FEATS Programme 2010
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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.