SPYS ONE ACT SHOWS
We regularly enter the local One Act Drama Festivals, including the Avon Short Play and Bristol One Act festivals, which give us a chance to get through to the 5 Counties Youth Drama Festival and the All England Theatre Festival. We have had lots of success over the years winning many awards.
In the Noir Garden
By Ross Brown
2023
THE DREAMS WE NEVER LOST TONIGHT
By Ross Brown
2022
2023 In the Noir Garden by Ross Brown
Avon: Overall Runner Up
Winner Best Youth Actor - Jake Janaway
Winner Best Direction
Nominated Best Youth Actor - Yasmine Kabarra-Dolby, Billy Biggs- Anstey and Harrison Ellis
Nominated Best Original Play
Nominated Technical Award - use of boxes as set
2022 The Dreams We Never Lost Tonight by Ross Brown
Avon: Winner Best Youth Production
Winner Best Youth Actor - Liam Palmer
Winner Youth Encouragement - Jake Janaway
Winner Adjudicators Award - Script, directing and style
Nominated Best Actress - Sophie Cook
Nominated Best Actor - Liam Palmer
5 Counties Youth Festival: Winner Best Production (non-opting)
2020 War and Cake by Rob Hockley
Avon: Winning Youth Production
Winner of Adjudicators award (for Lightsabre scene)
Winner Most Promising Youth - Lewis Taylor
Winner Youth Encouragement - Holly Pine
Nominated Most Promising Youth - Grace Morris and Immie Hutchings
2019 The Hanging Tree Devised by SPYS
Avon: Winning Youth Production
Nominated Most Promising Youth - Josh Wrighton
Nominated Adjudicators award - Ensemble work and Hattie, Immie and Holly for opening song
2018 Bodas De Sangre (Blood Wedding) by Federico Garcia Lorca
Adapted by Ross Brown
Bristol:Winning Youth Group
Overall Winning Production (non-opting)
Best Costume
Best Moment in Theatre : The Tree
Most Promsing Youth : Rhiannon Williamson
Best Director : Ross Brown
Nomination of sound for Adjudicator's Award
Avon: Overall Winning Production (The Alexander Trophy)
Overall Winning Youth Group (AAD Award for Youth Drama)
Adjudicators Choice : Aaliyah Wilmot
The Ruth Perrett Award (Costume)
Denning Award for Youth (Encouragement)
West Town Workshop Theatre for Youth (Most promising Youth Performance) : Rhiannon Williamson
Nominated for Ridchard Brayshaw Cop (Technical Award)
Ross Brown nominated for Adjudicator's Award : Concept of the 3 woodcutters)
2016 Darkness in the Night by Rob Hockley
Bristol: Won Best Youth Production
Lauren Soper, Maria Hill and Alex Ellitt nominated Most promising youth
Rhys Jenkins on Most promising youth
Nominated for Adjudicators Award "Crossed over scene"
Avon: Winning Group
Overall Winning Production
Rhys Jenkins nominated for Best Actor
Alex Elliot nominated for Youth Encouragement
Maria Hill nominated for Youth Encouragement
Lauren Soper nominated for Most Promising Youth Performance
2016 In Need of Care by David E. Rowley
Avon: Chelesa Bird won Most Promising Youth
2015 Still Thinking... by Ross Brown and Dan Williamson
Avon: Winning Group
Five Counties Youth Festival: Overall Winner
2014 The Dog Sitters by Sarah Cowan
Bristol: Winning Youth Group
Hannah Brownlie nominated for Most Promising Youth
Rosie Riley nominated for Most Promising Youth
Nominated for Set Decor
Nominated for Best Costume
Avon: Winning Group
Rhys Jenkins nominated for West Town Workshop Theatre
for Youth Award
Hannah Brownlie nominated for West Town Workshop Theatre
for Youth Award
Ashley Russell nominated for West Town Workshop Theatre for
Youth Award
2013 Bring Me a Dream by Ross Brown, Julian Hinton and the cast
Bristol: Won Jim English Costume Award
Winning Youth Group
All Seven Actors won Most Promising Youth Performance
Avon: Winning Group
Rhys Jenkins won West Town Workshop Theatre for Youth
Rhiannon Williamson won Denning Award for Youth
2013 The Grass Isn't Always Greener by Pete Williamson
2012 From Shakespeare with Love? by Jonathan Dorf
2012 Urban Hymns by Keith Badham
2011 Ernie's Incredible Illucinations byAlan Ayckbourn
Bristol: Winning Youth Group
Nominated for Adjudicator's Choice
Ross Arnott nominated for Most Promising Youth Performance
Sophie Reynolds nominated for Most Promising Youth Performance
Avon: Nominated for Technical Award
Nominated for Costume
Ross Arnott nominated for Most Promising Youth Performance
Wiltshire: Nominated for Dramatic Endeavour
Nominated for Originality or Achievement in Technical Theatre
Nominated for Best Performance by a Youth Group
Ross Arnott nominated for Best Performance by a Junior Actor
Julian Hinton and Ross Brown nominated for Best Direction
2011 I Never Saw Another Butterfly by Celeste Raspanti
Bristol: Nominated for Jim English Costume Award
Nominated for Winning Youth Group
Megan Harris nominated for Most Promising Youth Performanc
Avon: Won the Denning Award for Youth
Cameron Hecter & Ellen Gallacher nominated
Wiltshire: Megan Harris Most Best Performance by a Junior Actor
Nominated for Dramatic Endeavour
Nominated for Originality / Achievement in Technical Theatre
Nominated for Best Performance by a Youth Group
Lin Bowden nominated for Best Direction
2010 King Henry VIII : A Brief & Unreliable History by Geoff Bamber
Avon: Won the Denning Award for Youth
Cameron Hecter & Ellen Gallacher nominated
Alistair Hecter won Most Promising Youth Performance
Rosie Riley, Rose Eastment & Sammie Ball nominated for Most
Promising Youth Performance
The costumes nominated for the Technical Award
The costumes & set nominated for the Adjudicators Award
Wiltshire: Rosie Riley won Best Performance by a Youth Actor
Gloucestershire: Rosie Riley won the Adjudicator's Award
Rosie Riley won the Best Youth Performance Award
Dan Williamson won Best Youth Actor Award
Won the Best Technical
2009 Hanging the Witch by Ian Barraclough
Avon: Rosie Riley won Denning Award for Youth Encouragement
Heather Nicholls & Sophie Reynolds nominated for Denning Award
Briana Lovett nominated for Most Promising Youth Performance
2008 Witch Hunt by Stuart Arden
Avon: Heather Nicholls won Most Promising Youth Performance
Denning Award For Youth Encouragement
Charlie Graupner nominated for Most Promising Youth
Performance
Wiltshire: Heather Nicholls won Best Performance by a Junior Actor
Nominated for Best Performance by a Youth Group
Gloucestershire: Heather Nicholls nominated for Best Youth
Performance
Lauren Carr nominated for Best Youth Performance
Charlie Graupner nominated for Best Youth Performance
2008 Curses, Foiled Again by Evelyn Hood
Wiltshire: Grant McCotter nominated for Best Actor
James Bennett nominated for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Maggie Allsopp nominated for Best Director
Gloucestershire: Bryony Ward nominated for Best Supporting Role
2007 Dickens' Children by Nick Warburton
Wiltshire: James Bennett won Best Youth Performance
Charlie Graupner nominated for Best Youth Performance
Avon: Won best overall Youth Performance
James Bennett won Best Performance by a Junior Actor
2006 All the Worlds a Stage by Maggie Allsopp
Wiltshire: Ross Brown nominated for Best Performance by a Junior
Actor
Maggie Allsopp nominated for Best Dramatic Endeavour
Avon: Won best overall Youth Performance
Amy Smith won Denning Award for Youth Encouragment
Ross Brown won West Town Theatre Youth Award
Ross Brown, Brent Morgan, Grant McCotter & Hannah
Simmonds nominated for Denning Award for Youth Encouragment.
Brent Morgan nominated for West Town Theatre Youth Award
Nominated for Best Technical
2005 Ghost Writer by N.J.Warburton
Wiltshire: James Bennett, Grant McCotter & Byrony Ward all
nominated for the Brenda Lilley Loving Cup for best
performance by a youth group
Avon: Winning Group
James Bennett & Byrony Ward nominated for best youngsters
