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National Drama Festivals Association 
National Drama Festivals Association LogoLocation(s) Location of British All Winners Festival varies Foundation 1964 Founded by National Drama Festivals Association Date(s) British All Winners Festival - July
Participating Festivals - throughout the yearType of Play(s) Full length and One Act Festivals Official website The National Drama Festivals Association (NDFA) was formed in 1964 to encourage and support amateur theatre in all its forms and in particular through the organisation of drama festivals in the United Kingdom.
Since 1974 the NDFA has organised the British All Winners Drama Festival (BAWF) where the very best of British amateur theatre take part in a week-long celebration of theatre. The winners of all NDFA member festivals, be they Full Length or One Act Member Festivals, in the previous year are eligible for invitation to take part.
The NDFA also sponsor a Playwriting Competition - the George Taylor Memorial Award. The objective of this competition is to promote new writing for the theatre. Adjudication is carried out by a panel of judges and the winners receive a certificate and a cash prize.
Membership of the NDFA is open to all Drama festival organisations and also to theatre groups and individuals who are interested in taking part and supporting drama festivals throughout UK.
Contents
British All Winners Drama Festival
Awards
There are a number of awards presented at the British All Winners Drama Festival which include:
- FULL LENGTH PLAYS
- OVERALL WINNER - The Mary Blakeman Trophy
- RUNNER UP - The Amateur Stage Trophy
- ADJUDICATOR'S AWARD - The Felixstowe Festival Trophy
- BACKSTAGE AWARD - The Sydney Fisher Trophy
- ONE ACT PLAYS
- OVERALL WINNER - The Irving Trophy
- RUNNER UP - The NDFA Council Trophy
- ADJUDICATOR'S AWARD - The Amateur Theatre Trophy
- BACKSTAGE AWARD - The Sydney Fisher Trophy
- AUDIENCE APPRECIATION - Halifax Evening Courier Award
- YOUTH ENTRY
- WINNER OF YOUTH SECTION - The NDFA Trophy
- YOUTH PARTICIPATION AWARD - The Buxton Trophy
- YOUTH AUDIENCE APPRECIATION - The GADOC Joyce Cook Memorial Trophy
Results
Number Year One Act Plays Full Length Plays Venue Location Adjudicator Winners (Irving Trophy) Nationality Runners Up (NDFA Council Trophy) Nationality Winners (Mary Blakeman Trophy) Nationality Runners Up (Amateur Stage Trophy) Nationality 36th 2009 Karvid Productions - Hemel Hempstead
(Alas Poor Fred by James Saunders)
ENGThe Lighted Fools Theatre Company
(The Dumb Waiter by Harold Pinter) ENGBejou Productions
(Someone Who'll Watch Over Me by Frank McGuinness) ENGHorncastle Theatre Company
(The Accrington Pals by Peter Whelan) ENGRhoda McGaw Theatre Woking Mike Kaiser GoDA 35th 2008 Send ADS - Surrey
(The Island by Athol Fugard) ENGSt.Pauls Drama Group - Surrey
(Happy Jack by John Godber) ENGEveryman Productions - Co Sligo
(Juno and the Paycock by Sean O'Casey)
IREWakefield Little Theatre - Yorks
(Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller) ENGThe Gaiety Theatre Douglas, Isle of Man Colin Dolley GoDA 34th 2007 Woking College Theatre Company
(Home Free by Landford Wilson) ENGLightnin' Drama Group
(Circus of Life by Sue Ospreay) ENGBejou Productions
(Art by Yasmina Reza (translated by Christopher Hampton)) ENGThe Lamproom Theatre, Barnsley
(Turns[disambiguation needed
] by John Kelly)[disambiguation needed ] ENGAlbert Hall Theatre Llandrindod Wells Scott Marshall GODA 33rd 2006 Barn Theatre Club
(Marry Me a Little by Stephen Sondheim) ENGRunnymede Drama Group
(And Go To Innisfree by Jean Lenox Toddie) ENGBelvoir players
(Someone Who'll Watch Over Me by Frank McGuinness)
NIRCytringan Players
('night, Mother by Marsha Norman) ENGRhoda McGaw Theatre Woking Mike Tilbury GODA 32nd 2005 Pump House Theatre
(April in Paris by John Godber) ENG
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( )TBC The Halifax Playhouse Halifax, West Yorkshire Russell Whiteley GODA 31st 2004 Leonic Players
(A Conversation of Sorts by Les Littlewood) ENGNew World Theatre Club, Luxembourg
(Footprints in the Sand by Colin Crowther)
LUXIn Yer Space
(The Woman Who Cooked Her Husband by Debbie Isitt) ENGHalifax Thespians
(The Salvage Shop by Jim Nolan) ENGAlbert Hall Theatre Llandrindod Wells Scott Marshall GODA 30th 2003 Bovingdon Players (Hertfordshire)
(“Me and My Friend” (act ii) by Gillian Plowman) ENGBAWDS (Cambridge)
(North of Boston by Robert Frost) ENGThe Lamproom Theatre Company (Barnsley, S Yorks)
(Up 'n' Under by John Godber) ENGIn yer space (Preston, Lancs)
(A Night in November by Marie Jones) ENGForest Arts Centre New Milton, Hants Tony Rushforth GODA 29th 2002 Runnymede Drama Group
(Five Kinds of Silence by Shelagh Stephenson) ENGThe Bradford Players Theatre Co.
(Jam by Graham Fife) ENGEveryman Productions
(The Mai by Marina Carr) IREChelmsford Theatre Workshop
(Nunsense by Dan Goggin) ENGCastle Hall, The Wash Hertford Scott Marshall GODA 28th 2001 Pump House Theatre Company
(Home Free by Lanford Wilson) ENGStorrington Theatre Workshop
(The Room by Harold Pinter) ENGSudbury Dramatic Society
(Twelve Angry Men by Reginald Rose) ENGCardiff Players
(Communicating Doors by Alan Ayckbourn)
WALRhoda McGaw Theatre Woking Mike Tilbury GODA 27th 2000 Runnymede Drama Group
(Scarecrow by Don NIgro) ENGWilstead Players
(Porch by Jack Heifner) ENGBrigstowe Theatre Company
(Entertaining Mr Sloane by Joe Orton) ENGThurrock Courts Players
(Neville's Island by Tim Firth) ENGSpa Pavilion Theatre Felixstowe Jeannie Russell GODA 26th 1999 East Essex Players
(Laughter In the Shadow of the Trees by John Prideaux) ENGBovingdon Players
(A Coupla White Chicks Sitting Around Talking by John Ford Noonan) ENGEnniscorthy Theatre Group
(The Cripple of Inishmaan by Martin McDonagh) IREDeben Players
(Key for Two by John Chapman and Dave Freeman) ENGThameside Theatre Grays Rex Walford GODA 20th 1993 Porthcawl 4th 1977 Buxton Affiliated Festivals
The following are the member festivals, that between them organise a mixture of Full Length and One Act festivals, many with Youth Sections:[1]
- Avon Drama Festival (One Act with Youth Section)
- Bangor Drama Festival Two festivals:
- Bangor Drama Festival (Full Length)
- Bangor Drama Festival (One Act)
- Bedfordshire Drama Festival (One Act with Youth Section)
- Birmingham Drama Festival Two festivals:
- Birmingham Drama Festival (Full Length Peripatetic)
- Birmingham Drama Festival (One Act)
- Brentwood Drama Festival (One Act with Youth Section)
- Cambridge Festival (One Act with Youth Section)
- Chalfont St.Peter (One Act with Youth Section)
- Dorset Drama Festival (One Act with Youth Section)
- Elmbridge Drama Festival (One Act)
- Exmouth Drama Festival (One Act)
- F.E.A.T.S. (Festival of European Anglophone Theatrical Societies) (One Act)
- Felixstowe Drama Festival (Full Length)
- Fleetwood Drama Festival (Full Length)
- Furness & Cartmel Festival (One Act with Youth Section)
- Glamorgan Two festivals:
- Glamorgan "Glammies" Festival (Full Length Peripatetic)
- Glamorgan One Act Festival (One Act with Youth Section)
- Guernsey Drama Festival (One Act with Youth Section)
- Guildford Drama Festival (One Act with Youth Section)
- Gwent Two festivals:
- Gwent Drama Festival (Full Length Peripatetic)
- Gwent One Act Festival (One Act with Youth Section)
- Haverhill Drama Festival (One Act with Youth Section)
- Havering & SW Essex Drama Festival (One Act with Youth Section)
- Hertford Theatre Week (Full Length)
- Isle Of Man Two festivals:
- Isle of Man "Easter" Festival (Full Length)
- Isle of Man Drama Festival (One Act)
- Kirklees Drama Festival (One Act with Youth Section)
- Leatherhead Drama Festival (One Act with Youth Section)
- Leverhulme Drama Festival (One Act with Youth Section)
- Llandrindod Wells Drama Festival (Full Length)
- Maidenhead Drama Festival (One Act with Youth Section)
- Manchester Drama Festival Two festivals:
- Manchester Drama Festival (Full Length Peripatetic)
- Manchester Drama Festival (One Act)
- New Forest Drama Festival (One Act with Youth Section)
- Newtownabbey Drama Festival Two festivals:
- Newtownabbey Drama Festival (Full Length)
- Newtownabbey Drama Festival (One Act)
- North Staffs Drama Festival (Full Length Peripatetic)
- Rafta Drama Festival (One Act)
- Sawston Drama Festival (One Act)
- Sheffield (SADATA) Drama Festival (One Act with Youth Section)
- Sidmouth Drama Festival (One Act with Youth Section)
- Skegness Two festivals:
- Skegness Drama Festival - Full Length and One Act;
- Skegness Youth Festival - One Act
- Somerset Two festivals:
- Somerset "Phoebe Rees" Festival - Full Length Peripatetic;
- Somerset Drama Festival - (One Act with Youth Section)
- Southend-on-Sea Drama Festival (One Act)
- Southern Counties Drama Festival (One Act)
- Spelthorne & Runnymede Drama Festival (One Act)
- Stoke On Trent Drama Festival Two festivals:
- Stoke On Trent Drama Festival (Full Length)
- Stoke On Trent Drama Festival (One Act)
- Teignmouth Drama Festival (One Act)
- Thurrock Drama Festival (Full Length, One Act with Youth Section)
- Wakefield Drama Festival (Full Length)
- Waltham Forest Festival of Theatre One Act with Youth Section[2]
- Wellington Drama Festival (including Belfry Festival of Youth) (Full Length, One Act with Youth Section)
- Welwyn Drama Festival (One Act)
- Welwyn GC Youth Drama Festival (One Act)
- Woking Drama Festival (One Act with Youth Section)
- Worcestershire Theatre Festival (One Act)
References
Categories:- Theatre festivals in the United Kingdom
- Theatrical organisations in the United Kingdom
- Organizations established in 1964
- FULL LENGTH PLAYS
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