Drama Festival

Best Production – Education, Education, Education by Sedgefield Players
Best Director – Tom Guest for Education, Education, Education
Best Actress – Rachel Hall, RADS for The Form and Little Grimley
Best Actor – Scott Fenny, RADS for The Form
New Writing – Tom Guest for The Girl With No Hands
Best Supporting Actress – Meg Edgoose-Clubley, Sedgefield Players for Education, Education, Education
Best Supporting Actor – Mike Walker, RADS, for Little Grimley
Best Youth – Sedgefield Players Youth Section (SPYS)
Originality – Northern Girl for bringing the northern voice
Adjudicators Award – RADS for the skating moment in Little Grimley
Ensemble Award – Sedgefield Players for Education, Education, Education
Most Effective Set – Bananadra for Something Old
Technical Award – SPYS

This years Drama Festival returned with a bang after missing the last two years. There were seven plays in total across the course of 4 days after Bananadrama from Scarborough were unable to attend.

There was a diverse range of original writing, existing texts, period material and contemporary productions giving adjudicator Bev Clark from GODA, a real challenge in deciding the results.

Sedgefield Players production of ‘Try it again’ by JB Priestley picked up the award for Best Production, as well as awards for Best Actor and Actress for Ste Edgoose-Clubley and Gill Hook, and Best Director for Tom Guest for his creative and modern take on a classic text.

The Players also took home awards for their production of ‘The Lady of the Sea’, including the award for Best New Writing for Lucy Atkinson, awards for acting for Sarah Legender and Kelsey White, Most Effective Set, Originality and the Audience Award.

SPYS picked up awards for Best Youth and Endeavour with their production of ‘Survive the Night’, another original play by Lucy Atkinson.

Nunthorpe Players were the runners up with their production of David Camptons ‘Can you hear the music?’, as well as picking up awards for Costume, Ensemble Playing, and Best Supporting Actor for 11 year old Jake Legg.

Moon in the Sky won the award for Technical Presentation and the Cameo Award for Alexandra Cox, while Durham Dramatic Society took home the Adjudicators award for Comedy.

Saltburn 53’s James Oxburgh won an individual youth award for his performance in another piece of new writing by Sue Pierce.

The week overall was outstanding and a lovey welcome back to the festival for our amazing audiences. Thanks to all those who supported and continue to support.