All England Theatre Festival Northern Area Final Programme and Results  May 14th, 2005

Reg. Charity No. 1071518

The Festival

The 2005 Northern Area Final was held at the Victoria Hall, Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria on Saturday, May 14th. The adjudicator was Mr Colin Dolley, GODA.

Plays Performed

Friday, March 11th, 2005
Representing the North East Division Ferriby Dramatic Society The Extraordinary Revelations of Orca The Goldfish by DAVID TRISTRAM Director: JOHN HINSON Lighting: PETER WILDE Sound: CHRIS RILEY Prompt: PAMELA WILDE
For Henry and Alice, life was rarely dull in their fantasy world. Fantasy blurs into reality and only Orca will ever know their true story. Please note this play contains adult material.
Cast
Alice Henry	ALAN HARRISON INGRID BROWN
Representing the North West Division Riverside Players, Heswall Tuna Fish Eulogy by LINDSAY PRICE Director: ANDY WEBSTER Stage Manager: RUTH GRIFFITHS Book: BETTY MYERS Props/Costumes: ISOBEL ROBERTS Lighting: DANNY BLIZARD Sound: PAUL NIBBS
Cast
Woman One Man One Woman Two Man Two	JANET REED RICK SAWLEY JANET BLIZARD MIKE DEAKIN
Representing the North Central Division Richmond Amateur Dramatic Society Two Women and a Chair by Michael Olsen Director:JIM BROWN Stage Manager: SUZY BROWN
Two aspiring actresses arrive for an audition – or is it an audition?
Cast
Jessie Martine	KIRSTY SPENCER AMANDA HEITLER

The Adjudicator - Mr Colin Dolley, GODA

Past vice-chairman of the Guild of Drama Adjudicators, Colin has recently been elected for a third term on to the GODA council. He is also a member of the Scottish Association of Speech and Drama Adjudicators. He trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama in the art of theatre criticism and was head of English and drama in a large Surrey secondary school. For many years he was theatre critic for a West London newspaper and has served on the Barclay’s award panel assessing professional productions nationwide.

An extremely busy adjudicator, his numerous engagements have ranged throughout the British Isles - and beyond; last year he was in Antwerp judging the European Festival. He has adjudicated the national all-winners festival and national finals in England Scotland and Northern Ireland. Last year he completed the set by judging the Welsh finals at Swansea.

In addition to running drama workshops, Colin is a free-lance director,having directed more than thirty plays ranging from “Amadeus” to “Bedroom Farce” and “A Streetcar Named Desire” to “My Night with Reg”.

He is co-writing “A Companion Guide to the One-Act Play and Writers”, which will be published later this year. He has also edited the book “On Being a Drama Adjudicator”.

Currently on the training team for a national telephone help-line, he also uses his assessment skills as a “mystery visitor” for restaurants and bars.

He is delighted to be adjudicating the Northern Area Final of the All- England Festival.

Trophies Awarded

The Silver Stag - for the winning company
Awarded to the Riverside Players, Heswall for Tuna Fish Eulogy

The Elma Trophy - for the best actor
Awarded to Rick Sawley for his performance in Tuna Fish Eulogy

The TSB Silver Salver - for the best actress
Awarded to Ingrid Brown for her performance in The Extraordinary Revelations of Orca the Goldfish

The Harry Mellor Trophy - for set decor
Awarded to the Riverside Players, Heswall, for the set of Tuna Fish Eulogy

The Paul Dyson Trophy - adjudicator’s award
Awarded to Kirsty Spencer for her performance in Two Women and a Chair

Subsequent Rounds of The All England Festival and British Final
English Final	Venue: Barnfield Theatre, Exeter Date: June 11th, 2005 Adjudicator: Scott Marshall
British Final	Venue: Riverside Theatre, Coleraine, Northern Ireland Date: July 1st/2nd, 2005 Adjudicator: Michael O’Hara