedgefield Players Youth Theatre)
The Tim & Anne Jeanes Ensemble Award – Rebellious Women (Sedgefield Players)
The Adjudicators Award – Lucy Atkinson – writing, directing, acting, box office…
The Ruby Award for Originality – Shari Gledhill (Bananadrama)
Best Performance in a Cameo Role – Chloe Ryner – A Wrinkle in Time (SPYS)
Youth Award – Can You Heart the Music (NPYT)
Best Supporting Actor – James Muldowney – Rebellious Women (Sedgefield Players)
Best Supporting Actress – Ace Warrand – Rebellious Women (Sedgefield Players)
Simon Whitely Memorial Awards – Isabella Beaston (SPYS) Felix Dunning & Jack Winspear (Saltburn ’53)
Russell Whiteley Award for New Writing – Shari Gledhill for I’ll be Home for Christmas (Bananadrama)
Best Actor – Tom Guest – Far Away (Sedgefield Players)
Best Actress – Amy Henery – Rebellious Women (Sedgefield Players)
The Hewgill & Holmes Award for Best Director – Katie Legg, Grace Spence, Eve Henman – Can You Hear the Music (NPYT)
Mayor’s Award for Runner-Up – The River (Bishop Auckland Theatre Society)
Best Production – Far Away (Sedgefield Players)
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Our Productions
- All year round
Throughout the year we run a number of productions which are all in Sedgefield Parish and available to the general public.
Panto
- 27-30th December, 2024
We run a 5 show pantomime during the Christmas and New Year period, written by our own team.
Drama Festival
- September 2024
We run our own week-long drama festival in September, with other drama groups from the North East.
SPYS (Youth Section)
For 7-18 year olds.The SPYS meet every Sunday in the Parish Hall in Sedgefield. Any child aged 7 plus is welcome to join: there is no weekly fee or audition but yearly subs are £10.
Hard work and camaraderie!
Established in 1971, ‘Sedgefield Players’ is a vibrant and enthusiastic award winning amateur drama group based in the Northeast of England. Meeting twice every week on a Wednesday and Sunday at 7:30pm in the Parish Hall, Sedgefield, we are able to manage a full and varied schedule to keep every member feel included and involved.
We produce two full adult productions per year and a high tech and exciting pantomime, plus the odd review or’ Murder Mystery’ night, as the occasion calls.
We also run our own week-long drama festival in September, participate in both local and national drama festivals, run the Sedgefield Players Youth Section (SPYS) and present a SPYS production in the summer. All of our productions may include music, dance, song or just plain drama, be it comedy or tragedy.
Above all, we are a group of people of all ages and backgrounds who have fun together and also manage to find time to have the occasional night out at the theatre, party or barbecue.
Although a good many of us have been members for over 30 years, we always welcome and need new members, not necessarily those who want to act, but for all aspects of theatre – technical, costume, properties, scene shifting or just coming to share the fun. We aim to make everyone feel included. Come along any Wednesday or Sunday to watch before you decide.
Anybody is welcome to come along and see what we do without the need to sign up.
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