Winners of Wales 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 page listing past winners of the British Final Festivals is also available.
The table below shows the winners of the Maynard Cup - the overall Best Production winner. Other awards given over the years include:
- The Crawshay Cup – Best Original Script receiving its premiere in the regional rounds
- The Elf Oil Trophy – Best Individual Performance
- The Bernleigh Award – Best Presentation
- The Bob McTurk Bursary - Awarded to the Most Promising Actor aged 18-25 in the regional rounds
The announcement of the winner of the DAW annual Playwriting Competition is also made on the first night of the Wales Final Festival.
Details of the winners of the awards listed above can be found by downloading the full Wales Finals awards listing pdf document (currently not complete - can you help us complete it?).
Past winners of the Playwriting Competition can be found on the Playwriting Competition Page.
| Date | Venue | Group | Play | Author | Adjudicator |
History |
Photos |
| 3-4-/6/11 | Clwyd Theatr Cymru, Mold | New 'Tab's Players | A Kind of Vesuvius | Gillian Plowman | Ian Sarginson GoDA | X | X |
| 4-5/6/10 | Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea | The Unknown Theatre Company | Cotton Girls | Scott Tobin | Russell Whiteley GoDA | X | X |
| 5-6/6/09 | Torch Theatre, Milford Haven | New Tab Players | But Yesterday | Jimmie Chinn | Chris Jaeger GoDA | X | X |
| 6-7/6/08 | Blackwood Miners Institute | Blackwood Little Theatre | Last Tango In Blackwood | David Tristram | Paul Fowler GoDA | X | |
| 1-2/6/07 | Theatre Hafren, Newtown | Players Theatre, Gelligaer | The Bridge | Gabe Torrens | Sally Noble GoDA | X | |
| 2-3/6/06 | Theatr Clwyd, Mold | Phoenix Theatre Company | Mediocrity | Anton R Krueger | Chris Moore GoDA | X | |
| 3-4/6/05 | Theatr Colwyn, Colwyn Bay | Tenby Players | Interior Designs | Jimmie Chinn | William Burns GoDA | X | |
| 4-5/6/04 | Taliesin Arts Centre | New Tab Players | Asylum | Alec Baron | Colin Dolley GoDA | X | |
| 13-14/6/03 | Torch Theatre, Milford Haven | Players Anonymous | The Bespoke Overcoat | Wolf Mankowitz | Chris Jaeger GoDA | X | |
| 14-15/6/02 | Theatr Hafren, Newtown | New Tab Players | The Train | Carl Slotboom | Russell Whiteley GoDA | X | |
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8-9/6/01 |
CANCELLED DUE TO FOOT AND MOUTH | Car Boot Theatre Company | Extraordinary Revelations of Orca The Goldfish | David Tristram | n/a, as winner was chosen from highest marks in regional heats | ||
| 26-27/5/00 | Torch Theatre, Milford Haven | Players Theatre | Return Journey | Dylan Thomas | Sally Noble GoDA | X | |
| 4-5/6/99 | Theatre Colwyn, Colwyn Bay | Phoenix Theatre Company | Blah Blah Blah | Brian Marshall | Marie O’Sullivan GoDA | X | |
| 5-6/6/98 | St. Donats Art Centre | Phoenix Theatre Company | The Donahue Sisters | Geraldine Aron | Chris Jaeger GoDA | X | |
| 23-24/5/97 | Theatr Hafren, Newtown | Phoenix Theatre Company | Low Comedy Woman | Jack Boswell | Tom Martin GoDA | ||
| 17-18/5/96 | Theatr y Werin Univ.of Wales, Aberystwyth Arts Centre | Telstars Theatre Company | Albert | Richard Harris | John Fox GoDA | ||
| 26-27/5/95 | Torch Theatre, Milford Haven | Telstars Theatre Company | A New Interest In Life | Harry Glass | Irene Rostron GoDA | ||
| 27-28/5/94 | Congress Theatre, Cwmbran | Players Anonymous, Tonyrefail | Count Albany | Donald Carswell | Scott Marshall GoDA | ||
| 4-5/6/93 | Theatr Clwyd, Mold | Castaway Theatre Company | Three More Sleepless Nights | Caryl Churchill | Scott Marshall GoDA | ||
| 26-27/6/92 | Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea | Castaway Theatre Company | After Liverpool | James Saunders | Alan Nicol GoDA | ||
| 31/5-1/6/91 | Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea | Castaway Theatre Company | The Maids | Jean Genet | Ioan Williams | ||
| 31/5/90 | Theatr Hafren, Newtown | St Asaph Community Players | Low Comedy Woman | Jack Boswell | Charles Bell | ||
| 27/5/89 | Theatr Hafren, Newtown | Players Anonymous | That Undiscovered Country | Gordon Thomas | John Hefin | ||
| 21/5/88 | Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl | Studio Players, Flint High School | I Rise In Flame Cried The Phoenix | Tennessee Williams | Doris Day | ||
| 23/5/87 | Clwyd Theatre Cymru, Mold | Cwmbran Theatre Club | A Kind of Alaska | Harold Pinter | Peter Carr | ||
| 31/5/86 | Bute Theatre, WCMD, Cardiff | Players Theatre, Rhondda | The Forced Marriage | Moliere | Anthony Cornish GoDA | ||
| 25/5/85 | Congress Theatre, Cwmbran | Parc-Dare Theatre Company | One O’clock from the House | Frank Vickery | William Burns GoDA | ||
| 19/5/84 | Clwyd Theatre Cymru, Mold | Players Theatre, Rhondda | Two Precious Maidens Ridiculed | Moliere | Mike Tilbury GoDA | ||
| 21/5/83 | Parc-Dare Theatre, Treorchy | Berwyn Amateur Theatre | Hidden Meanings | Michael Snelgrove | John Fox GoDA | ||
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22/5/82 |
Sherman Theatre, Cardiff | Players Theatre, Rhondda | Sganarelle | Moliere | Bill Patenall | ||
| 9/5/81 | Sherman Theatre, Cardiff | Berwyn Amateur Theatre | A Night Out |
Frank Vickery | Anthony Cornish GoDA | ||
| 24/5/80 | Sherman Theatre, Cardiff | Ynysybwl Amateur Dramatic Society | The Real Inspector Hound | Tom Stoppard | Raymond Edwards | ||
| 9/6/79 | Sherman Theatre, Cardiff | Ynysybwl Amateur Dramatic Society | Visitor from Forest Hills | Neil Simon | Martin Colburn (replaced Muriel Crane) | ||
| 20/5/78 | Sherman Theatre, Cardiff | Players Theatre, Rhondda | See You Tomorrow | Frank Vickery | Bill Patenall | ||
| 21/5/77 | Sherman Theatre, Cardiff | Players Theatre, Rhondda | After I’m Gone | Frank Vickery | J.W. Lambert | ||
| 12/6/76 | Sherman Theatre, Cardiff | Llandarcy Players | Sequence of Events | George MacEwan Green | Peter Palmer | ||
| 7/6/75 | Sherman Theatre, Cardiff | Tonyrefail Theatre Club | Visitor from Forest Hills | Neil Simon | Anthony Cornish GoDA | ||
| 25/5/74 | Sherman Theatre, Cardiff | B.P. Refinery (Llandarcy) | Mulligan's Shebeen | E.D. Zonik | Malcolm Morrison | ||
| 2/6/73 | Dolman Theatre, Newport | Caerphilly Theatre Club | A New Leaf | E. Eynon Evans | Stanley Hilderbrandt | ||
| 20/5/72 | Dolman Theatre, Newport | Glantawe Players | Rise and Shine | Raymond Edwards | |||
| 30/5/71 | Newport Little Theatre | Barry Arts Centre | The Passing of the Shadow | Michael Davies | Bernard Prentice | ||
| 30/5/70 | Newport Little Theatre | Llyn Safaddan Players | John Warrington | ||||
| 1969 | Pontllanfraith W.I. | The Nine Fathers | Leslie Bonnet | ||||
| 1968 | Llyn Safaddan Players | Min Mawr | T.C. Thomas | ||||
| 1964 | Llyn Safaddan Players | They Simply Fade Away | T.C. Thomas | ||||
| 1955 | Llyn Safaddan Players | Davy Jones’ Dinner | T.C. Thomas | ||||
| 1948 | Little Theatre, Aberdare | Birds of a Feather | Thomas Doran | ||||
| 1947 | Newport Civil Defence Dramatic Society | Jephthah's Daughter | Elma Levinger |
