The
Barn Theatre,
25 Bluehouse Lane, Oxted, Surrey
RH8 0AA.
Tel:
01959 561811
Email: barntheatre
@btinternet.com
Southern
Counties Drama Festival Awards
THE VERLINGUE WINNERS TROPHY For the Team with the Highest Marks
Formerly known as THE BETCHWORTH CUP1951 - STUDENT PLAYERS with The Red Velvet Goat
1952 - MERSTHAM A.D.S with Unto the End
1953 - FETCHAM A.D.S. with The Shadow Passes
1954 - THE GAGE with Barbara’s Wedding
1955 - THE BARN PLAYERS with The Belfry as Usual
1956 - FETCHAM PLAYERS with Fool of Creation
1957 - NORK W.I. with Polonaise
1958 - STUDENT PLAYERS with Thirty Minutes in a Street
1959 - STUDENT PLAYERS with The Critic
1960 - GODSTONE A.D.S with Dragons in the Cave
1961 - TADWORTH PLAYERS with The Dark Lady of Sonnets
1962 - TADWORTH PLAYERS with The Tricolor Suite
1963 - MERSTHAM A.D.S with Tea with Mr Bellinger
1964 - TADWORTH PLAYERS withThe Devil His Due
1965 - NORK W.I. with To Look at the Queen
1966 - CHIPSTEAD PLAYERS with A Resounding Tinkle
1967 - TADWORTH PLAYERS with A Phoenix too Frequent
1968 - BLETCHINGLEY (EVE) W.I. with excerpts from Lysostrata
1969 - STUDENT PLAYERS with A Breath of Spring, Act I
1970 - St. PAUL’S DRAMA GROUP with Yesterday the World
1971 - STUDENT PLAYERS with Cathedral – Ten Minutes
1972 - CHIPSTEAD PLAYERS with Getting and Spending
1973 - MERSTHAM A.D.S. with St. Joan
1974 - St. PAUL’S DRAMA GROUP with The Dice
1975 - HURST GREEN W.I. with Roly Poly
1976 - BOOKHAM PLAYERS with Lunch Hour
1977 - CHIPSTEAD PLAYERS with the Room
1978 - CHIPSTEAD PLAYERS with T.V.
1979 - CHIPSTEAD PLAYERS with A Night Out
1980 - REIGATE A.T.S. with The Showing Up of Blanco Posnet
1981 - CHIPSTEAD PLAYERS with The Cherry Sisters
1982 - MERSTHAM A.D.S. with The Lullaby
1983 - St. PAUL’S DRAMA GROUP with Once Upon Seashore
1984 - REIGATE A.T.S. with A Seaside Postcard
1985 - WOLDINGHAM PLAYERS with The Puppet Show
1986 - BANSTEAD LITTLE THEATRE with Conscience Stricken
1987 - HEATH PLAYERS with Private Lives Act II
1988 - CHIPSTEAD PLAYERS with The Nightingale and Not the Lark
1989 - HEATH PLAYERS with King Herod
1990 - St. PAUL’S DRAMA GROUP with Too Long An Autumn
1991 - St. PAUL’S DRAMA GROUP with Interior Designs
1992 - THE STUDENT PLAYERS with Shakers
1993 - CHIPSTEAD PLAYERS with Fool for Love
1994 - REIGATE A.T.S with Ball Boy.
1995 - CaT THEATRE COMPANY with Whatever it Takes
1996 - REIGATE A.T.S. with Ludlow Fair
1997 - REIGATE A.T.S. with Me and My Friend
1998 - REIGATE A.T.S. with Private View
1999 - STORRINGTON THEATRE WORKSHOP with Top Girls
2000 - MERSTHAM A.D.S. with Too Long an Autumn
2001 - STORRINGTON THEATRE WORKSHOP with Alarms and Excursions
2002 - CROFT DRAMA GROUP with Dream Jobs
2003 - CAPRICORN THEATRE COMPANY with The Exam
2004 - MASQUERADE THEATRE COMPANY with Five Kinds of Silence
2005 - OXTED PLAYERS with Four Play
2006 - No festival
2007 - ST PAUL'S DRAMA GROUP with Lunch Girls
2008 - ST PAUL'S DRAMA GROUP with Happy Jack
2009 - TONBRIDGE THEATRE & ARTS CLUB with Semblance of Madness!
2010 - BARFIELD PLAYERS with The Window Cleaner
2011 - ST PAUL'S DRAMA GROUP with The Long Road
2012 - ST PAUL'S DRAMA GROUP with Elegy for a Lady
2013 - GLOW THEATRE GROUP with The Heights
2014 - MOLE VALLEY SCRIPTWRITERS GROUP with Satin Doll
2015 - ALTERNATE SHADOWS with The War Room
2016 - GLOW THEATRE GROUP with The Edelweiss Pirates
2017 - GLOW THEATRE GROUP with Everyman
2018 - THE OXTED PLAYERS with Nine
2019 - GLOW THEATRE GROUP with DNA
2020 - GLOW THEATRE GROUP with The Heights
2021 - No festival due to COVID-19
2022 - LCA STAGE ACADEMY with Three Kings
2023 - SEVENOAKS SHAKESPEARE SOCIETY with The Final KissBEST ADULT PLAY
2015 - ALTERNATE SHADOWS with The War Room
2016 - THE OXTED PLAYERS with Lions and Donkeys
2017 - WOLDINGHAM PLAYERS with A Little Box of Oblivion
2018 - THE OXTED PLAYERS with Nine
2019 - SEVENOAKS SHAKESPEARE SOCIETY with My Second Best Bed
2020 - OAST THEATRE with Equal Terms
2020 - GLOW THEATRE GROUP with The Heights
2021 - No festival due to COVID-19
2022 - OAST THEATRE with Tone Clusters
2023 - SEVENOAKS SHAKESPEARE SOCIETY with The Final KissBEST ADULT ACTOR AWARD
Formerly known as THE TADWORTH CUP1968 - BASIL SARGENT (GOOD COMPANIONS) in Barnstaple
1969 - NORMAN CLATWORTHY (BETCHWORTH O.D.S.) in A Resounding Tinkle
1970 - DOUGLAS JACKSON (St. PAUL’s DRAMA GROUP) in Yesterday the World
1971 - MICHAEL D’ALBIAC (STUDENT PLAYERS) in Cathedral – Ten Minutes
1972 - GRAHAM WHATLEY (CHIPSTEAD PLAYERS) in Getting and Spending
1973 - WILLIAM BOWDEN (MERSTHAM A.D.S.) in St. Joan
1974 - HUGH STAMP (WOLDINGHAM PLAYERS) in The Browning Version
1975 – RON POTTER (BETCHWORTH O.D.S.) in Sigamarelle
1976 - RON POTTER (BETCHWORTH O.D.S.) in The Life and Death of Almost Everybody
1977 - NICHOLAS OWEN (REIGATE A.T.S.) in Two Gentlemen of Soho
1978 - PAUL SHUTTLEWORTH (STUDENT PLAYERS) in Cecile
1979 - WALLY WICKHAM (REIGATE A.T.S.) in Play it again Sam
1980 - DEREK SNOXALL (WOLDINGHAM PLAYERS) in Hands Across the Sea
1981 - BILL NEWMAN (CHIPSTEAD PLAYERS) in The Cherry Sisters
1982 - TONY CRAWLEY (HEATH PLAYERS) in A Bite of the Apple
1983 - RON DREW (WOLDINGHAM PLAYERS) in A Separate Peace
1984 - DUNCAN BROWNE (REIGATE A.T.S.) in Seaside Postcard
1985 - RON DREW (WOLDINGHAM PLAYERS) in The Puppet Show
1986 - PHILLIP LONGES (BETCHWORTH O.D.S.) in The Public Eye
1987 - TONY CRAWLEY (HEATH PLAYERS) in Private Lives, Act II
1988 - ROY SELFE (RUNNYMEDE D.G.) in What the Butler Saw, Act I
1989 - DAVID FLINT (HEATH PLAYERS) in King Herod
1990 - SIMON FOULKES (PORTABLE THEATRE CO.) in But Yesterday
1991 - CHRIS BUTLER (St. PAUL’S Drama Group) in Interior Designs
1992 - CHRIS HANNIGAN (REIGATE A.T.S.) in Blue Remembered Hills
1993 - ADRIAN AGOSTINI (CHIPSTEAD PLAYERS) in Fool for Love
1994 - CHRIS HANNIGAN & TIM SINCLAIR (Joint) (REIGATE A.T.S.). in Ball Boys
1995 - DOUGLAS DEAN (CaT THEATRE CO.) in Whatever it Takes
1996 - JAMES WARD (St. MARK’S PLAYERS) in After Magritte
1997 - WALLY WICKHAM (REIGATE A.T.S.) in Me and My Friend
1998 - TIM SINCLAIR (REIGATE A.T.S.) in Private View
1999 - CHRIS SLATER (BOOKHAM PLAYERS) in I Spy
2000 - PHILL GRIFFITH (SPLINTER GROUP) in Whose Life is it Anyway?
2001 - MARTIN SWORN (STORRINGTON THEATRE WORKSHOP) in Alarms and Excursions
2002 - JOHN TITHERLEIGH (LIGHTED FOOLS THEATRE COMPANY) in Reckoning
2003 - STEVE PALMER (OXTED PLAYERS) in The Lover
2004 - ALAN CLARK (MASQUERADE) in Five Kinds of Silence
2005 - PETER DAMESICK (THE OXTED PLAYERS) in Four Play
2006 - No festival
2007 - BEN HILDER & ANDY BELLINGER (REIGATE A.T.S.) in 4 Minutes To Love
2008 - STUART MCCREADIE (SEVENOAKS PLAYERS) in Seascape
2009 - FRANK ATTERBURY (THE OXTED PLAYERS) in Late Entry
2010 - RICHARD JEFFREYS (BARFIELD PLAYERS) in The Window Cleaner
2011 - BRIAN ARIS (ST PAUL'S DRAMA GROUP) in The Long Road
2012 - CHRIS BUTLER (ST PAUL'S DRAMA GROUP) in Elegy for a Lady
2013 - WILF HASHIMI (THE BYFLEET PLAYERS) in Saving for Dolphins
2014 - ALAN WEBBER (THE OXTED PLAYERS) in The Whore's Tale
2015 - RICHARD HARDING (ALTERNATE SHADOWS) in The War Room
2016 - BOB THOMPSON (TIGER THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS) in Just a Straight Man
2017 - RICK MORRIS (WOLDINGHAM PLAYERS) in A Little Box of Oblivion
2018 - STUART MITCHELL SMITH (ROAN THEATRE COMPANY) in An Englishman Abroad
2019 - ADAM DRYER (TIGER PRODUCTIONS) in Jesus My Boy
2020 - JONATHAN SMEED & LOGAN MERSH (NO FRILLS THEATRE COMPANY) in Ball Boys
2021 - No festival due to COVID-19
2022 - DAVID BURTON (ACE THEATRE COMPANY) in Audrey and Me
2023 - PIERSE STEVENS (SEVENOAKS SHAKESPEARE SOCIETY) in The Final Kiss
JILL PERRY AWARD for the BEST ADULT ACTRESS
Formerly known as THE MERSTHAM CUP1966 - JOANNA CORMAC & OLIVE STEMP (BOOKHAM W.I.) in Even Less Legal
1967 - JOAN CHALLIS (TADWORTH PLAYERS) in A Phoenix Too Frequent
1968 - MARYE BAILEY (CHIPSTEAD PLAYERS) in Idea for a Play
1969 - JO OWEN (TADWORTH PLAYERS) in East Lynne
1970 - DOROTHY SHEWSBURY (TADWORTH PLAYERS) in The Importance of Being Earnest
1971 - OLWEN WARREN (PEASLAKE PLAYERS) in Happy Journey
1972 - PAT RAPER (STUDENT PLAYERS) in Miss in her Teens
1973 - LINDY MITCHELL (TADWORTH PLAYERS) in The Hollow Crown
1974 - MOLLY CARTHEW (NORK W.I.) in The Cassilis Engagement
1975 - JILL ANTROBUS (HURST GREEN W.I.) in Roly Poly
1976 - PAT SWANSON (BOOKHAM PLAYERS) in Lunch Hour
1977 - MARY RICHARD-JONES (CHIPSTEAD PLAYERS) in The Room
1978 - JEAN CORIN (MERSTHAM A.D.S.) in The Old Lady Shows her Medals
1979 - JILL STYLES (HURST GREEN W.I.) in A Respectable Establishment
1980 - VIRGINIA KING (BETCHWORTH A.D.S.) in A Phoenix too Frequent
1981 - ILEANA KING (BOOKHAM PLAYERS) in Medea
1982 - MARJORIE ROGERS (MERSTHAM A.D.S.) in The Lullaby
1983 - PHILLIPA VENN (HURST GREEN W.I.) in The Path to Liberty
1984 - JENNY BOND (CHALDON A.D.S.) in Press Cuttings
1985 - SARA WATKINS (St. PAUL’S DRAMA GROUP) in Absent Friends
1986 - HELEN LANSDALE (St. PAUL’S DRAMA GROUP) in A Delicate Balance
1987 - MARGARET HUNTER (HEATH PLAYERS) in Private Lives, Act II
1988 - MARY RICHARD-JONES (CHIPSTEAD PLAYERS) in The Nightingale and Not the Lark
1989 - RUBY FEAST (BANSTEAD LITTLE THEATRE) in The Big Cats
1990 - SHEILA CARR (St. PAUL’S DRAMA GROUP) in Too Long An Autumn
1991 - SARA WATKINS (St. PAUL’S DRAMA GROUP) in Tell Me a Story, Sing Me a Song
1992 - DEBBIE HARRIS (PORTABLE THEATRE CO.) in Teechers
1993 - ELAINE TEAGUE (St. PAUL’S DRAMA GROUP) in Plaza Suite, Act II
1994 - SANDRA TAYLOR (STUDENT PLAYERS) in Say Something Happened
1995 - ALISON REYNOLDS (REIGATE A.T.S.) in An Actor’s Nightmare
1996 - ANDREA DONACHIE & ANETTE PURCELL (Joint) (REIGATE A.T.S.) in Ludlow Fair
1997 - YVONNE BOOKER (St. PAUL’S DRAMA GROUP) in I Can’t Remember Anything
1998 - THERESA HART (REIGATE A.T.S.) in Private View
1999 - MAXINE ABSELL-MAURICE (STORRINGTON THEATRE WORKSHOP) in Top Girls
2000 - ANDREA UNWIN (REIGATE A.T.S.) in Me and My Friend Act II
2001 - SYLVIA PRITCHARD (HOLMESDALE PRODUCTIONS) in Lavender Years
2002 - PHILIPPA RUSHBEY (MERSTHAM A.D.S.) in Tissue
2003 - JULIE SILVERMAN (WOLDINGHAM PLAYERS) in Song of Louise
2004 - HELEN DRAPER (MASQUERADE) in Five Kinds of Silence
2005 - CHRIS MORGAN (THE OXTED PLAYERS) in Four Play
2006 - No festival
2007 - SARA WATKINS (ST PAUL'S DRAMA GROUP) in Lunch Girls
2008 - SARA WATKINS (ST PAUL'S DRAMA GROUP) in Happy Jack
2009 - KAREN DIX (TONBRIDGE THEATRE & ARTS CLUB) in Semblance of Madness!
2010 - SOPHIE KISILEVSKY (BARFIELD PLAYERS) in The Window Cleaner
2011 - SARA WATKINS (ST PAUL'S DRAMA GROUP) in The Long Road
2012 - ALISON SHEPPARD (ST PAUL'S DRAMA GROUP) in Elegy for a Lady
2013 - BARBARA SMITH (SEVENOAKS PLAYERS) in Auto Da Fe
2014 - GHISLAINE BOWDEN (THE OXTED PLAYERS) in The Whore's Tale
2015 - CHRISTINA BETTS (ALTERNATE SHADOWS) in The War Room
2016 - NICKY GILL (MERSTHAM AMATEUR DRAMATIC SOCIETY) in Flatmates
2017 - ELIZABETH MCCREADIE (OAST THEATRE) in A Thing of Beauty
2018 - AMY PROSSER (THE OXTED PLAYERS) in Nine
2019 - NATALIE SMITH (SEVENOAKS SHAKESPEARE SOCIETY) in My Second Best Bed
2020 - ELIZABETH MCCREADIE (OAST THEATRE) in Equal Terms
2021 - No festival due to COVID-19
2022 - HANIA SIMONS (OAST THEATRE) in Tone Clusters
2023 - CATHY BOURNE (OAST THEATRE) in On The Edge
(SILVER SALVER) GATWICK AIRPORT COMMUNITY TRUST AWARD (from 2010)
BEST YOUTH PERFORMANCE
1999 - CROFT DRAMA GROUP for outstanding youth performances
2000 - JOHN CHRISTIE in Lovers (STORRINGTON THEATRE WORKSHOP)
2001 - TOM SZEKERES in Christmas Incorporated (CROFT DRAMA GROUP)
2002 - THOMAS BOLTER in In Need of Care (HEATHFIELD DRAMA CLUB)
2003 - GEORGE MILLER in The Exam (CAPRICORN THEATRE COMPANY)
2004 - ELIZABETH HASTINGS in Riders to the Sea (HEATHFIELD DRAMA CLUB)
2005 - FELICITY GREEN in White Queen, Red Queen (HEATHFIELD DRAMA CLUB)
2006 - No festival
2007 - Flatmates (YOUNG OXTED PLAYERS)
2008 - The Edge (YOUNG OXTED PLAYERS)
2009 - School Belles (YOUNG OXTED PLAYERS)
2010 - 1 of 56 (YOUNG OXTED PLAYERS)
2011 - Bouncers (HEATHFIELD DRAMA CLUB)
2012 - Sparkleshark (GLOW THEATRE GROUP)
2013 - The Heights (GLOW THEATRE GROUP)
2014 - Blood Brothers (GLOW THEATRE GROUP)
2015 - DNA (GLOW THEATRE GROUP)
2016 - The Edelweiss Pirates (GLOW THEATRE GROUP)
2017 - Everyman (GLOW THEATRE GROUP)
2018 - Blood on Canvas (GLOW THEATRE GROUP)
2019 - DNA (GLOW THEATRE GROUP)
2020 - The Heights (GLOW THEATRE GROUP)
2021 - No festival due to COVID-19
2022 - Three Kings (LCA STAGE ACADEMY)
2023 - The Edelweiss Pirates (GLOW THEATRE GROUP)
BEST YOUNG ACTOR AWARD
2007 - DAN EDWARDS in Five Kinds of Silence (HEATHFIELD DRAMA CLUB)
2008 - ADAM FARRELL in The Edge (YOUNG OXTED PLAYERS)
2009 - BEN ATTERBURY in School Belles (YOUNG OXTED PLAYERS)
2010 - MATTHEW MARTIN in Hush Little Celia (HEATHFIELD DRAMA CLUB)
2011 - JAMES BROAD, MATTHEW MARTIN, OLIVER ROWLATT, JAMES WILLIAMS in Bouncers (HEATHFIELD DRAMA CLUB)
2012 - MATTHEW FALCONER in Sparkleshark (GLOW THEATRE GROUP)
2013 - NICK GILBERT in The Herd (YOUNG OXTED PLAYERS)
2014 - JAMIE PATTERSON & SEAN WAREING in Blood Brothers (GLOW THEATRE GROUP)
2015 - JAMIE PATTERSON in DNA (GLOW THEATRE GROUP)
2016 - SEAN WAREING in The Edelweiss Pirates (GLOW THEATRE GROUP)
2017 - MATTHEW FALCONER in Everyman (GLOW THEATRE GROUP)
2018 - ZACHARY MILLAR in Macbeth (GLOW THEATRE GROUP)
2019 - JACK PALMER in DNA (GLOW THEATRE GROUP)
2020 - LINUS DAVISON in A Midsummer Night's Dream (GLOW THEATRE GROUP)
2021 - No festival due to COVID-19
2022 - SAMUEL GOWER in Three Kings (LCA STAGE ACADEMY)
2023 - LINUS DAVISON in The Edelweiss Pirates (GLOW THEATRE GROUP)
BEST YOUNG ACTRESS AWARD
2007 - JO COX in Flatmates (YOUNG OXTED PLAYERS)
2008 - JO COX in The Edge (YOUNG OXTED PLAYERS)
2009 - VICTORIA GAFFNEY in Obsessed (HEATHFIELD DRAMA CLUB)
2010 - JESSICA BARRETT in Hush Little Celia (HEATHFIELD DRAMA CLUB)
2011 - EBONY WONG in The Colour of Compassion (HEATHFIELD DRAMA CLUB)
2012 - JAY WHITE in D.N.A (YOUNG OXTED PLAYERS)
2013 - REBECCA BRIDSON in The Heights (GLOW THEATRE GROUP)
2014 - NATASHA COOPER in Obsessed (HEATHFIELD DRAMA CLUB)
2015 - EMMA STARBUCK in Living with Lady Macbeth (GLOW THEATRE GROUP)
2016 - CHARLOTTE BRIDSON in The Edelweiss Pirates (GLOW THEATRE GROUP)
2017 - ELOISE SMITH in Hoodie (GLOW THEATRE GROUP)
2018 - CHARLOTTE BRIDSON & ISABELLA FALCONER in Blood on Canvas (GLOW THEATRE GROUP)
2019 - MOLLY COOK in DNA (GLOW THEATRE GROUP)
2020 - EMMYLOU DAVISON in A Midsummer Night's Dream (GLOW THEATRE GROUP)
2021 - No festival due to COVID-19
2022 - BROOKE PATTERSON in Living with Lady Macbeth (GLOW THEATRE GROUP)
2023 - ROSIE CHAMBERS in The Edelweiss Pirates (GLOW THEATRE GROUP)
STAGE PRESENTATION TROPHY
Formerly known as THE COMMITTEE’S CUP1954 - STUDENT PLAYERS with St Patrick’s Day
1955 - SALFORDS with A Card Party
1956 - THE BARN PLAYERS with The Lovers of Madame Dulapin
1957 - NORK W.I. with Polonaise
1958 - MEAD VALE W.I. with The Queen’s Ring
1959 - THE GAGE with Life of Hercules, Page One
1960 - HURST GREEN W.I. with Isolation at Eyam
1961 - GODSTONE A.D.S with My Three Angels
1962 - BETCHWORTH O.D.S with Price of Perfection
1963 - MERSTHAM A.D.S with Tea With Mr Bellinger
1964 - MERSTHAM W.I. with A Robin In Her Hair
1965 - MERSTHAM W.I. with Not in the Guide Book
1966 - MERSTHAM A.D.S with The Shoemakers of Syracuse
1967 - MERSTHAM A.D.S with Dragons in the Cave
1968 - MERSTHAM A.D.S with The Sign of the Thirsty Snail
1969 - BLETCHINGLY (EVE) W.I. with Tutankamen, Son of Ra
1970 - MERSTHAM A.D.S with The Greeks had No Word for It
1971 - STUDENT PLAYERS with Cathedral – Ten minutes
1972 - Not awarded
1973 - STUDENT PLAYERS with The Sun and the Shadow
1974 - BLETCHINGLY A.D.S with a Woman of No Importance
1975 - HURST GREEN W.I. with Roly Poly
1976 - MERSTHAM A.D.S with The Mayor of Tovontal
1977 - TADWORTH W.I with Red Letter Day
1978 - THE GAGE with The Pool by the Dragon Gate
1979 - MERSTHAM W.I with Not in the Guide Book
1980 - BOOKHAM PLAYERS with The Importance of Being Earnest, Act II
1981 - STUDENT PLAYERS with But for all Time
1982 - CHALDON A.D.S with The Laboratory
1983 - St PAUL’S DRAMA GROUP with Once Upon a Seashore
1984 - St PAUL’S DRAMA GROUP with Birdsong
1985 - STUDENT PLAYERS with Choice
1986 - WOLDINGHAM PLAYERS with Between Mouthfuls
1987 - BOOKHAM (AFT.) W.I. (D.G.) with Day of Reckoning
1988 - BOOKHAM PLAYERS with Singing in the Wilderness
WOLDINGHAM PLAYERS with One Season’s King
1989 - WOLDINGHAM PLAYERS with Ritual for Dolls
1990 - STUDENT PLAYERS with The Orchestra
1991 - St PAUL’S DRAMA GROUP with Interior Designs
1992 - WOLDINGHAM PLAYERS with Private View
1993 - ST MARK’S PLAYERS with Darlings You Were Wonderful
1994 - WOLDINGHAM PLAYERS with Private Eye
1995 - WOLDINGHAM PLAYERS with Soldadera
1996 - CROFT DRAMA GROUP with Leah’s Daughters
1997 - WOLDINGHAM PLAYERS with Bang You’re Dead
1998 - REIGATE A.T.S. with Private View
1999 - YOUNG WADS with Little Prince
2000 - BETCHWORTH O.D.S with Dead Nice
2001 - HOLMESDALE PRODUCTIONS with Lavender Years
2002 - REIGATE A.T.S. with Say Something Happened
2003 - THE OXTED PLAYERS with The Lover
2004 - MASQUERADE THEATRE COMPANY with Five Kinds of Silence
2005 - MERSTHAM A.D.S with The Rats
2006 - No festival
2007 - REIGATE A.T.S. with 4 Minutes To Love
2008 - YOUNG OXTED PLAYERS with The Edge
2009 - ST PAUL'S DRAMA GROUP with The Children's Hour
2010 - THE OXTED PLAYERS with Alternative Accommodation
2011 - THE OXTED PLAYERS with Mantrap
2012 - ST PAUL'S DRAMA GROUP with Elegy for a Lady
2013 - GLOW THEATRE GROUP with The Heights
2014 - ALTERNATE SHADOWS with The Canary Cage
2015 - GLOW THEATRE GROUP with DNA
2016 - GLOW THEATRE GROUP with The Edelweiss Pirates
2017 - GLOW THEATRE GROUP with Hoodie
2018 - GLOW THEATRE GROUP with The Domino Effect
2019 - GLOW THEATRE GROUP with DNA
2020 - GLOW THEATRE GROUP with The Trench
2021 - No festival due to COVID-19
2022 - HEATHFIELD YOUTH DRAMA with Gosforth's Fete
2023 - GLOW THEATRE GROUP with Macbeth
THE MARTIN PATRICK BEST DIRECTOR AWARD
2011 - MARY PEARSON (HEATHFIELD DRAMA CLUB) for Bouncers and The Colour of Compassion
2012 - SHEILA CARR (ST PAUL'S DRAMA GROUP) for Elegy for a Lady
2013 - JACKIE DRISCOLL (GLOW THEATRE GROUP) for The Heights
2014 - CHRIS BASSETT (THE OXTED PLAYERS) for The Whore's Tale
2015 - CHRIS BRAKE (ALTERNATE SHADOWS) for The War Room
2016 - JACKIE DRISCOLL (GLOW THEATRE GROUP) for The Edelweiss Pirates
2017 - JACKIE DRISCOLL (GLOW THEATRE GROUP) for Everyman
2018 - GHISLAINE BOWDEN (THE OXTED PLAYERS) for Nine
2019 - JULIA ASCOTT (GLOW THEATRE GROUP) for Hamlet
2020 - JACKIE DRISCOLL (GLOW THEATRE GROUP) for The Heights
2021 - No festival due to COVID-19
2022 - MATTHEW HARRIS (LCA STAGE ACADEMY) for Three Kings
2023 - JACKIE DRISCOLL (GLOW THEATRE GROUP) for The Edelweiss Pirates
THE ADJUDICATOR’S AWARD
2000 - BRUCE REED Stage Director for the Festival
2001 - ANNE PAGE for the work she has done for youth theatre
2002 - Not awarded
2003 - DON SEAGER (OAST THEATRE COMPANY)
2004 - MARY PEARSON for the work she has done for youth theatre
2005 - CROFT DRAMA GROUP for 17
2006 - No festival
2007 - PETER MAYGAR, Sound Technician for Lunch Girls (ST PAUL'S DRAMA GROUP)
2008 - THE OXTED PLAYERS for Last Tango in Titsey Hill
2009 - EMILY SWEETMAN as Puck in Midsummer Night's Dream (HEATHFIELD DRAMA CLUB)
2010 - MARY PEARSON for directing two youth entries
2011 - ASHLEY GILLARD (NOMADS) for taking over a large part at short notice
2012 - YOUNG OXTED PLAYERS for D.N.A.
2013 - BETHAN FRISBY (GLOW THEATRE GROUP) for A Human Write
2014 - IVO SALWEY (HEATHFIELD YOUTH DRAMA) for Pinky in The Whole Truth
2015 - GLOW THEATRE GROUP for A Midsummer Night's Dream
2016 - THE MITRE PLAYERS for Shakers
2017 - GLOW THEATRE GROUP for Hoodie & Everyman
2018 - CONNIE MCMILLAN (GLOW THEATRE GROUP) for Macduff in Macbeth
2019 - OAST THEATRE for replacing Effie's Burning with an acted reading of Last Tango in Little Grimley at the last minute
2020 - GLOW THEATRE GROUP for costumes for The Peace Child
2021 - No festival due to COVID-19
2022 - HEATHFIELD YOUTH DRAMA for the four bouncers in BOUNCERS
2023 - DOMINIC SEMWANGA for SLAVEY
THE RUNNERS-UP TROPHY
Formerly known as THE OXTED CUP1968 - CHIPSTEAD PLAYERS with The House of Bernada Alba, Act I
1969 - BOOKHAM D.S with The Fish
1970 - STUDENT PLAYERS with Playing with Fire
1971 - St. PAUL’S DRAMA GROUP with A Kind of Justice
1972 - STUDENT PLAYERS with Miss in Her Teens
1973 - STUDENT PLAYERS with The Sun and the Shadow
1974 - BETCHWORTH O.D.S with The Lady's Not for Burning
1975 - BLETCHINGLY O.D.S with When we are Married. Act II
1976 - BETCHWORTH O.D.S with The Life and Death of Almost Everybody
1977 - REIGATE A.T.S with Two Gentlemen of Soho
1978 - STUDENT PLAYERS with Cecile
1979 - MERSTHAM W.I with Not in the Guidebook
1980 - MERSTHAM W.I with Bright Society
1981 - BLETCHINGLY (EVE) W.I with Who Calls
1982 - CHALDON A.D.S with The Laboratory
1983 - HEATH PLAYERS withThe Bald Prima Donna
1984 - WOLDINGHAM PLAYERS with As Good As New
1985 - St. PAUL’S DRAMA GROUP with Absent Friends Act I
1986 - BETCHWORTH O.D.S. with The Public Eye
1987 - CHIPSTEAD PLAYERS with Rattle of a Simple Man
1988 - BANSTEAD LITTLE THEATRE with From Here to the Library
1989 - PORTABLE THEATRE CO. with If You’ll be Glad, I’ll be Frank
1990 - PORTABLE THEATRE CO. with But Yesterday
1991 - St. PAUL’S DRAMA GROUP with Tell Me A Story, Sing Me A Song
1992 - PORTABLE THEATRE CO. with Teechers
1993 - MILLER CENTRE YOUNG PLAYERS (SENIORS) with Birdsong
1994 - STUDENT PLAYERS with Say Something Happened
1995 - MERSTHAM A.D.S with Out for The Count
1996 - ST. MARK’S PLAYERS with After Magritte
1997 - MITRE PLAYERS with Meat and Two Veg
1998 - STORRINGTON THEATRE WORKSHOP with Shakers
1999 - MERSTHAM A.D.S with Woomberang
2000 - REIGATE A.T.S with Me and My Friend Act II
2001 - HOLMESDALE PRODUCTIONS with Lavender Years
2002 - MERSTHAM A.D.S with Tissue
2003 - THE OAST THEATRE COMPANY with The Universal Language
2004 - WOLDINGHAM PLAYERS with Blue Remembered Hills
2005 - REIGATE A.T.S. with The Dumb Waiter
2006 - No festival
2007 - REIGATE A.T.S. with 4 Minutes To Love
2008 - YOUNG OXTED PLAYERS with The Edge
2009 - YOUNG OXTED PLAYERS with School Belles
2010 - YOUNG OXTED PLAYERS with 1 of 56
2011 - HEATHFIELD DRAMA CLUB with Bouncers
2012 - TONBRIDGE THEATRE AND ARTS CLUB - Cruise Missile (from Deckchairs 3)
2013 - GLOW THEATRE GROUP with A Human Write
2014 - SEVENOAKS PLAYERS with The Trial
2015 - No longer awardedTHE BOOKHAM CUP For the Best Supporting Role – Male
1991 - ROBIN HUNTER (THE GAGE) in Come Into the Garden Maud
1992 - FRAN GRANT (St. MARK’S PLAYERS) in The Good and Faithful Servant
1993 - MARK WEBB (CHIPSTEAD PLAYERS) in Fool for Love
1994 - DAVID ILETT (MERSTHAM A.D.S) in Two Gentlemen of Soho
1995 - RICHARD FRANCIS (MERSTHAM A.D.S) in Out For The Count
1996 - SIMON ARNOLD (CROFT DRAMA GROUP) in The Bacchae
1997 - STEVE PALMER (STUDENT PLAYERS) in Opposites Attract
1998 - RICHARD WELLER (BOOKHAM PLAYERS)
1999 - HUGH STAMP (WOLDINGHAM PLAYERS) in On Stage Mr. Smith
2000 - PETER HORWOOD (MERSTHAM A.D.S) in Too Long an Autumn
2001 - NORBERT JOHNSON (BANSTEAD LITTLE THEATRE) in In by the Half
2002 - TOM HADDON (REIGATE A.T.S) in Say Something Happened
2003 - MEL MORGAN (MERSTHAM A.D.S) in The Waiting Room
2004 - DAVID BANFIELD and SIMON PARKER (MASQUERADE) in Five Kinds of Silence
2005 - STEVE JONES (MERSTHAM A.D.S) in The Rats
2006 - No festival
2007 - No longer awardedTHE REIGATE CUP For the Best Supporting Role – Female
1993 - ANDREA DONACHIE (St. MARK’S PLAYERS) in Darlings You Were Wonderful
1994 - MARY FOSTER (BLETCHINGLY A.D.S.) in The Tea Dance
1995 - MARJORIE ROGERS (MERSTHAM A.D.S.) in Out For The Count
1996 - CARRIE BROOKE-MELLOR (STUDENT PLAYERS) in Easy Stages
1997 - ANNE HENDERSON (BOOKHAM PLAYERS) in Interior Designs
1998 - JULIA ASCOT (MITRE PLAYERS)
1999 - ROSALIND MARTIN (BANSTEAD LITTLE THEATRE) in Chimera
2000 - SOPHIE McGRATH (OXTED PLAYERS) in Tunnel Vision
2001 - ROSALIND MARTIN (BANSTEAD LITTLE THEATRE) in In by the Half
2002 - JACKIE CURRAN (MERSTHAM A.D.S.) in ‘Tissue’
2003 - ANNE EWART (CAPRICORN THEATRE COMPANY) in The Exam
2004 - SAMANTHA SYMES (CAPRICORN THEATRE COMPANY)
2005 - JANET THOMPSON (OAST THEATRE, TONBRIDGE) in Millie's Tale
2006 - No festival
2007 - No longer awardedTHE COOPER CUP for Character Acting
1997 - CROFT DRAMA GROUP for Asleep Under the Dark Earth & Alice’s Advenutures in Wonderland
1998 - STORRINGTON THEATRE WORKSHOP for Shakers
1999 - CROFT DRAMA GROUP in Bouncers
2000 - MARJORIE ROGERS (MERSTHAM A.D.S) in Too Long an Autumn
2001 - RICHARD ALLEN (THE OXTED PLAYERS) in Out for the Count
2002 - JILL PAYNE (LIGHTED FOOLS THEATRE COMPANY) in Reckoning
2003 - GAVIN STENHOUSE (HEATHFIELD PLAYERS) in Obsessed
2004 - JOAN LEADER (MERSTHAM A.D.S) in Shop for Charity
2005 - DAISY KEYTE (CROFT DRAMA GROUP) in 17
2006 - No festival
2007 - No longer awardedTHE BACKSTAGE AWARD
2003 - THE OAST THEATRE COMPANY with The Universal Language
2004 - MASQUERADE with Five Kinds of Silence
2005 - MERSTHAM A.D.S with The Rats
2006 - No festival
2007 - No longer awarded
