2013 Festival

Marcia Lee Award for Best Stage Presentation (in the Youth Category)
Winner: Waltham Forest Youth Theatre (Us and Them)

 
CADOS Award for Most Promising Performer under 18 (in the Youth Category)
Winner: Hannah Dodd, Waltham Forest Youth Theatre (Us and Them)
 
Wadham Players Award for Second-Place Youth Team
Winner: Super Trouper Theatre School (The Death of Romeo)
 
Waltham Forest Services Shield (for the First-Place Youth Team)
Winner: Waltham Forest Youth Theatre (Us and Them)
 
Best Stage Crew Award (presented by CADOS in memory of Chris Levoir)
Winner: College Players (To Fake or not to Fake) Nominated: St Augusine's (Swingers)
Nominated: Wadham Players (In by the Half)
 
Roy Seammen Award for Adjudicator's Selection
The adjudicator decided to give this to a supporting player because the Festival only has one trophy for A supporting player
Winner: Adam King, Wadham Players (Big Dos are Us)
Nominated: Trevor Povey and Michael McFarlane, Thurrock Courts Players(Babels in Arms)
Nominated: Pauline Crowhurst, Thurrock Courts Players (Tea and Crumpet)"
 
Dick Williams Award for Comedy
Nominated: The vest sequence in Swingers, St Augustine's Players
Nominated: The can can sequence in A Kind of Vesuvius, Wadham Players
Winner: The gorilla sequence in What's for Pudding, St Augustine's Players
 
Guy Gostling Award for Best Supporting Performance
Winner: Jill Atkins, Wadham Players (In By the Half)
Nominated: Darren Matthews, Blitzed Theatre Company (Brothers)
Nominated: Simon Billig, Wadham Players (A Kind of Vesuvius)"
 
Vi Gostling New Writing Award
Winner: JR Allen for Ghost Light, Wanstead Players
Nominated: Sue Welch for To Fake or Not to Fake, College Players
Nominated: Jump the Broomstick, devised by Adhoc Players Theatre Club"
 
Guardian Trophy for Best Stage Presentation
Winner: Wadham Players (In by the Half)"
Nominated: St Monica's Players (Badly Drawn)
Nominated: The Wanstead Players (Ghost Light)
 
Arts Council Award for Best Performance by an Actor
Winner: Richard Millen, St Monica's Players (I Am Hamlet)
Nominated: Jonathan Cruse, St Augustine's Players (What's for Pudding?)
Nominated: Jim Killeen, Woodhouse Players (A Separate Piece)"
 
Arts Council Award for Best Performance by an Actress
Winner: Rose Floyd, Wadham Players (In by the Half)
Nominated: Mary Tempesta, St Augustine's Players (What’s for Pudding?)
Nominated: Nikki Barlow, St Augustine's Players (Swingers)
 
Romeril Award for Third Team (in memory of Phyl and Eric Romeril
Winner: Blitzed Theatre Company (Brothers)
 
Classified Trophy for Second Team
 Winner: St Monica's Players (I am Hamlet)
 
Arts Council Shield for Best Team
Winner: Wadham Players (In By the Half)

Rose Floyd and Gill Atkins in a scene from In by the Half

After the final performance each evening the Festival Adjudicator, Louise Manders, LLAM, ALAM, GoDA, will give a critical appraisal of each play to aid performers’ learning and encourage their improvement.

Louise first trod the boards when only five days old and has never looked back. Her professional theatrical career began with Haymarket Stage Productions progressing from stage management to acquiring her Equity card as an actress. She enjoyed touring the UK and appearing in all aspects of theatre including repertory and musicals. Louise is presently Artistic Director of the Phoenix Youth Theatre in Southend, Head of Drama at Crowstone Preparatory School in Westcliff, Speech Tutor at St. John’s Billericay and an adjudicator for the Guild of Drama Adjudicators. She has taught speech, drama and dance to all ages of students, including adults and specialises in the LAMDA examinations. Louise is an experienced theatre director and even finds time to write plays and poetry, and dance flamenco!