Nanda HomeThe One Act Festival is a one act play festival where all the plays are performed at the same venue, usually in April or May.
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| Year | Venue | Organiser | Adjudicator |
| 2008 | Devonshire Suite Long Eaton | Neil MacKintosh | Malcolm Wilson |
| 2007 | Devonshire Suite Long Eaton | Neil MacKintosh | Arthur Aldrich |
| 2006 | Grange Hall Radcliffe on Trent | Peter Stimson | Gordon Parsons |
| 2005 | Robin Hood Theatre Averham | Peter Stimson | Max Bromley |
| 2004 | . | Cancelled | . |
| 2003 | Chatsworth Centre Long Eaton | Peter Stimson | Geoff Longbottom |
| 2002 | Chatsworth Centre Long Eaton | Peter Stimson | Bob Wildgust |
| 2001 | Chatsworth Centre Long Eaton | Peter Stimson | Malcolm Wilson |
| 2000 | Chatsworth Centre Long Eaton | Peter Stimson | Diane Richards |
| 1999 | Chatsworth Centre Long Eaton | Peter Stimson | John Shooter |
| 1998 | Chatsworth Centre Long Eaton | Mary Allsop | Carolyn Drury |
| 1997 | Chatsworth Centre Long Eaton | Mary Allsop | Tony Armstrong |
| 1996 | Chatsworth Centre Long Eaton | Mary Allsop | Bob Wildgust |
| 1995 | Chatsworth Centre Long Eaton | Mary Allsop | Max Bromley |
| 1994 | Chatsworth Centre Long Eaton | Mary Allsop | Allen Tipton |
| 1993 | Chatsworth Centre Long Eaton | Mary Allsop | Harry Bladen |
| 1992 | Chatsworth Centre Long Eaton | Mary Allsop | Tony Armstrong |
| 1991 | Chatsworth Centre Long Eaton | Rosalind Berridge | Ian Bradley |
| 1990 | Chatsworth Centre Long Eaton | Rosalind Berridge | Max Bromley |
| 1989 | Chatsworth Centre Long Eaton | Rosalind Berridge | Bob Wildgust |
| 1988 | Mansfield Civic Theatre | Rosalind Berridge | Geoffrey Readman |
| 1987 | Mansfield Civic Theatre | Rosalind Berridge | Dan Shaw |
| 1986 | Mansfield Civic Theatre | Rosalind Berridge | Philip Bromley |
| 1985 | Mansfield Civic Theatre | Rosalind Berridge | Joyce Bromley |
| 1984 | Mansfield Civic Theatre | Rosalind Berridge | Allen Tipton |
| 1983 | Mansfield Civic Theatre | Rosalind Berridge | Tony Armstrong |
| 1982 | Mansfield Civic Theatre | Rosalind Berridge | Philip Bromley |
| 1981 | Mansfield Civic Theatre | Rosalind Berridge | Leslie Orton |
| 1980 | Mansfield Civic Theatre | Rosalind Berridge | Leslie Orton |
| 1979 | Round Hill School Beeston | Rosalind Berridge | Joyce Bromley |
| 1978 | High avement College | Rosalind Berridge | Joyce Bromley |
| 1977 | Annie Holgate Junior School Hucknall | Rosalind Berridge | Malcolm Wilson |
| 1976 | Round Hill School Beeston | Rosalind Berridge | Pat Johnson |
| 1975 | Rosalind Berridge | ||
| 1974 | Swain Hall West Bridgford | Rosalind Berridge | Dan Shaw |
| 1973 | Rosalind Berridge | ||
| 1972 | Rosalind Berridge | ||
| 1971 | Sutton Comprehensive School | Rosalind Berridge |