Festivals

The Play of the Year is a three act play festival where the adjudicator travels round to the group's normal venue to view one of the normal public productions. The first Play of the Year Competition was in 1962.

The One Act Play Festival is a one act play festival where all the plays are performed at the same venue, probably in March. NANDA took over the local One Act Festival from the British Drama League in 1968.

The Youth Festival is a one act play festival specifically for the eighteen and under, usually in April. NANDA's first Youth Festival was in 1984.

The Play Writing Festival is a biannual(ish) one act play festival where original (i.e. unpublished) plays of less than one hour, are adjudicated in written form and the six or so short listed are given a performance before the final adjudication, entries in by Christmas, for performance around the end of June. NANDA's first Play Writing Festival was in 1977.

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The Gurd Award for unstinting individual support, over many years, by Group nomination.

Festival Winners

Select from:- Trophy, Award, Winner, Group, Play or Year
and some appropriate text for the required Search
eg
Trophy shaw will get Dan Shaw in both Youth and Play of the Year
Award actress will get the best actresses from every festival
Winner john will find all the Johns, or Johnsons, who won something
Group bon will get Bonington Players
Play murd will get various Murders and Murdereds
Year .... is fairly obvious; 2005 or 05 are the same
Year 20 will get you the current century, Year 19 will get the last one.