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Southend Drama takes top award at Eastwood
Southend Drama Society won the 1st round of the Southend Drama Festival held in Eastwood.
Charlie Mellor directed their comedy entry "The Worst Day of my Life" which all scooped three other awards.
The group also won for Best Stage Presentation, Best Female Performer and Best Director.
They will now go on to the next round - the Eastern Area Final to be held on Saturday 15th May in the Chequer Mead Theatre in East Grinstead.
The group also reached the Eastern Area Final last year with their performance of "The Last Bread Pudding".
The full awards are listed below:
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AWARDS
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The Babs Rogers Memorial Trophy – Most Promising Junior Team
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Sandon School for “Loser”
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The Leslie Lawton Cup – Best Junior Team
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Deanes School for “Shirts”
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SEEDA Award for Best Original Play
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“Remember Dear” by Sue Welch
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The Arts Council Shield – Best Stage Presentation
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Southend Drama Society
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Wesley Cup – Best all female cast
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Not awarded this year
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The Borough Players Shield – Best Comedy
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Worst Day of my Life – Southend Drama Society
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The Whitehead Cup – Best Supporting Performance
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Ann Odeke as Samantha in “Worst Day of My Life”.
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The Florrie Holland Cup – Best Female Performance
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Rachel Taylor as Lily in “Severalls”
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The Frank McGrath – Best Male Performance
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Jeremy Battersby as Foetus No1 in “Deliver us Not”
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The Chris Dunham Award – Best Director
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Zoe Harrison for “Shirts”
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The Bofors Special Adjudicator’s Award
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Arts Labyrinth
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The Blackwell Cup – Runners Up
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Deanes School for “Shirts”
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The Ray Cooney Trophy – Winning Team
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“The Worst Day of my Life” – Southend Drama Society”
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See edited highlights of the awards evening for the first ever time below
Edited highlights of the awards ceremony on Saturday 13th March at Eastwood Theatre.
Dates
Eastern Quarter Final None
Eastern Area Final 15th May at Chequer Mead Theatre, East Grinstead
English Final 5th June, Brewhouse Arts Centre, Burton on Trent
British Final 25th & 26th June, East Kilbride Village Theatre, Scotland |
