Regional Area Rounds
United Kingdom Community Drama Festivals Federation
Each year the national amateur theatre organisations of the four United Kingdom countries promote a series of one-act play festivals. Local festivals lead selected productions to a national festival in each country, from which one production is selected to represent its country at the British Final Festival. Area festivals are held in various parts of Wales from February to May and the six highest marked productions are selected to appear at the Wales Final Festival of One-Act Plays.
Rules for the Wales Final Festival can be found here (PDF 184KB)
The festivals provide an opportunity for amateur companies to appear in new and varying venues before widely differing audiences; to receive constructive criticism from a qualified adjudicator, and to compare the standard of their own work with that of the other companies taking part. For audiences, the public adjudication of performances offers a deeper understanding and appreciation of theatre.
Regional Area Rounds 2019
Adjudicator: Nick Wilks GoDA
Clwyd Community Theatre Association Festival of One-Act Plays 2019
4-6th April 2019
South Breconshire Festival of One-Act Plays 2019
12th April 2019
Montgomeryshire Community Drama Association Festival of One-Act Plays 2019
24-27th April 2019
Glamorgan Drama League Festival of One-Act Plays 2019
2-4th May 2019
Wales Final Festival of One-Act Plays 2019
7-8th June 2019
Adjudicator: David Price GoDA
Regional Area Rounds 2018
Adjudicator: David Price GoDA
Gwent Drama League Festival of One-Act Plays 2018
7th March 7.15pm at Studio Theatre, Dolman Theatre, Newport
Table 5 Anyday Theatre Company
- Best Individual Performance: Sue Morgan as Sue, Table 5
- Best Presentation: Table 5
- Adjudicators Award: Nicola Davies as Lou, Table 5
- Best Director: Kevin Myers, Table 5
- Best Production & Festival Winner: Table 5
- Shop for Charity Car Boot Theatre Company
- A Dogs Life Darland Community Theatre
- Lucy in the Sky Phoenix Theatre Company
- The Right Honourable Lady Mold Centre Stage
- A Talk in the Park Grove Park Theatre
- Loss Car Boot Theatre Company
- Best Female Lead: Helen Phillips as 'Wendy', Lucy in the Sky
- Best Female Support: Mandy Hughes as 'Meg', Lucy in the Sky
- Best Male Lead: Brian Gilbert as 'Arthur', A Talk in the Park
- Best Male Support: Chris Jones as 'Ernest', A Talk in the Park
- Best Presentation: Lucy in the Sky, Phoenix Theatre Company
- Best Production and Festival Winner: Lucy in the Sky, Phoenix Theatre Company
Conwy Drama Association Festival of One-Act Plays 2018
24th March 7.00pm at Glan Conwy Church House, Church Street, Glan Conwy
- Best Production: The Zoo Story, Colwyn Abbey Players
- Best Individual: Ben Huxley as ‘Jerry’ The Zoo Story, Colwyn Abbey Players
- Adjudicators Award: Robert Edwards as ‘Peter’ The Zoo Story, Colwyn Abbey Players
Montgomeryshire Community Drama Association Festival of One-Act Plays 2018
4-7 April 7.30pm (7.00pm on Sat 7th) at Berriew Community Arts Centre, Berriew, Welshpool, Powys
- Best Production: When a Man Knows Llandinam Drama Group
- Technical Award - for the set of Plaster Guilsfield Amateur Dramatic Society
- Best Individual: Craig Harris as ‘Eddie’ When a Man Knows Llandinam Drama Group
- Best Youth Performance: Red Dress Manor Llanymynech Amateur Dramatic Society
- Adjudicators Award - for teamwork: Montgomeryshire Youth Theatre
- Best Youth Individual: (joint winners) Melissa Chapman & Grace Bowyer, Llanymynech Amateur Dramatic Society
Breconshire Festival of One-Act Plays 2018
14th April 7.00pm at The Welfare Arts Centre, Brecon Road, Ystradglynlais
- Festival Winners: The Ripple Effect Glantawe Adults
- Adjudicators Award: Snow White and Rose Red Glantawe Mini’s
- Best Youth: And Then There Were Three Glantawe Teens
- Best Individual Performance: Heidi Marie James as 'Nicola' The Ripple Effect
Glamorgan Drama League Festival of One-Act Plays 2018
26-28th April 7.00pm at The Savoy Theatre, Collenna Road, Tonyrefail, Rhondda Cynon Taff
- The Jean Howell Trophy - Adjudicator's Award: Bella Kemble & Helen Power as 'The Puppeteers' The Last Nickel Monocle Theatre Company
- The Bea Wells Memorial Trophy - The Best Individual Comedy Performance: Adam Foster as 'Ivan' The Proposal Paradise Lake Theatre Company
- The Barbara Lake Memorial Award - The Best Individual Performance: (joint winners) Sarah Bennington as 'Jamie' & Kate Howard-Williams as 'Jo' The Last Nickel Monocle Theatre Company
- Mari Major Youth Award - Best Youth Performance: Matthew Leaman as 'Oli' Wasted The Unknown Theatre Company
- Bob McTurk Memorial Trophy - Best Director: Craig Legg Wasted The Unknown Theatre Company
- David Davies Memorial Trophy - Best Adult Production and Overall Festival Winner: Wasted The Unknown Theatre Company
Regional Area Round Winners
Winners of past Regional Area Rounds available below; N.B. This is under constuction, if you have any further information or spare programmes then please get in touch
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Further information on the Regional Associations can be found here
Updated June 2018
