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One Act Play Festival

The One Act Festival is a one act play festival where all the plays are performed at the same venue, usually in April or May.

Rules

Trophies

The origins of the Nanda One Act Festival are a bit obscure. The first one appears to have been held in 1957, but all that is recorded about it is that it lost money.

Around this time Nanda took over hosting the local first round of the British Drama League's One Act Festival. This was combined with the Nanda Festival, enabling winners to go forward to the next round of the national festival. It also meant that the Nanda Festival was no longer restricted to members and became an open festival.

Being an early round of this national festival however forced the Nanada Festival to be uncomfortably early, and finally, in 1979 the Nanda Festival moved from March to June in pursuit of a viable number of entries. Despite losing connection with the national festival the Nanda Festival has remained an Open Festival.

The Festival has been staged at
YearVenueOrganiserAdjudicator
2008Devonshire Suite Long EatonNeil MacKintoshMalcolm Wilson
2007Devonshire Suite Long EatonNeil MacKintoshArthur Aldrich
2006Grange Hall Radcliffe on TrentPeter StimsonGordon Parsons
2005Robin Hood Theatre AverhamPeter StimsonMax Bromley
2004.Cancelled.
2003Chatsworth Centre Long EatonPeter StimsonGeoff Longbottom
2002Chatsworth Centre Long EatonPeter StimsonBob Wildgust
2001Chatsworth Centre Long EatonPeter StimsonMalcolm Wilson
2000Chatsworth Centre Long EatonPeter StimsonDiane Richards
1999Chatsworth Centre Long EatonPeter StimsonJohn Shooter
1998Chatsworth Centre Long EatonMary AllsopCarolyn Drury
1997Chatsworth Centre Long EatonMary AllsopTony Armstrong
1996Chatsworth Centre Long EatonMary AllsopBob Wildgust
1995Chatsworth Centre Long EatonMary AllsopMax Bromley
1994Chatsworth Centre Long EatonMary AllsopAllen Tipton
1993Chatsworth Centre Long EatonMary AllsopHarry Bladen
1992Chatsworth Centre Long EatonMary AllsopTony Armstrong
1991Chatsworth Centre Long EatonRosalind BerridgeIan Bradley
1990Chatsworth Centre Long EatonRosalind BerridgeMax Bromley
1989Chatsworth Centre Long EatonRosalind BerridgeBob Wildgust
1988Mansfield Civic TheatreRosalind BerridgeGeoffrey Readman
1987Mansfield Civic TheatreRosalind BerridgeDan Shaw
1986Mansfield Civic TheatreRosalind BerridgePhilip Bromley
1985Mansfield Civic TheatreRosalind BerridgeJoyce Bromley
1984Mansfield Civic TheatreRosalind BerridgeAllen Tipton
1983Mansfield Civic TheatreRosalind BerridgeTony Armstrong
1982Mansfield Civic TheatreRosalind BerridgePhilip Bromley
1981Mansfield Civic TheatreRosalind BerridgeLeslie Orton
1980Mansfield Civic TheatreRosalind BerridgeLeslie Orton
1979Round Hill School BeestonRosalind BerridgeJoyce Bromley
1978High avement CollegeRosalind BerridgeJoyce Bromley
1977Annie Holgate Junior School HucknallRosalind BerridgeMalcolm Wilson
1976Round Hill School BeestonRosalind BerridgePat Johnson
1975Rosalind Berridge
1974Swain Hall West BridgfordRosalind BerridgeDan Shaw
1973Rosalind Berridge
1972Rosalind Berridge
1971Sutton Comprehensive SchoolRosalind Berridge