The 84th Welwyn Drama Festival is now complete and we wish to thank all the teams for their hard work and amazing contributions to the success of the festival.

Our wonderful adjudicator, Paul Fowler GoDA SASDA, said the standard was very high and he thought he had seen some of the best one-act plays in the country. There was definitely comedy and tragedy and everything in-between. We saw some excellent sets, from quirky painted backdrops to kitchen cabinets with a working kettle to a full allotment with beds of lettuces and a shed!

We also wish to thank the Barn Theatre for their support throughout the week, particularly the Front of House volunteers and Bar Staff. We were pleased that Simon Parr, Chairman of the Barn Theatre, was able to join us on the last night to present the awards.

Here is the complete list of Award Winners.

First place, Winners of the Welwyn Cup

Big Squirrel Productions
Flat 2B by Kattreya Scheurer-Smith

The team also won:

Peter Shatford Award
for Director of Winning Play
Stephen Scheurer-Smith

Charles Pilgrem Trophy
for Stage Presentation

Derrick Baldock Cup
for Best Unpublished Play

Winifred Butler Award
for Best Actress
Kattreya Scheurer-Smith

 

 

Second place, Roy Brewer Cup

Barn Theatre Club
Red Handed by John Finnemore

The team also won:

Behrens Steinfeld Trophy for the Director showing the Most Complete & Imaginative Approach – Harry Harding

 FJ Osborn Audience Appreciation Award

 

 

 

 

Third place, Margaret Osborn Trophy

Tiger Theatrical Productions
Jesus My Boy by John Dowie

 

Welwyn Award for Best Actor

John Stivey as Nigel in House Proud

(received on behalf of John by Director David Bowman, Saint Monica’s Players)

 

 

Adjudicator’s Award for a Special Contribution to the Festival, Louis Davis Trophy

Lucas Wilcox, for his accomplished portrayal, at the age of 14, of
Detective Victor Victoria,
in The Cat Burglar

(received on behalf of Lucas by writer and director Sarah Ridley, Out of Ideas Theatre Company)