Why not enter the
2010 ALL ENGLAND THEATRE FESTIVAL?

Our festival in Haynes is the preliminary round. Winners can enter the following rounds:-

SEMI-FINAL
May 15th
EAST GRINSTEAD
ENGLISH FINAL
June 5th
BURTON ON TRENT
BRITISH FINAL
June 25th and 26th
EAST KILBRIDE

Further details on their web site here

If you are not successful, or are unable to enter this competition, why not go to these festivals and see some excellent drama?


 

VIEW THE FESTIVAL RESULTS FOR PRIOR YEARS BELOW

2009
2008

 
Location Map
Haynes Village Hall
 
     
 


BEDFORDSHIRE DRAMA FESTIVAL 2010

Participants

1. Hard to Swallow – by Mark Wheeller – Up-Stage
2. Seven Deadly Sins by Simon Denver – Up Stage
3. Camp Confidence by Diana Raffle – Tread the Boards
4. Burglars by David Rudkin – High Performance Youth Theatre
5. Bully Dancers by Frank Gibbons - The Country Players
6. Between Mouthfuls by Alan Ayckbourn - BATS
7. Deadly by Jonny Ardern – Bats Batlings
8. The Happiest Days of Your Life by Andra Bishop - Stagefright
9. Last Panto in Little Grimley by David Tristram – Harlington Performs
10. Sequined Suits and Platform Boots by Mark Wheeler – Up Stage
11. The Ruffian on the Stair by Joe Orton – Settlement Players
12. Little Benjamin by Enid Coles – Wilstead Players
13. The Rehearsal by Maurice Baring - Old Gaolers
14. Deliver Us Not by Lee Howard – Pier Players
15. Curtain Call by Keith Trezise – Flying Horse
16. Darlings You Were Wonderful by Derek Lomas - Old Gaolers
17. The Case of the Prince by Bruce Kane – Harlington Performs

WINNERS

BEST:-
DRESSED PLAY: Old Gaolers “The Rehearsal”
THEATRICAL MOMENT: Batlings “Deadly”
MALE YOUTH PERFORMANCE: Connor Chambers (both Stagefright and Harlington Performs)
FEMALE YOUTH PERFORMANCE: Vikki Foster (Up-Stage)
SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Rebecca Nicholls (Ophelia) Harlington Performs
SUPPORTING ACTOR: Michael Darvell (Waiter) BATS
ACTRESS: Sonia Weston (Joyce) Settlement Players
ACTOR: Tom Iddon (Justin Thyme) Harlington Performs
YOUTH PRODUCTION: Stagefright “The Happiest Days of Your Life”
DIRECTION Pat Britton (Wilstead Players)
PRODUCTION: ”Little Benjamin” Wilstead Players
AUDIENCE APPRECIATION: ”Deliver Us Not” Pier Players
ADJUDICATORS AWARD: ”Burglars” High Performance Youth Theatre


Pictured:- Jackie Tanswell, Leigh Falconer, Roberta Calvert (sitting), Zoe Hull and Jackie Lloyd

Wilstead Players staging of "Little Benjamin" by Enid Coles won the best production award this year. This drama, set in an attic, with a surprise ending was produced and directed by Pat Britton. This play represented Bedforshire in the All England Festival on 15th May at East Grinstead.

Drama Quiz answers:-

Paul Eddington ,Dorothy Tutin, Donald Sinden, Ken Stott, Leo McKern, John Standing, Maggie Smith, Richard Pascoe, Peter Hall, Robert Stephens, Peggy Ashcroft, Kate O’Mara, Michael Kitchen, Dinsdale Landon, Alec Guinness, Anthony Andrews, Penelope Keith, Stephen Moore, Tim Pigott-Smith, Clare Higgins


DRAMA FESTIVALS – WHY BOTHER?

by Jackie Tanswell (Wilstead Players)

WHY DON'T WE ENTER A FESTIVAL?
by Colin Dolley (GODA)