Why not enter the
2009 ALL ENGLAND THEATRE FESTIVAL?

Our festival in Haynes is the preliminary round. Winners can enter the Quarter Finals to be held at Haverhill on 17th May, the Semi Final at Leigh-on-Sea on 23rd May and the All England Final at Street , Somerset on 6th June. The British Final is at Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland on 3rd & 4th July.

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

2008
2007
2006
2005
2004

 
Location Map
Haynes Village Hall		  
     

At the 2009 Festival the participants were:-

The Hazeley School:“Macbeth” (The Abridged Version) by Leon Garfield
& “Chatroom” by Enda Walsh
Up-Stage: “Twisted” by Andrew Fusek Peters and Polly Peters
Wilstead Players: “Lucy in the Sky” by Tony Layton
Letchworth Settlement Players:“The Lover” by Harold Pinter
Biggleswade Amateur Theatrical Society:“Bad Reception” by Paul Vincent
Stagefright “It’s all in the Mind” by Andra Bishop

 

The winners were:-

BEST:-

DRESSED PLAY "Bad Reception", Biggleswade ATS

THEATRICAL MOMENT in "Twisted", Upstage

MALE YOUTH Owen Fuller in "Chatroom", Hazeley

FEMALE YOUTH Laura Bell in "Bad Reception", Biggleswade ATS

SUPPORTING ACTRESS Leigh Falconer in "Lucy in the Sky", Wilstead Players

SUPPORTING ACTOR William Hankey in "Chatroom", Hazeley School

ACTRESS Linda Brown in "Lucy in the Sky", Wilstead Players

ACTOR Ivan Phillips in "The Lover", Settlement Players

ADJUDICATOR’S AWARD Director and cast of "It’s All in the Mind", Stagefright

YOUTH PRODUCTION "It’s All in the Mind", Stagefright

AUDIENCE APPRECIATION "Bad Reception", Biggleswade ATS

DIRECTION Andra Bishop, Stagefright

PRODUCTION "Lucy in the Sky", Wilstead Players


DRAMA FESTIVALS – WHY BOTHER?
by Jackie Tanswell (Wilstead Players)

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