The 2024 Waltham Forest Festival of Theatre
Friday 22nd and Saturday 23rd March 2024
Adjudicator: Martin Parr Assoc. GODA.
Forest Community Centre, Guildford Road, Walthamstow E17 4EA
Festival award winners
Festival Award for Best Team
Woodhouse Players – Goldfish Girl
Festival Award for Second Team
Wadham Players – The Rose and Crown
Romeril Award for Third Team (in memory of Phyl and Eric Romeril)
CADOS – Cheek to Cheek
Roy Seammen Award for Adjudicator's Selection
Neil Bird (Woodhouse Players) – Director of Goldfish Girl
Festival Award for Best Performance by an Actress
Ashleigh Cole (Woodhouse Players) – Ally in Goldfish Girl
Festival Award for Best Performance by an Actor
Nick Hone (Woodhouse Players) – Joe in Goldfish Girl
Festival Award for Best Stage Presentation
Wadham Players – The Rose and Crown
Vi Gostling New Writing Award
Marcus Scroop (CADOS) – Cheek to Cheek
Wanstead Players Pat Dancer Award for Best Supporting Performance
Alison Roberts (Wadham Players) – Mrs Reed in The Rose and Crown
Festival Award for Best Team in the Youth Section
Waltham Forest Youth Theatre – Ghost Writer
Wadham Players Award for Second Team in the Youth Section
Interact Youth Theatre - Remote
CADOS Award for Most Promising Performer 18 and Under
Albert Templeman (Interact Youth Theatre) – Oil in Remote
This year's plays
Friday 22 March 7.30pm
Woodhouse Players present Goldfish Girl
A drama by Peter Souter Unsuitable for children
CADOS present Cheek to Cheek
A romantic comedy with dance/ An original play written by Marcus Scroop and based on a short story by C.G.Harris New Play
Saturday 23 March 7pm
Waltham Forest Youth Theatre present Ghost Writer
A lively comedy by Nick Warburton
InterACT Youth Theatre present Remote
A play about protest, power and protecting yourself by Stef Smith
Wadham Players present The Rose and Crown
A drama by J.B. Priestley set in an East End pub in the 1940s
On Saturday after the third play there will be a short interval, followed by the announcement of prizewinners by the Adjudicator.
This year's Adjudicator
Martin Parr
Martin originally trained and worked as an actor, working at most theatres in the UK as well as on tour in the US. He later made the natural transition to directing; initially in opera, and then plays, musical theatre, staged oratorios and cabaret as well as new, site specific work.
Alongside this work, Martin frequently directs in UK drama schools; most recently Mountview, Central, RADA, LIPA and BADA.
Martin sits on the audition panel for the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and the Association of English Singers and Speakers. He is an Associate member of GODA.