The 2017 Waltham Forest Festival of Theatre
Thursday 23rd to Saturday 25th March 2017
Adjudicator: Keith Phillips
Venue: Forest Community Centre, Walthamstow
2017 Award Winners
Festival Award for Best Team
Winner: St Augustine's Players (One Night Stand)
Festival Award for Second Team
Winner: Woodhouse Players (Mutatis Mutandis)
Romeril Award for Third Team (in memory of Phyl and Eric Romeril)
Winner: Wadham Players (Audience)
Roy Seammen Award for Adjudicator's Selection
Winner: The non-speaking supporting cast of Ad Hoc Players Theatre Club (The Time Traveller's Mother)
Also nominated: Pamela May, for directing two productions and taking on the lead role in one at short notice, Wanstead Players (Hidden Meanings and In by the Half)
Festival Award for Best Performance by an Actress
Winner: Elizabeth Butler, St Augustine's Players (One Night Stand)
Other nominations:
Pamela May, Wanstead Players (In by the Half)
Emily Carmichael, Woodhouse Players (Mutatis Mutandis)
Festival Award for Best Performance by an Actor
Winner: Matthew Pert, Woodhouse Players (Mutatis Mutandis)
Other nominations:
Mark Simons, Wadham Players (Audience)
Mark Davenport, St Augustine's Players (One Night Stand)
Festival Award for Best Stage Presentation of a play in the Adult Section
Winner: St Augustine's Players (One Night Stand)
Other nominations:
Wadham Players (Audience)
Woodhouse Players (Mutatis Mutandis)
Ad Hoc Players Theatre Club (The Time Traveller's Mother)
Vi Gostling New Writing Award
Winner: Mark Davenport, St Augustine's Players (One Night Stand)
Other nominations: Jamie Thompson, InterACT Youth Theatre (CONNECT)
Wanstead Players Pat Dancer Award for Best Supporting Player
Winner: Jenni Allen-Clarke, Wanstead Players (In by the Half)
Other nominations:
Edmund Lahiff, Wanstead Players (Hidden Meanings)
Chris Millington, Wadham Players (Audience)
Dick Williams Award for Comedy
Winner: Alison Roberts and Ron Atkinson, Wadham Players (Audience)
Other Nominations:
Mark Simons, Wadham Players, (Audience)
Simon Billig, Wadham Players, (Audience)
Mark Davenport and Elizabeth Butler, St Augustine's Players (One Night Stand)
Sonja Lahiff, Wanstead Players (In by the Half)
Matthew Pert, Woodhouse Players (Mutatis Mutandis)
Chris Levoir Best Stage Crew Award
Winner: Woodhouse Players (Mutatis Mutandis)
Festival Award for Best Team in the Youth Section
Winner: Pumphouse CYT (Sparkleshark)
Wadham Players Award for Second Team in the Youth Section
Winner: Waltham Forest Youth Theatre (Blackout)
CADOS Award for Most Promising Performer 18 and Under
Winner: Hermione Leicester, Pumphouse CYT (Sparkleshark)
Other nominations:
Jay Shotter, Waltham Forest Youth Theatre (Blackout)
Max Waghorn, Pumphouse CYT (Sparkleshark)
Marcia Lee Award for Best Stage Presentation in the Youth Section
Winner: Pumphouse CYT (Sparkleshark)
2017 Running Order
Thursday 23 March 7.30pm
Wadham Players present Audience
A comedy by Michael Frayn
Pumphouse CYT present Sparkleshark
A comedy/drama by Philip Ridley
Ad Hoc Players Theatre Club present The Time Traveller's Mother
An original drama by Eddie Coleman New Play
Friday 24 March 7.30pm
St Augustine's Players present One Night Stand
An original comedy by Mark Davenport New Play
Wanstead Players present Hidden Meanings by Michael Snelgrove
Wanstead Players present In by the Half
A dramatic comedy by Jimmie Chinn
Saturday 25 March 7.30pm
InterACT Youth Theatre present CONNECT
An original Sci Fi satire by Jamie Thompson New Play
Waltham Forest Youth Theatre present Blackout
A topical drama by Davey Anderson
Woodhouse Players present Mutatis Mutandis
A comedy of menace by David Campton
On Saturday after the third play there will be a short interval, followed by the announcement of prizewinners by the Adjudicator.
2017 Adjudicator Details
Keith Phillips Assoc GoDA
Keith’s original involvement and interest in the theatre began in the 1960’s when, as a nine year old, he played a tree in an infant school production. This interest continued through junior and senior schools where he contributed to productions either on stage or behind the scenes. On leaving school he joined a local amateur group, in Barnet, and continued to learn and gain valuable experience in every aspect of theatre; from acting to stage managing, scenery design and building, lighting and sound and eventually Producing and Directing. Moving a moderate distance north, he then joined a club in Huntingdon contributing to every production, even if that was serving tea in the interval.
A lover of all things Shakespearean, he became a Trustee of the Shakespeare at the George Trust and played in a number of productions as well as directing. In the 1980’s Keith founded the Huntingdon Drama Festival which ran for a few years before a lack of local funding dried up and the free festival closed.
Keith then became very active in the Cambridge amateur theatre community and co-founded two Theatre Companies, to take new and classic plays further afield; including a number of shows at the Edinburgh Fringe.
In more recent years Keith has supported Clavering Players in North Essex, where he was Chair for a couple of years and has written three one-plays for them, for competitive entry at festivals, as well as four pantomimes. He is currently Chair of the Cambridge Drama Festival now in its 49th year.
Keith’s 40 plus years’ experience and expertise in amateur theatre led to his joining GoDA in 2014 as an Associate member and he is looking forward to adjudicating at Festivals the length and breadth of the UK.
