HILLS DRAMA FESTIVAL 2009 - RESULTS

HILLS DRAMA FESTIVAL 2009 'A celebration of short plays hosted by Marloo Theatre' Friday 18th till Sunday 20th September 2009 Congratulations to all those who were involved with the 'Hills Drama Festival' this weekend. The overall standrad was very high and great celebration of various theatre. The awards/nominations were as follows: 1) BEST COSTUME * THE CHATEAU – ALISA TRAVERS * (Garrick Theatre) 2) BEST USE OF STAGE * LILY * (Independent) 3) BEST CHARACTERISATION * MURRAY JACKSON – TRAINSPOTTING * (Blak Yak) 4) BEST ENSEMBLE WORK * THE CHATEAU * (Garrick Theatre) 5) ENCOURAGEMENT AWARD – TWO AWARDS! *ACTOR / AMBER ENGLISH – ‘EVACUEES’ (Darlington Theatre Players) *DIRECTOR / KIRSTY MACDONALD – WEDDING DAY * 6) BEST ORIGNAL PLAY Nominations: a) ‘Lily’ – Colin Lloyd Price b) ‘The Evacuees’ – LaVerne Kirton c) ‘The Chateau’ – Phillip Ryall Winner * THE EVACUEES – LAVERNE KIRTON * 6) BEST ACTOR IS SUPPORTING ROLE (FEMALE) Nominations: a) Krysia Wiechecki –‘ Trainspotting’ (Blak Yak) b) Sally Lansley –‘ Wedding Day’ (Darlington Theatre Players) c) Lee Thompson – ‘Some days I don’t exist’ (Darlington Theatre Players) Winner * KRYSIA WIECHECKI – TRAINSPOTTING* 7) BEST ACTOR IS SUPPORTING ROLE (MALE) a) Phil Barnett – ‘Reality Matters’ (KADS / Groovy Boots) b) Ray Egen – ‘The Chateau’ (Garrick Theatre) c) Rodney Van Groningen – Doubting Thomas (Garrick Theatre) Winner * RAY EGEN – THE CHATEAU * 8) BEST ACTOR (FEMALE) a) Neroli Burton – Some days I don’t exist (Darlington Theatre Players) b) Rosemary Mowbray – Wedding Day (Darlington Theatre Players) c) Veronica Fourie – Lily (Independent) Winner * ROSEMARY MOWBRAY – WEDDING DAY* 9) BEST ACTOR (MALE) a) Daniel Kershaw – Trainspotting (Blak Yak) b) Douglas Sutherland Bruce – The Chateau (Garrick Theatre) c) Alex Sefton – Some Days I don’t Exiist (Darlington Theatre Players) Winner * ALEX SEFTON – SOME DAYS I DON’T EXIST* 10) BEST DIRECTOR a) Danni Ashton – Trainspotting (Blak Yak) b) Trish Thesinger – Lily (Independent) c) Ruth Strutt – Some Days I don’t Exiist (Darlington Theatre Players) Winner * TRISH THESINGER - LILY* 11) BEST OVERALL PRODUCTION a) Some days I don’t exist (Darlington Theatre Players) b) Lily (Independent) c) Wedding Day (Darlington Theatre Players) Winner * SOME DAYS I DON’T EXIST* Well done to everyone - you should all be very proud - till next time :)