13-16 May Kurtheater, Bad Homburg

FEATS 2010 is presented by Frankfurt English Speaking Theatre e.V.

Welcome to FEATS 2010!

A very warm welcome to all; we are happy to see so many old friends return to Bad Homburg for this year’s FEATS, as well as new faces ready for the theatregoer’s ultimate challenge – four days of concentrated theatre! This year FEATS turns 34 and we are proud that the festival has become acknowledged as the leading such event in continental Europe. For participating groups it’s good to have the opportunity to measure yourself against peers in a spirit of friendly competition and many will treasure the shared memories of the This year's organising committee, from left to right: experience for years to come. Antonia Kitzel - Fringe, David Mark - Chairman, Vera Mark - Front of House & Hospitality, Jeff Book - Treasurer, Wendy Jane Jones - Group This year we welcome Jan Palmer Sayer as our adjudicator. Although Liaison, David Jayne - Publicity and Gill Atkinson - an experienced professional, this is her first time at FEATS and we Stage Manager. look forward greatly to her comments. Important footnotes: Organizing FEATS 2010 has taken up much of the past year and been • Performances start at 19.30. There will be an interval of both a challenge and a lot of fun. We have received generous approx. 20 minutes between performances. support from our sponsors and from many volunteers, to all of • Following the final performance each evening the adjudicator will give her comments on all three whom we say collectively, many thanks! We are also grateful to the productions. Please remain seated until after the groups who have made the trip to Bad Homburg to perform. You all adjudication. make this festival come alive! • There is no entry to the auditorium after a performance has started. Latecomers may view a show on a monitor We hope that we have put together a varied and interesting festival in the foyer and be seated at the next interval. for you. In addition to details about the performing groups and their • Ticket holders may sit anywhere in the main auditorium. Access to the balcony is limited to festival and theatre productions, this programme provides information about our fringe staff with official passes and to those groups performing festival (details on pages 10 and 11), which takes place just a couple on that evening. of minutes’ walk from the main theatre. You can find more about the • Access to backstage areas is limited to festival and non-theatrical part of this long weekend - Bad Homburg, hospitality, theatre staff and participants with official passes. the party – at our information desk in the foyer and on the website • Smoking is not permitted anywhere inside the www.festfrankfurt.org/F2010, which you can access from the Kurtheater complex. computer at the information desk in the foyer of the main theatre. • Coats may not be taken into the auditorium. Please leave them with our lovely ladies in the foyer. Feel free to address any questions to our volunteers wearing the • Mobile phones and any other devices that make a sound grey polo shirts with our logo, or to any member of the organizing must be turned off. committee. • Photography – with or without flash – and filming or recording of any kind during performances is not So thank you for being with us tonight; we hope you enjoy the permitted. shows and look forward to seeing you again. • Anyone opening sweets with noisy wrappers during a show may be executed at dawn. David Mark Chairman, FEATS 2010 - 3 - Welcome to Bad Homburg! We all love theatre; it is removed from, yet still reflects real life. Witnessing love and passion, problems and tragedy encourages us to look at life from a different perspective. We might laugh, or pause to reflect, and sometimes even find answers to frequently asked questions. Oscar Wilde said, “The stage is not merely the meeting place of all the arts, but is also the return of art to life.”

Bad Homburg already has a wonderfully varied theatre scene, which will be further enhanced over the next few days – by stagecraft in English. We are delighted to welcome FEATS 2010 – the best English-language theatre festival in continental Europe – to our town. Culture in Bad Homburg has had an international flavour ever since we first gained world renown as a spa back in the mid-nineteenth century, and we continue to maintain this tradition – in art, on stage and in everyday life. Bad Homburg is most certainly a European town, as witnessed by the close relationships we have with our nine twinned towns.

I would like to extend a warm welcome to Bad Homburg to all involved in FEATS 2010. I wish you an exciting competition and successful performances. Sincere thanks are due to the organisers and sponsors, whose efforts have ensured a high-quality cultural event. And lastly, I hope that you, the audience, will enjoy some evenings of unforgettable theatre.

So now, raise the curtain and let the show commence!

Beate Fleige Head of Cultural Affairs Bad Homburg

- 4 - Contents The Plays

Page Thursday 13 May - pp. 7-9 Tagora, Strasbourg - Late Entry by David Tristram GODA - 6 Entity Theatre, Munich - The Exception & The Rule by Albert Brecht Adjudicator - 6 ESOC Theatre Group, Darmstadt - White Liars by Peter Shaffer Fringe Programme - 10 Steering Committee - 16 Friday 14 May - pp. 12-14 NDFA All-Winners festival - 17 British & American Theatrical Society, Antwerp - Oh, My God! by Daniel Sossi * Rules of the Competition - 22 New English & American Theatre, Stuttgart - Homelife by Edward Albee Past Winners - 23 English Comedy Club, Brussels - The Red Death by Steve Challens * FEST - 28 Saturday 15 May - pp. 18-21 FEATS 2011 - 29 New World Theatre Company, Luxembourg - Jolly by David Mamet Crew, FEATS 2010 - 30 Irish Theatre Group, Brussels - Come on Over by Conor McPherson InPlayers, Amsterdam - In Yonder Green Glen by Svarupa * Sunday 16 May - pp. 24-26 De WAANzin, Ghent - Sister of by Lot Vekemans * Combined Amateur Theatrical Society, Rheindalen - Wedding Day by John F. Glen Geneva English Drama Society - Shakers by John Godber (* denotes an original script) Our adjudicator: Jan Palmer Sayer, B.Ed., MA, GoDA Jan trained at Middlesex University where she graduated with a degree in Drama and Education. She has worked in provincial theatre as an award-winning actor and director, and is currently Headteacher of Hertswood, a Specialist Arts College. She successfully combines a busy academic life with a stimulating theatrical one. In 1998, she was awarded an MA in Theatre and Performance Studies and at the time was running her own highly inventive theatre company – Shattered Windscreen. Her theatrical exploits have taken her as far afield as the Edinburgh Fringe Festival as well as regular appearances at the famous cliffside Minack Theatre in Cornwall.

Jan was appointed as a GoDA adjudicator in 2001: her past festival experiences have included Barnet, Cambridge, Felixstowe, Guernsey, Havering, Isle of Man, Sawston, Spelthorne & Runnymede,Thurrock, Wakefield, Waltham Forest and the Woking Drama Festivals, and she is looking forward very much to her first visit to a FEATS festival, here in Bad Homburg.

The Guild of Drama Adjudicators

The Guild of Drama Adjudicators, GoDA, is the internationally recognised body for the adjudication of all forms of theatre. It was founded in 1947 to improve the standards of adjudication of amateur drama by establishing recognised principles of practice to which its members could be relied upon to adhere. Its members have extensive experience of amateur and professional theatre and are bound by a strict rule of professional etiquette. The objectives of the Guild are: • To supply qualified adjudicators to all organisations promoting amateur drama. • To enable its members to work unfettered towards the objectives of the Guild. • To provide opportunities for the discussion of the problems of adjudication and tuition either by schools, conferences, or by other means. You can find out more about GoDA on www.amdram.co.uk/goda

- 6 - Tagora, Strasbourg Thursday

Late Entry by David Tristram Directed by Maggie Jones

Cast Sara: Elena Malagoni Mike: Richard Thayer

Production team Stage Manager: Bernard Faulkner Asst. Stage Manager: Martin Ett Lighting: Gary Jagger, John Richards, Brian Jones, Derek Watts Sound: Alex Flanagan, Tim Allen Props and Costumes: Eunice Ballard, Harriet Wilson, Edith Ross Photos: David-Michel Muller Original music: Cipriana Moraru About the play Lying, dissimulation, flirtation, seduction: it’s all in the game to our heroine when she’s trying to make her mark and create a favourable impression on the world-weary Mike. The lengths some people will go to in order to achieve their life’s ambition – winning a drama festival! But in his job, Mike has to be above suspicion. Will he succumb to Sara’s wiles?

About the group As a section of the Council of Europe’s staff association, Tagora is well-placed to make the most of the diversity Strasbourg has to offer. Our multicultural nature is one of our strong points, and much of our material is chosen with a view to attracting non-native English-speakers, both in ACT PRD PRS ORI TOT POS the audience and on-stage. Tonight’s production is no exception, and can proudly fly the Italian and Greek flags as well as the Tricolor and the Union Jack. www.tagorinfo.eu - 7 - Thursday Entity Theatre, Munich The Exception & The Rule by Bertolt Brecht (translated by Tom Osborn) Directed by Ravi Rege

Cast Merchant: Peter Bishop Guide: Daniel Beaver Porter: Masoud Janbaz Policeman: Blair Gaulton Innkeeper: Dana Galili Porter’s Wife: Alessandra Innocenti Production team Leader, 2nd Expedition: Roxey Lau Stage Manager: Roxey Lau Judges: Hind Mouneimne, Regina Göhlert Backstage Support: Anthony Antonas Chorus: Adina Mois, Silja Wiedeking Props Manager: Sue Turner Choreographers: Colleen Burke About the play Set Design: Ravi Rege Setting: The Yahi Desert Musical Arrangement: Jackie Xiao The opening lines of the play inform us simply that this is the story Costumes: Lena Stefanescu of a journey, undertaken by an exploiter and two who are Lighting & Special Effects: Hans-M. Field exploited. The play raises several questions. Is amoral toughness Sound & needed to survive an amoral system? Shouldn't a system that makes generosity an exception be changed? Should "ordained Sound Effects: Stefan Schönbauer disorder" and "systematic arbitrariness" be accepted as Lighting/Technical: Erika Stoll unchangeable? And if one recognizes abuse should one do anything about it?

About the group Founded by Danny Strike and Alison Sandford, Entity has been performing plays in English in Munich for 10 years, adhering to the workshop principles of allowing participants time to develop, experiment, and have fun. We learn all we can about our potential cast through the workshop process rather than auditions. We continue with the principles of the workshop right up to opening ACT PRD PRS ORI TOT POS night, and sometimes beyond. No two performances are the same! www.entitytheatre.com

- 8 - ESOC Theatre Group, Darmstadt Thursday White Liars by Peter Shaffer Directed by Alastair McDonald

Cast Sophie, Baroness Lemberg: Melanie Zander Frank: Bruno Sousa Tom: Andy Williams

Production Team Stage Manager: Dick Waite Stage crew: Simon Allan, Nigel Link, Adam Miller, Henry Walls Stage design and building: Nigel Link Building support: Cast and Crew, David Andrews, Eric Beveridge, Nicola Policella Lighting: Mark Grundy Sound: Rob Clark Costume: Moira Grundy, Frank Albrecht Props: Sara Gonzales, Mary Leonhart Production support: Daniel Scuka, Nicola Sousa About the play Written and set in the seventies, the title of the play refers to the name of a pop group whose lead singer is Tom and which is managed by Frank. They seem an unlikely pair of visitors to Sophie, Baroness Lemberg, a seaside fortune teller at the end of an otherwise deserted pier on the English coast. Moreover, as the consultation progresses, it becomes clear that the White Liars not only refer to the band members. Programme note: this is a performance by amateur actors.

About the group The ESOC Theatre Group was founded in 1988 by staff at the European Space Operations Centre in nearby Darmstadt, and is open to all-comers. Our aim is to put on at least two full productions each year, with additional play-readings, ACT PRD PRS ORI TOT POS workshops and trips to other shows. After a few years in the doldrums, our group has been revitalized by many new members and we are delighted to be back at FEATS once again.

•• - 9 - http://sites.google.com/site/esoctheatregroup • Fringe Programme

This year’s Fringe will take place in the church hall of the St. Marien Kirche in Dorotheenstrasse, right next to the church Friday, May 14th and only a five minute walk from the Kurtheater (please see the map in the foyer 12.30 Musical Theatre Workshop with Tracey Grey for details). Have no experience with Musical Theatre? Actually a "bit scared" of singing? Two left feet? Then you are The FEATS FORUM on Sunday will take also perfect for this workshop!! Throw away place in the café of the library at pre-conceptions; credentials are simply an Dorotheenstrasse 24, across the street from open-mind, fantasy and the will to have some fun! the Fringe venue). The library café will also host the CREATIVE FORUM that will start 14.15 Improvisation Workshop with Lea Dunbar us into the Fringe programme on Sunday. Ever wondered how Monty Python came up with their material? If so, the Improv workshop is for you. We will Please note that for some of the workshops explore the endless possibilities created when near participant numbers are limited - places are strangers let their minds run wild. Learn to act and react on a first come, first served basis. Sign-up spontaneously through a series of games. There is no sheets are available at the information desk wrong or right, no good or bad, just fun! in the foyer. 15.30 Bouncers by John Godber (Semi-Circle) To quench your thirst in between workshops Ca: David Cox, Jacob Dixon, Richard Brown, Steve Martin D/S: Michael Clarke, SM: Susan Aeschbach, and performances the Fringe bar will be SH: Zuzana Cox. Bouncers is an outrageous and open during the Fringe programme. hilarious parody of the disco scene, where the flashing lights and the pulsating beat meet with The Fringe Crew: seedy, tatty reality. Four brutish bouncers portray Organisation: Antonia Kitzel giggly girls, lads on the make, smooth talking DJs, Technical Directors: Michael Ennis & Patrick pogoing punks and drunken slobs. O'Sullivan Bouncers is the companion piece to Shakers, performed as part of the main FEATS programme We would like to thank all participating on Sunday night. groups, performers and moderators for enabling us to put together a diverse, exciting 16.45 Jumping Jasper by Yair Packar (Entity) and fun programme. Enjoy the Fringe 2010! Ca: Blair Gaulton, Susan-Elizabeth Goetze D: Aneila Hogan, Daniel Beaver AD: Assistant Director A chance meeting between a person who plans to Ca: Cast kill himself by falling from the third floor of a Cr: Crew building because his loved one deserted him and a D: Director homeless lady who is full of vitality and does her L: Light best to prevent him from jumping. S: Sound SH: Stage Hand SM: Stage Manager - 10 - Fringe Programme

Saturday, May 15th Sunday, May 16th

12.30 Zoo Story by Edward Albee (NEAT) 12.00 FEATS FORUM Ca: Andrew Carey-Yard, Andrew Golledge, This year’s forum will take place in the café of the D: Charles C. Urban, AD: Sophie Chaumette library in Dorotheenstrasse. Kränzle, Cr: Charles C. Urban, Annette Holzmeister, Ortrud Kestner, John Doyle. 13.30 Creative Forum A random, ultimately violent encounter between MC Nigel Harvey. The Creative forum will take Peter, an affluent book publishing executive, and place in the library café. Last year’s Creative Jerry, an eccentric passerby. A clash of social Forum provided plenty of food for thought, and classes, values and lifestyles. we would therefore like to offer a platform to Zoo Story is the companion piece to Homelife, continue the exchange of ideas. For this year’s performed as part of the main programme on discussion we would like to start by inviting you Friday. to take a look at defining creative integrity 14.00 Comedy by & with Daniel Beaver caring for the creative process Join Daniel as he takes a closer look at the British developing creativity within group structure. government – from his very own angle. After all, politics are no laughing matter! 15.15 Check Please & Check Please Take Two by Jonathan Rand. 15.00 A Defenseless Creature by Neil Simon (TLS) (Theatre Group of Bischof-Neumann Schule) Ca: Antonia Kitzel, Michael Ennis, Paul Domineske, The Theatre Group of the Bischof-Neumann D: Abigail Paul, SM: Poh Eng Yin Schule presents excerpts from their current A Defenseless Creature is an excerpt from The production. Join us as they take a look at the Good Doctor, a Neil Simon compilation of short usual and the more unusual blind dates at a comedies inspired by master storyteller Anton restaurant. Chekhov. A Defenseless Creature is about a Produced by special arrangement with Playscripts, Inc. woman who is anything but. 16.00 Best Before End… presents …See Workshop: Story Telling & Tableau 15.30 Bottom Ca: Phil Lewis, David Mark, Linda with Nigel Harvey Potlitz and Susan Tackenberg. A selection of How do you create visually effective pictures on stage and how can you use them to advance your non-pc sketches from 1968 to 1985. story? Join Nigel as he looks into the narrative possibilities of pictures. 16.45 Sizzling Summer Musical Medley The Black Diamonds are the performance group from the Stagecoach Theater Arts School in Frankfurt. This talented group will thrill and move you with their Song and Dance Musical Medley! - 11 - Friday British & American Theatrical Society, Antwerp

Oh, My God! by Daniel Sossi Directed by Vivi Roche

Cast (in order of appearance) Reporter Ingrid Stals Sister Maggie Carine Coolsaert Sister Jane Marise Verschaeren Production Team Sister Matic Zoë Van’t Hof Asst. Director Daniel Sossi Monk Erik Tytgadt Producers Annelies Lightband, Andy Kelly Veronique Van Reeth Lambrechts Mother Superior Jill Franks Stage Manager Marc Tufler Sister Maria Lorraine Thompson Lights Luc Vervliet Sister Superior Magda Lockefeer Sound Fernand Arn God Valerie Mott Décor Design Raoul Bermejo and friends Angel Rosalind Athernought Props Pat Arn, Anna Van Priest Tom De Beckker Kerkckhoven Detective Dermod O’Reilly Wardrobe & Agatha Annelies Lightband make up Ruth van Ammel Choreography Christine Gijsen About the play Stage Crew Liz Van Dessel, Odile One fine day, God decides to visit Earth and then the problems Pauwels, Ilbige Arik, start for a special Monastery. Stephen Langridge

About the group BATS has been performing English language plays in Antwerp for 50 years: our members are split almost equally between native English speakers and Flemish-speaking Belgians. We are one of the founder clubs of FEATS, hosted the 2nd Festival in 1978 and are looking forward to seeing you for the 7th time in 2012. Our usual season’s programme consists of 4 main-stage productions including pantomime in which more than 100 BATS are involved.

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- 12 - New English American Theatre, Stuttgart Friday

Homelife by Edward Albee (part one of At Home At The Zoo) Directed by Charles C. Urban

Cast Ann: Susanna Thielecke Peter: Andrew Carey-Yard

Production Team Assistant Director: Sophie Chaumette Kränzle Costumes/Set: Annette Holzmeister, Ortrud Kestner, John Doyle Stage Manager: Ortrud Kestner Stage Crew: John Doyle Lights and Sound: Charles C. Urban

About the play Written over 40 years after THE ZOO STORY, Albee’s new first act companion prequel - HOMELIFE - is a canny, self-contained chamber play about marriage, a consideration, both sober and funny, of the loneliness within a shared life. The play begins with the most terrifying words in any relationship, “We should talk.” An intense dialogue ensues but it soon becomes clear that genuine communication doesn’t come easily to this married couple. HOMELIFE shows us what occurred minutes prior to the events in THE ZOO STORY – which will be performed, in its newly modified version, during the Fringe of FEATS. Performance rights were obtained through S. Fischer Verlag, Frankfurt am Main.

About the group NEAT stands for New English American Theatre. The idea was conceived in 1991 as a means of making English language plays more widely available to Stuttgart audiences. From the beginning, it has been the aim of NEAT to provide theatre goers with uncompromising presentations of original version English language theatre as it may be experienced in the countries of its origin. Our ACT PRD PRS ORI TOT POS productions have included musical theatre, children's theatre, staged monologues, one-act plays, classical and modern theatre works, music & poetry projects and Celtic Cultural Evenings.

•• www.neat-theater.de • - 13 - Friday English Comedy Club, Brussels The Red Death Written and directed by Stephen Challens Cast Edward Richard Foxon Prospero Mark Prescott Sabela Abigail Greef Aderyn Anna Sparre Leath Poppy Bullock Jonah Ingemar Mikander Phillip Tim Myers Red Death Conrad Toft The Playwright Chorus Andrew Blumenthal, Jonathan Goldsmith, Stephen Challens is a writer, director and Charlotte Lohausen, Christine Marchand, sometimes performer. His works include Edward Prescott, Liz Ross, Ossip Schade 'Slacker's Guide to Western Theatre', ‘Delyria’ (a Shakespeare mash up), ‘Roy’ (an adaptation of Production Team Alfred Jarry's Ubi Roi), ‘Runaway’, ‘Pendragon’, Producer Carrie Caunce and an adaptation of Charles Dickens 'A Asst. Producer Kevin Bulled Christmas Carol'. His style is usually direct Stage Manager Andy Ing attacking, stripped down and to the point. ‘Red Lighting Barbara Daw, Robin Jezek Death’ however is probably the densest and Sound Glenn Vaughan most poetic script to date. It is also his most Costumes Iona Hamilton physical drama. Stephen has directed at several Props Louise Nugent FEATS with plays such as ‘Underground Lovers’ Crew Paul Davis and an abridged version of ‘Dr Faustus’. He has Special thanks to... Tanya Dovgavych, Chris Reidy, Lynne Vaughan once appeared on the FEATS stage in 'A Man of Letters'. Other plays directed have been Hearts About the play Desire, Road, Trainspotting, The Glass A weaver of dark gothic tales, many know of Edgar Allen Poe and his Menagerie, The Wier, The Lion The Witch and works such as 'The Fall of the House of Usher', 'The Tell Tale Heart' and the the Wardrobe, Humble Boy, Lady Chill Lady 'Raven'. However a less known tale is that of the 'Red Death', a story Wad Lady Lurve Lady God, 4.48 Psychosis, centering around a Prince fearing the red plague, who locks himself in his Animal Farm, and Daisy Pulls it off. castle for escape. Neither money nor power can protect him as the decay outside the castle walls approaches his ideal world of false safety. There is a Hammer House film of the story, however few dramatized versions for the stage. Whilst the opening and finish are strong, Poe in the middle concentrates on seven rooms of seven different colours. As a writer he concentrates on the description of the rooms and this is probably why it is not often chosen to be played upon the stage. Creating an original script inspired by the story meant developing ideas for these rooms and stories to accompany them. Trying to keep true to ACT PRD PRS ORI TOT POS Poe as the author and add a few extra twists has been a hard but rewarding process. Tonight we present a story by one of the greatest gothic writers to have lived and we hope just a little more on top. - 14 - Discuss, Share & Connect!

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Kur-Royal, das exklusive Day Spa im Kaiser-Wilhelms-Bad, Bad Homburg- 15 - v. d. Höhe www.kur-royal.de The FEATS Steering Committee

The FEATS Steering Committee consists of one representative from each of the "permanent" hosting groups – AATG/The Hague, BATS/Antwerp, ECC/Brussels, FEST/Frankfurt and NWTC/ Luxembourg – together with the permanent secretary, David Crowe. Other "non-permanent" groups who host a festival are represented on the Committee for the year prior to their festival. The Steering Committee is supported by the Webmaster (also David Crowe) and the Newsletter Editor (Sue Seth) and advised on GODA/NDFA issues by Tony Broscomb. Pat Arn - BATS Wendy Jane Jones - FEST The Steering Committee oversees and administers the festival as an institution. Its tasks include, for example, deciding on the eligibility of new groups to join the selection lists, which are managed to ensure that every group has a fair chance of being selected to compete, or ensuring that the rules reflect the current state of amateur theatre – the use of high-tech stage effects or child protection policies, for example, are recent issues that have been addressed. By contrast, the actual organisation of each festival is the responsibility of the Organising Committee of the hosting group, which can, of course, ask the Steering Committee for advice at any time. You can meet the people behind the names at the FEATS Forum in the library on Sunday.

The FEATS community was saddened to Evonne Dunne - AATG learn of the death of Angela Dodds in November of last year. Angela was the Andy Ing - ECC Permanent Secretary on the FEATS Steering Committee for many years. Her wealth of experience and knowledge of the festival were always invaluable, as were her determination and ready wit. The Steering Committee will very much miss her advice, guidance and her sense of humour. We will Angela Dodds † treasure her memory.

David Crowe - Tagora Deborah Fulton-Anderson NWTC - 16 - The NATIONAL DRAMA FESTIVALS ASSOCIATION in conjunction with THURROCK ARTS COUNCIL presents the 37th BRITISH ALL WINNERS FESTIVAL at the Thameside Theatre, Grays, Essex from Sunday 25th to Saturday 31st July 2010 Adjudicator: Paul Fowler, GODA

Drama Groups that have won Full Length or One Act Member Festivals between 8 June 2009 and 6 June 2010 are eligible for invitation to take part in the 2010 NDFA British "All Winners" Festival (BAWF).

The Rules of Entry for the All Winners Festival are published in the NDFA Directory or can be obtained from the BAWF Co-ordinator, Lyn Mison, Goose Corner, 65 Saunders Lane, Mayford, Woking GU22 0NR tel: 01483 725045 e-mail: [email protected]

One Act Playwriting Competition

The object of this competition is to promote new writing for the theatre. It is administered by the NDFA and judged by a panel of judges: the chairman and judges of the panel are appointed by the Council of the NDFA. The GEORGE TAYLOR MEMORIAL AWARD was initiated in 1979, in memory of the founder of AMATEUR STAGE. The award is held for one year and the winner receives a certificate and a cash prize of £100, which is funded jointly by NODA and NDFA. The award is open to any piece of original theatre accepted by and performed at any NDFA festival between 1 July and 30 June. The play, not the production, must be recommended by the festival organiser and by the adjudicator. The play must be unpublished at the time of entry and have received fewer than five public performances. Should it be accepted for publication prior to the announcement of the awards, it will be automatically disqualified. The entry fee is £5 and the entry form must be signed both by the playwright and the festival organiser. An entry form can be found at the back of the NDFA directory.

- 17 - Saturday New World Theatre Club, Luxembourg

Jolly by David Mamet Directed by Erik Abbott

Cast Jolly Christine Probst Bob Timothy Lone Carl Mathew Kovacs

Crew Stage Manager Ann Overstall Lighting Design Valerie Scott Sound Deborah Anderson Props Barbara Buchanan, John Overstall

About the play Jolly is part of a trilogy of plays The Old Neighborhood by American author, playwright and film director David Mamet. Controversial and influential, Mamet has received Tony and Oscar nominations for his work on both stage and screen and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for Glengarry Glen Ross. In Jolly, Mamet’s most autobio- graphical play, the characters’ memories surge out in sharp, precise dialogue unveiling the emotional wounds that shaped them.

About the group The New World Theatre Club (NWTC) in Luxembourg has been successfully staging plays in English for forty years. One of the founding members of FEATS, the NWTC proudly hosted the 30th anniversary of FEATS in 2006. The NWTC also hosts “Munsbach”- the European Theatre Summer School - a project-based, residential drama-training course where theatre professionals and students interact in a supportive environment. More info at www.munsbach.org. ACT PRD PRS ORI TOT POS www.nwtc.lu

- 18 - Irish Theatre Group, Brussels Saturday

Come On Over by Conor McPherson Directed by Colum Hatchell

Cast Matthew: Brian Hartnett Margaret: Alma Forsyth

Production Team Stage Manager: Lyn Wainwright Asst. Stage Manager: Róisín Dore Lighting: Carsten Koester Stage Crew: Julian Oliver, Sinéad Meehan

About the play McPherson, Afterword, Plays 2: “To me a play, or any art, is just like the paintings on the cave walls that the first human beings did. Those poor fuckers were the first ones to experience being conscious. What a bizarre experience it is to know that we are alive. And wonder if there is a God, and will something save us?” Come on Over is a story about being human, about loneliness, truth and love. Turn off your questioning heart and let it happen.

About the group The ITG aims to produce voluntary theatre of 'excellence', encompassing both innovative and more traditional styles and content.

While representing Irish interests in the Brussels theatre community, the ITG is primarily a forum for all those interested in theatre, in any capacity, to be involved and develop theatrical skills. An essential part of our philosophy is to encourage and nurture support from both new and established talent in all areas of theatre. www.irishtheatregroup.com

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- 19 - - 20 - InPlayers, Amsterdam Saturday In Yonder Green Glen Written and directed by Svarupa

Cast La Commere: Polly Perkins El Capitano: Mike Williams Flavio: Brandon Grantham Columbine: Nina Cohen Il Dottore: Annika Groeneveld Brighella: Ken Kitchen Pantalone: Benjamin Keaton Harlequin: Terence Sinclair Pierrot: Asker Mulder Isabella: Liesl Sedres

About the play "In Yonder Green Glen" is a jolly adventure into the world of Commedia dell’Arte. All the familiar mischief makers are here. Singing, dancing, conniving, even duelling to win the hearts of all the lovely ladies in the neighbourhood. The modern day actors playing traditional roles have taken on both the character and lifestyle of medieval players. Harlequin and Pierrot compete both on stage and off for Columbine, while Pantaloon and El Dottore scheme to steal Isabella away Production Team from her experienced mother, La Commere. Pantaloon’s son, Flavio, has travelled Stage Manager & many a weary mile to bed and/or wed Isabella and finds a Capitano from Seville Vocal Coach Paul Dros has arrived to do the same for the King of Spain. They are a rough-mouthed, Makeup Harald Seiwert bawdy troupe of travelling players but even Brighella, a dangerous conman is pleasantly surprised by the conclusion of the play. Lights Aaron Naselow Set Gerbrig Seidel Costumes Lidija Filipovic/Polly Perkins Music Mike Williams About the group The InPlayers are Amsterdam’s oldest English-speaking theatre company, having staged a broad repertoire of often innovative work for over sixty years now. From Shakespeare to modern classics to musicals to Seasonal Pantomimes to original works written by group members, the InPlayers have done it all. On average, the group produces three productions each season, and often participates in events such as FEATS and local one-act festivals. The InPlayers also host regular play readings and workshops. ACT PRD PRS ORI TOT POS www.inplayers.org

- 21 - FEATS rules OK?

The constraints of accommodating twelve groups in four days of friendly competition mean that we need some rules, among them:

• Each piece must be a complete play or a self-contained extract from a longer one. • It must be no less than 20 and no more than 50 minutes long. • Ten minutes are allowed for setting the opening scene and five minutes for striking the set. • The backstage crew for setting and striking may consist of up to five people. • A maximum of two hours is allowed for all technical preparation and rehearsal.

General:

• There are no curtain calls, although applause is encouraged and much appreciated by the groups. • There will be an interval between each of the plays while one group strikes and clears the stage and the next group prepares for its performance. • At the end of each evening there will be a short break before the adjudicator presents his/her assessments of the evening’s performances. The audience is asked to remain in their seats. • The various awards are presented on the final night following adjudication of the evening’s plays.

Marking for FEATS

The FEATS competition is marked according to the National Drama Festivals Association (NDFA) marking system:40 points for Acting, 35 points for Production, 15 points for Stage Presentation and 10 points for Originality, Endeavour and Achievement, giving a total of 100. You can mark the plays yourself using the table at the bottom of each group's page and see how your results compare with the final awards - enter these on page 30.

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- 22 - Past FEATS Winners Kast Cup for Best Production (1st place) It used to be a quick job to type up the 2009 - NWTC Luxembourg for The Lesson relatively short list of winners for the 2008 - The Bonn Players for Curtain Calls programme but, as the festival has now been 2007 - ECC Brussels for The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus running for over 30 years, the list has become ECC Centennial Cup (2nd place) too long to print here. Instead, you can find all 2009 - The Stockholm Players for Stepping Out of a Dream the details in the excellent FEATS Fact Book, 2008 - FEST Frankfurt for Eleemosynary started in 2004, regularly updated - 2007 - ITG Brussels for Boom electronically of course - and downloadable from the FEATS website at www.feats.eu. Taché Diamonds Award (3rd place) Here are just the last three years' results. 2009 - Het Homerostheater, The Hague for an excerpt from The Pillowman 2008 - The Hamburg Players for The Furies The Kast Cup for Best Production will be 2007 - ATC Brussels for Renaissance Farces replaced this year by AATG of The Hague who are providing The Founders' Cup to take Grand Duchy Award for Best Stage Presentation its place. 2009 - ATC Brussels for Riverside Drive 2008 - Entity Munich for The Parting 2007 - Village Players for A Resounding Tinkle Blackie Award for Best Actress 2009 - Antonia Kitzel in Death in Heels 2008 - Greta Redmond in Dublin Carol (Part 2) 2007 - Margot Nisita in And Go To Innisfree Blackie Award for Best Actor 2009 - Wander Bruijel in The Pillowman 2008 - Caraigh McGregor in What Happened Here 2007 - Caraigh McGregor in The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus Marcel Huhn/Bruno Boeye Trophy for Stage Management 2009 - Hamburg Players 2008 - ITG Brussels 2007 - The Bonn Players & NWTC Luxembourg DAW-Verulam Award for Best Original Script 2009 - not awarded 2008 - Vincent Eaton for Max Dix, Zero to Six 2007 - Wendy Marie Foerster for An Almost Perfect Murder Don Luscombe Discretionary Award 2009 - ACTS Stuttgart 2008 - TIE Brussels 2007 - The Stockholm Players

- 23 - Sunday Theater de WAANzin, Ghent Sister of by Lot Vekemans (translation by Dirk Crommelinck) Directed by Roeland De Trazegnies

Cast Ismene: Isabel Vandersteene

Production team Dirk Crommelinck, Roeland De Trazegnies, Koen De Waele, Guy Verzele, Ruth Roets, Lars De Jaegher.

About the play In Sister of we hear the story of a woman who has always lived in the shadow of her heroic and world famous sister. A woman without any reason to exist because she has never accomplished anything great or memorable. A woman ashamed of who she is and how she has been. Thousands of years after her death, she starts talking, somewhere on a spot where time is not important anymore.

About the group Theater de WAANzin was founded in 1988 in Ghent, Belgium. Our Theater De WAANzin is the continuation of a student theatre group, formed at the University of Ghent by a number of students of English literature. It has always tried either to stage modern, not well-known scripts or to adapt theatre hits to a modern setting or way of acting. The word WAANzin, meaning "insanity", consists of two parts. "WAAN" (dream, revel, illusion) and "zin" (sense, meaning). What especially attracted us was the opposition of two contradicting items: WAAN in the meaning of hope, desire and illusion. Illusion being the theatrical metaphor "par excellence", but also the indissoluble touchstone of life of which the dream ("WAAN") often is the only meaning ("zin"). ACT PRD PRS ORI TOT POS www.dewaanzin.be

- 24 - Combined Amateur Theatrical Society, Rheindalen Sunday

Wedding Day by John F. Glen Directed by Albert Riley

Cast Annie: Trish Osmond Helen: Debbie Roach Ted: Andrew Charlwood Lynn: Sophie Welstead Rob: Mark Charlwood George: Richard Shuttlewood Minister: Albert Riley Young Annie: Jo Thorn Nurse: Sabine Shuttlewood

Crew Stage Manager: Jo Barras-Short Lights: Tess Climpson Sound: Luzia Bohnen Backstage: Dave McMillan, Ann-Marie Vickers, Steve Bridgewater © Philip Eppard - Fotolia.com About the play Annie, elderly matriarch of a family, looks back on a long life on the day her granddaughter gets married. She recalls the wedding of her daughter and her own wedding day, as well as some sadder family memories.

About the group C.A.T.S. meaning Combined Amateur Theatrical Society was founded in 1992 and is the combination of what was once three theatre and musical societies:ARIEL, RATS and WRMS in the busy military community of JHQ, Monchengladach. C.A.T.S. enjoys a relatively strong list of around 40 regular members of various ages despite Drawdown and the steady closure of the camp which is scheduled for 2013. We regularly produce up to three shows a year with a large family production around Christmas. We have recently performed Beauty and the Beast to 12 Full houses and past performances have ACT PRD PRS ORI TOT POS included Blood Brothers, Wizard of OZ, Honk, Scrooge and Cash on Delivery. C.A.T.S. thoroughly enjoyed performing at FEATS last year in Brussels and we are all excited and looking forward to visiting Bad Homburg to greet old

friends and meet new ones.• - 25 - Sunday Geneva English Drama Society Shakers Re-stirred (abridged) by John Godber (with Jane Thornton) Directed by Malcolm Grant

Cast Adele: Shabnur Gayibova Carol: Maggie Holme Mel: Rowan Cody Nicky: Chantelle Rijs

Production Team Assistant Directors: Tracey Hay, Kate Richardson Stage Manager: Jane Easton Costumes and Makeup: Valerie Antonietti Lighting: John Newsome Sound: Tim Hancox Crew: Neil-Jon Morphy, Joy Waelchli, Roger Williams

About the play Shakers Re-stirred is light comedy with some reflective moments based around four young waitresses working an evening shift in a cocktail bar in 1980s England. The action takes place over one night in the bar. This evening’s production is an abridged version.

About the group The Geneva English Drama Society has been performing English language theatre in Geneva, Switzerland, since 1933. A typical season includes not only 3 major full length stage productions, but also fortnightly staged playreadings and social events.

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Commpanions Werbeagentur GmbH, Alsbachblick 70, 65207 Wiesbaden e-Mail: [email protected], Telephone: +49 6127 991788-0 Frankfurt English Speaking Theatre e.V. On behalf of all members of the Frankfurt English Speaking Theatre e.V. (FEST), the committee and I would like to welcome you to this year’s edition of FEATS! The Festival of European Anglophone Theatrical Societies has been inspiring and entertaining audiences around Europe since 1976, and we in FEST are proud to be hosting the festival for our fourth time here in Bad Homburg. FEST Committee 2010 Established in 1977, FEST has been bringing English language theatre to the Frankfurt/Rhein-Main area for over 30 years now. Our mission is to provide an inspiring, fun and organized environment for people to explore and participate in amateur theatre and develop their personal talents. The club seeks to cultivate and promote English-speaking amateur theatre in all its various forms. We usually present two or three productions each year, ranging from full-length drama or comedies, to British pantomimes, to evenings of one-act plays or the occasional variety show. We fill the time in between productions with play readings, workshops, and social events such as summer and Christmas parties. We are always on the lookout for more members, whether for on-stage or behind the scenes, experienced thespians or enthusiastic rookies. Our only requirement is that you are ready to have fun in the wonderful world of amateur theatre while providing top-notch entertainment. If you’d like to know more about what we do, please send a mail to [email protected]. FEST is a permanent hosting member of FEATS and regularly takes part in the competition, having won various awards in recent years, including: The Blackie Award for Best Actress (2009, Death in Heels and 2006, WASP) The ECC Centennial Award for Second Place (2008, Eleemosynary) The Mervyn Briscoe Award for Second Place (2006, Wasp) The Marcel Huhn-Bruno Boeye Trophy for Stage Management (2004, Anti! Anti!) Our heart-felt thanks go to every volunteer and organizer who has helped to make this FEATS 2010 another great festival. Enjoy! Your FEST e.V. Committee: Jeff Book, Chairman Vera Mark, Vice-Chair Patrick Nolan, Treasurer Monika Klocke, Secretary Wayne Ziants, Ordinary Member - 28 - Welcome to FEATS 2011 in Geneva! • 10-13 June 2011 • a great theatre and fringe, excellent facilities • one hotel close to the theatre • minutes from the airport by shuttlebus • tram direct to city centre in 20 minutes • incredible choices for tourism

The Geneva English Drama Society is enthusiastic to host FEATS again. We look forward to welcoming you. Let’s keep in touch: www.geds.ch/feats The Festival Crew and Volunteers Our Sponsors FEATS would not take place without the dedicated work of a team of volunteers. We would like to thank the following for their help: The following organisations kindly provided On and around the stage: financial support to FEATS 2010: Lighting Anthony McCarthy Lighting Asst. Ivan Aksenov Bad Homburg (town) Sound Angus Foxley Lighting/Sound tech. Chris Palmer Bad Homburger Baumschulen Lighting/Sound tech. Eric Robinson Commpanions Werbeagentur Stage/Set safety Alice Perry Deutsche Bank Stage Crew Sue Botterel, Malcolm Hinsman, Kathleen Schroers DeVere Group Timekeeper Martin Kirk Timekeeper Asst. Margie Cross, Sue Zarutskie Hessisches Ministerium für Wissenschaft Group Hosts Annie Dawes, Margot Nisita & Sue Seth und Kunst KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Front of House and Fringe: Loyens & Loeff Bob Baber, Ursula Baber, Megan Barrios, Marie Beguin, Lotten Bergström, Nicole Schneidersöhne Böttiger, Katharina Brook, Kees Broos, Bryan Cimring, Mary Conlon-Förster, SimCorp Tiziana Deidda Dohmann, Lea Dunbar, Valeria Duru, Mike Ennis, Poh Yin Eng, Sparda Bank Andreas Eschenbacher, Val Genot, Theresa Harding, Lars-Thorsten Heine, Sylvia Hoenig, Paul Hughes, Ulrike Imohr, Oona Jankowski, Max Kamenshine, Cydney Standard Life Kaster, Susanne König, Monika Klocke, Margaret Koidl, Alison Langley, John TMS Liquorish, Keryn Liquorish, Hannah Mark, Rebecca Mark, Farina Mehmel, Kate and others who prefer to remain Miller, Heike Müller, Sean Nolan, Patrick O’Sullivan, Frances Pelles, Linda Potlitz, Dorothee Raykowski, Anne Rebelein, Sarnia Schüssler, Mike Shields, Beni Spieler, anonymous. Reinhold Strank, Adeep Taneja, Vera Thiers, April Van Ert, Rocco Weglarz, Wayne Ziants, Beate Zimpel and anyone whom we have inadvertently omitted.

The results of FEATS 2010:

1st place:

2nd place:

3rd place:

Best Actor:

Best Actress:

Best Stage Presentation:

Stage Management: Thanks for coming to FEATS 2010. Best Original Script: See you again next time !

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