Winners of British Final Festivals of One Act Plays

If a page on an individual festival's history is available, you can access it direct by selecting the X in its History column below. The same applies for the Photos column.

We’re working on building our history and photo archives of winners (and others at finals and other events). If you can help with any photos or other items that you think might be of interest, please get in touch. We'd also like to hear your personal memories of these events: these will be added to the history pages.

A list of past winners of the Wales Final Festivals is also available.

Howard De Walden Trophy Winners (Best Production)

 

Company (Country)

Play

History

Photos

2011 Tryst Theatre 'C' Art (Act 1) X X
2010

Lurig Drama Group Cushendall

Melody

X

X

2009

Kirkton Players

Two

X

 

2008

Stewarton Drama Group

One Good Beating

X

 

2007

Total Arts Community Theatre

Find Me

X

 

2006

Holywood Players

The Invisible Man

X

 

2005

Another Theatre Company

After Liverpool

 

 

2004

The Young Theatre, Beaconsfield

Ball Boys

 

 

2003

Kirkton Players

The Steamie

 

 

2002 

Kirkton Players

Bouncers

 

 

2001

Wick Players

A Bench At The Edge

 

 

2000

Runnymeade Drama Group

Lear’s Daughters

 

 

1999

Kirkton Players

The Dumb Waiter 

 

 

1998 

Wick Players

Lone Star

 

 

1997

Kirkintilloch Players

The Dancing Fusilier 

 

 

1996

Barn Theatre, Welwyn Garden City

Plaza Suite (Act III) 

 

 

1995

Dewsbury Arts Group  

The Last Yankee

 

 

1994

Reigate Amateur Theatrical Society 

Ball Boys

 

 

1993

Dunaverty Players

A Slight Ache 

 

 

1992

Castaway, Aberystwyth

After Liverpool

 

 

1991

Bangor Drama Club

The Donahue Sisters 

 

 

1990

Headley Players, Bristol

Bouncers

 

 

1989

East Essex Players

The Day Of The Dog

 

 

1988

Paisley Old Grammarians

The Birthday Party 

 

 

1987

Heath Players

Private Lives (Act II) 

 

 

1986

Players Theatre, Rhondda

The Forced Marriage 

 

 

1985

Riverside Players,  Heswall

Skirmishes

 

 

1984

Bangor Drama Club 

Winners

 

 

1983

Bournemouth Little Theatre Club

Little Eyolf

 

 

1982

Players Theatre, Rhondda

Sganarelle

 

 

1981

Harrodian Theatre Company

Playing With Fire

 

 

1980

Paisley Old Grammarians A.D.S. 

The Brute 

 

 

1979

Tryst Theatre, Falkirk  

Equus (Act I)

 

 

1978

Extension Theatre Company

Lessons To Be Learned

 

 

1977

Players Theatre, Rhondda

After I’m Gone 

 

 

1976

Blemish Players, Ballymena

No Why 

 

 

1975

Clarence Players, Belfast

Doreen

 

 

1974

Maidenhead Players (Christian Council)

Was He Anyone? 

 

 

1973

Claverley Players

The Miracle Worker

 

 

1972

Wye Players, Hereford

Trevor

 

 

1971

Wye Players, Hereford

How’s The World Treating You

 

 

1970

Greenock Players

A Shilling For The Beadle 

 

 

1969

Pontllanfraith W.I.

The Nine Fathers

 

 

1968

Paisley Old Grammarians A.D.S.

The Proposal 

 

 

1967

Stirling Amateur Dramatic Club

The Birthday Party

 

 

1966

The George Square Players

The Long Christmas Dinner 

 

 

1965

Edinburgh Graduate Theatre Group

Getting And Spending

 

 

1964

The Llynsafaddan Players

They Simply Fade Away 

 

 

1963

Belfast Drama Circle

Heaven Is An Island  

 

 

1962

Greenock Players 

Tail-Piece

 

 

1961

Oxford House Players 

God Is My Mountain

 

 

1960

St Dunstan’s Players Bristol

In The Zone 

 

 

1959

Belfast Drama Circle

Liberation 

 

 

1958

Edinburgh Peoples Theatre

Who Loves Moraig (Act I) 

 

 

1957

Grangetown Boys Club Drama Group

Sordid Story 

 

 

1956

Greenock Players

The Reeves Tale 

 

 

1955

Llyn Safaddan Players

Davy Jones Dinner 

 

 

1954

Octave Theatre Club Northwood

The Wedding Morning

 

 

1953

The Barrhead Players Club, Glasgow

The Masterful Wife 

 

 

1952

Sutton Amateur D.C.

The Heiress (Act II) 

 

 

1951

The Barrhead Players Club Glasgow

Displaced Persons

 

 

1950

West Hertfordshire Players Club

The Proposal

 

 

1949

Birmingham International Centre

Pullman Car Hiawatha

 

 

1948

Little Theatre, Aberdare

Birds Of A Feather

 

 

1947

Newport Civil Defence D.S.

Jephthah’s Daughter

 

 

 

Break for WWII

 

 

 

1939

Unity Theatre Club, London

Plant In The Sun

 

 

1938

Midland Bank D.S., London

Count Albany

 

 

1937

Newcastle Central Y.M.C.A., D.C.

The Willing Spirit

 

 

1936

Guild Of Abbey Players, Abingdon

The Spartan Girl

 

 

1935

Welwyn Thalians

Not This Man

 

 

1934

Barr & Stroud D.S.

What Every Woman Knows (Act I)

 

 

1933

Birkenhead Institute Old Boys D.S.

The Road Of Poplars

 

 

1932

The Players Club, Beaconsfield

On The High Road

 

 

1931

Falkirk High School F.P.

Ardvorlich’s Wife

 

 

1930

Hampstead Play & Pageant Union

The Man Who Wouldn’t Go To Heaven

 

 

1929

Liverpool Playgoers

The Devil Among The Skins 

 

 

1928

Ardrossan & Saltcoats Players

The Old Lady Shows Her Medals

 

 

1927

Welwyn Garden Society

Mr Samson

 

 






 

 

 

 

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