are proud to host FESTIVAL OF EUROPEAN ANGLOPHONE THEATRICAL SOCIETIES 22 – 25 May 2015 50th ANNIVERSARY SUPPORTED BY 42ND BRITISH ALL WINNERS FESTIVAL OF PLAYS To all the participants of the Festival of European Anglophone Theatrical Societies 2015 and their audiences, Between the 22nd and the 25th May 2015, twelve English language theatre groups will perform their pieces in the Altona Theatre in the hope that their work will be recognised in the Award’s Ceremony on the last night. This theatre festival is taking place in one of Europe’s cultural centres. Over ten million people per year are drawn to Hamburg’s theatres, concert halls, musical theatres and museums – including the Deutsches Schauspielhaus, the Thalia Theater, the Hamburg Laeiszhalle and the Hamburg State Opera. This cultural diversity is complemented by our broad independent theatre scene, the likes of which are rarely found outside of an international cultural centre – like for example English language theatre. Your hosts for this year’s FEATS, the Hamburg Players, have been part of Hamburg’s independent theatre scene for 50 years. This is a remarkable anniversary – the Hamburg Players have been performing three pieces a year for over half a century – and all without having received public funding. I would like to heartily congratulate the Hamburg Players on their 50 year anniversary. And to all the FEATS participants, audience and the many people involved behind the stage, I would like to wish you some great nights of theatre and success: Break a leg! National Drama Festivals Association hosted by Woking Drama Association at RHODA McGAW THEATRE, WOKING Sunday 19th July - Saturday 25th July 2015 Lord Mayor of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg Curtain Up: 7.30pm Olaf Scholz Adjudicator: Paul Fowler Tickets Available from Ambassadors Box Office 0844 871 7643 www.wokingdramafestival.co.uk 3 Welcome from the Chair of FEATS 2015 On behalf of The Hamburg Players, the hosts of this year’s FEATS, let me extend a warm welcome to everyone attending FEATS 2015. We are particularly proud and thrilled to be hosting FEATS for the second time in this, the Hamburg Players’ 50th anniversary year. The Hamburg Players have been attending FEATS festivals in different European cities since the 1980s and have always had a fantastic time. Not only that, but we have also learnt so much from watching other theatre groups in action, and of course, each night’s adjudication. Whether you are a long-standing FEATS enthusiast or a newcomer to the festival, we hope you enjoy the exciting range of plays we have lined up for you, and the unique international festival atmosphere which is FEATS. Finally, I would particularly like to thank our wonderfully dedicated organising committee, who have been working (in their free time) for over a year now to bring you this year’s festival. Enjoy! Chair of Festival of European Anglophone Theatrical Societies 2015 Valerie Doyle FEATS Organising Committee Chair Valerie Doyle Fringe Coordinator Amy Lee Secretary Poppy Tirard Lighting Coordinator Tom White Stage Manager Lexi von Hoffmann Sound Coordinator Meg McFarlane Hospitality Carol Kloevekorn Tickets Petra Nowak Webmaster Henrik Zawischa Party Harald Djürken > Das Giro fürs Leben – Programme/PR Julian St. Clair Sponsors Sonny Pathak Front of House Julie Spanswick Group Logistics Martina Plieger mit bis zu 150 Euro Prämie. Kostenloses Girokonto mit lebenslanger Zufriedenheitsgarantie1: FEATS 2015 Sponsors and Supporters • 100 Euro, wenn Sie uns mögen – 150 Euro, wenn nicht The FEATS 2015 Organising Committee would like to express our heartfelt thanks to the following organisations and individuals who have contributed financially and practically to the festival: • Kostenlose Visa-Karte JETZT 2 NEU • Kostenlos Bargeld weltweit Stuart Worthington 04106 - 70 88 www.comdirect.de Details1 unter www.comdirect.de/zufriedenheitsgarantie 2 Im Ausland an Geldautomaten mit der Visa-Karte, FEATS Steering Committee im Inland mit der girocard an rund 9.000 Automaten der Commerzbank, Deutschen Bank, HypoVereinsbank und Postbank. comdirect bank AG, Pascalkehre 15, 25451 Quickborn Whilst each festival is run by an Organising Committee formed by the host group, Feats as a whole is overseen by a permanent team called The FEATS Steering Committee. The members of the Steering Committee represent the origi- nal founding groups and the current representatives are: AATG: Evonne Dunne BATS: Pat Arn ECC: Andy Ing FEST: Wendy Jane Jones NWTC: Valerie Scott COM66-006-15_Performance_Kampagne_2015_FEATS_121x173_ofv2_4c.indd 1 15.04.15 10:44 Newsletter Editor Sue Seth Permanent Secretary and Webmaster David Crowe Leagas Delaney Hamburg Kunde comdirect Datum 07.04.15 Medium: FEATS Format 121 x 173 mm + 2 mm DU-Termin 10.04.15 Druck: IsoCoatedV2 (gestrichen) 5 Job-Nr. Com66-006-15 Projekt Performance Kampagne 2015 CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK Leagas Delaney definiert keine Überfüllungen in Reinzeichnungsdokumenten, diese sind von der Litho/Druck anzulegen und zu überprüfen. Contents Lord Mayor of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg welcome address. 3 Chair of FEATS 2015 welcome. 5 FEATS Organising Committee. 5 FEATS 2015 Sponsors and Supporters . 5 FEATS Steering Committee . 5 FEATS 2015 Running Order. 7 Adjudicator Mike Tilbury, The Guild of Drama Adjudicators . 8 FEATS Etiquette, FEATS Marking System, Summary of the Rules of Competition . 9 Friday 22 May perfomances. .10 Saturday 23 May perfomances . .13 Sunday 24 May performances . 16 FEATS Party & Organised Activities . .19 Monday 25 May performances . 20 The Awards . .23 Fringe . .24 50 years of the Hamburg Players. .28 Past FEATS Winners (2005 to 2014) . .30 The Organising Committee for FEATS 2015 . 32 Thanks to all the Hamburg Players, Nola Dutton obituary . .33 Imprint . .34 FEATS 2015 Running Order We are pleased to announce the running order for FEATS 2015. We have tried to achieve a balanced programme based on the technical requirements, genres and lengths of plays. Open to any young person aged 11-21 across the world! Hemel Hempstead, Herts. FRIDAY 22 MAY Edinburgh / 27 July – 1 Aug: Belfast GROUP 1 ESOC Theatre Group: A FRIEND OF A FRIEND 27 July – 1 Aug: Yorkshire / 3 Aug – 8 Aug: GROUP 2 Anglophone Collaborative Theatre of Stuttgart: THIS SIDE OF THE GEStaPO 27 July – 1 Aug: West Midlands 3 Aug – 8 Aug: GROUP 3 Stockholm Players: THE DICE Kent / Godalming, Surrey 3 Aug – 8 Aug: / 17 Aug – 22 Aug: Roehampton, London SATURDAY 23 MAY 10 Aug – 15 Aug: GROUP 1 InPlayers International Drama Group (Amsterdam): VIRTUAL REALITY GROUP 2 English Comedy Club: WAR BRIDES GROUP 3 New English American Theatre: THE DIARIES OF ADAM & EVE SUNDAY 24 MAY GROUP 1 Lucerne World Theatre Company: THE ACTor’s NIGHTMARE GROUP 2 American Theatre Company: SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY GROUP 3 Theater de WAANzin: ELEPHANT SONG MONDAY 25 MAY GROUP 1 New World Theatre Club: THE StRANGE HORSEMAN GROUP 2 Frankfurt English Speaking Theatre: SNOWDROP GROUP 3 The Village Players: IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE Best wishes from the Hamburg Team. 7 FEATS Etiquette After the first two plays each evening there will be a 25-minute interval. Please return to your seats promptly. After the final play of the evening, please remain seated for the public adjudication. Adjudicator At the end of each evening our adjudicator Mike Tilbury will present a general appraisal of that evening’s performances to the entire audience. The FEATS awards are: Mike Tilbury GoDA Best Production The Founders’ Trophy (donated by the AATG) Mike Tilbury has been actively involved in theatre all his life and has divided his time Second Best Production The ECC Centennial Cup between acting, directing and adjudicating. He has been a Council Member of the Guild Third Best Production The BATS Trophy of Adjudicators, a position he held on a number of occasions, and as a past Chairman Best Actor and Best Actress The Blackie Awards he played a key role in bringing about considerable change and modernisation within Best Stage Presentation The Grand Duchy Trophy the Guild. He is currently Chairman of the Drama Festivals Consortium. Best Stage Management Marcel Huhn/Bruno Boeye Memorial Award Best Original Script DAW-Verulam Award He has sat a number of times on the examining panel at the Selection Weekend for prospective adjudicators, run acting Discretionary Award Don Luscombe Discretionary Award workshops and appeared several times at the famous Minack Open-Air Theatre in Cornwall. FEATS Marking System As actor he has appeared in everything from Ayckbourn to Ibsen and as director has particularly enjoyed the challenges of Tennessee Williams, Howard Brenton – and French farce. He has recently directed a production of Michael Frayn’s FEATS uses the standard NDFA* marking system which is: Donkeys’ Years. 40 points for Acting / 35 points for Production / 15 points for Stage presentation / 10 points for Dramatic achievement adding up to a total of 100 points. We have added a box below each play so that you, the audience, can give your own His adjudicating work has taken him all over the United Kingdom as well as to Gibraltar, Luxembourg, Belgium and personal scores to the plays performed: A 40 P 35 S 15 D 10 Total 100 Spain where he adjudicated the Costa Del Sol Festival – in English, with temperatures in the 90’s and bats flying around the auditorium! He has adjudicated the English, Welsh, Irish and Scottish Finals as well as the British Final for the All *NDFA The National Drama Festivals Association (NDFA) was formed in 1964 to encourage and support amateur theatre in all its forms and in particular through the organisation England Theatre Festival. He has also adjudicated the All Winners Festival for the National Drama Festivals Association of drama festivals. Each year, the NDFA organises the British All Winners Festival, to which the winner of FEATS is eligible to be invited.