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Week of the 18th March 2024
Totton Festival of Drama 2018
Overall Winner (Archie Gay Trophy)
SUP Theatre Company with Bully Beef and Whizzbangs
Runner-Up (The Cullen Cup)
Chameleon Theatre Company, Chandlers Ford with Housebound by Simon Mawsdley
Other 2018 Trophy Winners
| Hampshire Winner-5CYF (The Trant Trophy) | The Romsey School Community Youth Theatre with Butcher, Butcher, Burning Bright by Mark Wheeller |
| Best Direction (Chairman's Shield) | Lesley Bates, Studio Theatre, Ashley Road for The Twelve Pound Look by J.M. Barrie |
| Best Adult Actor (TDF Cup) | Stephen Fenerty in SUP Theatre Company's Bully Beef and Whizzbangs |
| Best Adult Actress (TDF Cup) | Rachel Fletcher in Studio Theatre, Ashley Road's The Twelve Pound Look |
| Best Supporting Adult Player (The Cullen Cup) | Emma Way in Studio Theatre, Ashley Road's How the Vote was Won by Cicely Hamilton & Christopher St John |
| Best Youth Actor (The Harris Trophy) | Archie Ralfs in RSCoYT's Butcher, Butcher, Burning Bright |
| Best Youth Actress (The Harris Trophy) | Seren Rogers in The Young Creatives Portsmouth's Me, My Selfie & I by Jonathan Dorf |
| Best Supporting Youth Player (The Hibbert Trophy) | Hughie Bishop in RSCoYT's production of Butcher, Butcher, Burning Bright |
| Technical Achievement (The CADS Trophy) | SUP Theatre Company with Bully Beef and Whizzbangs |
| Adjudicator's Award (The Harding Shield) | Bay House School 6th Form with Sideliners by Imogen Cottrill & Ed Sawkins-Brown |
| Best Original Script | Chris Hawley for Bully Beef & Whizzbangs |
Day 1: Tuesday 20th March
UP To Something Acting Troupe
The Virtuous Burglar by Dario Fo
Day 2: Wednesday 21st March
The Romsey School Community Youth Theatre (RSCoYT)
Butcher, Butcher, Burning Bright by Mark Wheeller
Day 3: Thursday 22nd March
Day 4: Friday 23rd March
Day 5: Saturday 24th March
Mike Kaiser, Our 2018 Adjudicator
Our adjudicator for our 2018 Festival was Mike Kaiser from the Guild of Drama Adjudicators.
Mike has spent over thirty years teaching English and Drama. Originally from Manchester, he has lived for over forty years in Shropshire where he was Head of English and Theatre Studies at the Sixth Form College in Telford.
For all of that time, he has been active in amateur theatre, winning many awards for acting, directing and writing.
He's been of GODA since 1999 and during that time he's adjudicated in every part of the UK and also the Republic of Ireland but this was his first visit to Totton!
Further rounds
Five Counties Youth Festival
21st April 2018
All England Theatre Festival Round 2
Southern and Mercia Divisions Quarter Final
7th April 2018
Adjudicator: Nick Wilkes
All England Theatre Festival Round 3
Western Area Semi Final
5th May 2018
Adjudicator: Jan Palmer Sayer
All England Theatre Festival Round 4
English Final
2nd June 2018
Adjudicator: Ben Humphrey
All England Theatre Festival Round 5
British Final
6th & 7th July 2018
Adjudicator: Jennifer Scott-Reid