We celebrated our 80th festival at the Hawthorne Theatre, Campus West.
The Award Winners were:
Welwyn Cup – First Place A Universal Sorrow The Players’ Theatre (Wales)
Peter Shatford Award – Director of the Winning Play Gareth Gibbs
Roy Brewer Cup – Second Place Bouncers Barn Theatre Club
Margaret Osborn Trophy – Third Place Goldfish Girl Clavering Players
Behrens-Steinfeld Trophy Director showing the most Complete & Imaginative Approach Hannah Sayer Barn Theatre Club Bouncers
Charles Pilgrem Trophy – Stage Presentation
White Cobra Productions Hancock’s Last Half Hour
Winifred Butler Award Best Actress Laura Jayne Hickerton Fornia in Hamlet, Part II
Welwyn Award Best Actor James Bailey Scott in WWWScott
Derrick Baldock Cup – Best Unpublished Play
The Piece of Paper Paradox by John Arthur Green
Louis Davis Trophy – Adjudicator’s Award for a Special Contribution to the Festival
Paul Buckland For Lighting & Sound in A Universal Sorrow The Players’ Theatre (Wales)
FJ Osborn Audience Appreciation Award Bouncers Barn Theatre Club
Welwyn Drama Festival 