ONE ACT SHOWS
We regularly enter the local One Act Drama Festivals, including the Avon One Act and Bristol One Act festivals, which give us a chance to get through to the All England Theatre Festival. We have had lots of success over the years winning many awards.
See below for list of Nominations and Awards
CONTRACTIONS
By Mike Bartlett
March 2023
CAN MALONE DIE?
By David Pollard
February 2022
UNTUCKED
By Teresa Hennessy
February 2019
FOR ALL THE SAINTS
By Eileen Enwright Hodgetts
February 2019
CUSTARD & DISINFECTANT
By Jim Pinnock
February 2018
CONSEQUENCES
By Duncan Battman
February 2017
SEVEN BILLION VOICES
By Ross Brown
February 2016
THE RED BALLOON
By Damian Trasler
February 2015
A LITTLE BOX OF OBLIVION
By Stephen Bean
February 2015
2023 Contractions by Mike Bartlett
Avon: Won Best Costume
Meldoy Lewis nominated for Best Actress
Jaquci Coventry nominated for Best Actor
2022 Can Malone Die? by David Pollard
Avon: Steve Crump nominated for Best Actor
David Lord nominated for Best Actor
2020 Going Underground by Christopher Morgan
Bristol: Best Supporting Actor: Richard Cottle
Katie Webb nominated for Best Actress
Steve Crump nominated for Best Actor
Avon: Winner Best Costume
Nomiated Best director - Rob Creer
Nominated Best Actor - Steve Crump
Nominated Best Supporting Actor - Richard Cottle
Nominated Adjudicator's Award
2019 Untucked by Teresa Hennessy
2019 For All The Saints by Eileen Enright Hodgetts
Bristol: Sarah Martin nominated for Best Actress
Isabelle Prested nominated for Best youth Performer
Ryan Carroll nominated for Best Youth Performer
Avon: Won Best Costume
Sarah Martin nominated for Best Actress
2018 Custard & Disinfectant by Jim Pinnock
Bristol: Best Supporting Actor: Richard Cottle
Tim Ball nominated for Best Actor
Pauly Milton nominated for Best Actor
Avon: Goodway Memorial Cup (Best Actor) : Richard Cottle
Sammy Mountford nominated for Best Supporting Performance
Lin Bowden nominated for Best Supporting Performance
Nominated for The Ruth Perrett Award (Costume)
2017 Consequences by Duncan Battman
Bristol: 3rd Place
Sammy Mountford nominated for Best Actress
Richard Cottle nominated for Supporting Performance
Avon: Best Supporting Actor: Richard Cottle
Nominated for be staging
2016 Seven Billion Voices by Ross Brown
Avon: Won the Technical Award
2015 A Little Box of Oblivion by Stephen Bean
Bristol: Lin Bowden nominated for Best Actress
Set was nominated in the best technical category
2015 The Red Balloon by Damian Trasler
Bristol: Katie Salt won Best Actress
Jacqui Coventry nominated for Best Actress
Carl Ronald nominated for Best Supporting Actor
'The Dance' nominated for the Moment in Theatre Award
2014 Creating Psycho by Ross Brown & Jo Forest Jones
Bristol: Won Second Place
Ross Arnott won Best Youth Performance
Julian Hinton won Best Supporting Actor
Maggie Allsopp nominated for Best Supporting Actress
Nicky Shipton nominated for Best Supporting Actress
Nominated for Best Original Play
Avon: Winning Group
Maggie Allsopp won Best Actress
Ross Arnott won Most Promising Youth
Won Best Technical for the set
Callum Webb & Paul Cragg won Adjudicators Award
Tim Ball nominated for Best Actor
Charlotte Harris nominated for Best Supporting Performance
Tina Stewart nominated for Best Supporting Performance
Costumes nominated for Technical Award
2013 I am Hamlet by Richard James
Avon: Rob Creer won Best Actor
Bristol: Rob Creer nominated for Best Actor
2012 Granny Must Die by Ian Townsend
2011 A Bucket of Eels by Paul Godfrey
Bristol: Won 3rd Place Trophy
Nominated for Set Design & Staging
Bryony Ward nominated for Best Supporting Actress
Sarah Dixon nominated for Best Supporting Actress
Katie Salt nominated for Best Actress
Ross Brown nominated for Best Actor
Avon: Runners up award
Ross Brown won Best Actor
Nicky Shipton won Best Supporting Performance
Richard Cottle nominated for Best Actor
Katie Salt nominated for Best Actress
2010 You and Me Makes Three by Mark Seaman
Wiltshire: Richard Browne nominated for Best Actor
Avon: Richard Browne nominated for Best Actor
Richard Browne won the Adjudicators Award
Grant McCotter nominated for Best Supporting Actor
Gloucestershire: Richard Browne won Best Actor
2009 Samaritans, Can I Help You? by Brendan Williams
Wiltshire: Richard Browne nominated for Best Actor
Play nominated for Dramatic Endeavour
Avon: Grant McCotter nominated for Best Actor
Gloucestershire: Grant McCotter won best supporting Actor
Richard Browne nominated for Best Actor
2008 A Life Sentence by Mark Seaman
Wiltshire:Won Best Original Production
Runners Up
Siân Butler won Best Actress
Mark Seaman nominated for Best Director
Steve Crump nominated for Best Actor
Avon:Overall Winners
Won Best Original Production
Siân Butler won Best Actress
Steve Crump nominated for Best Actor
Gloucestershire:Overall Winners
Best in Gloucestershire
Best Original Play
Siân Butler won Best Actress
Steve Crump won Best Actor
Isle of Man: nominated for the Adjudicator's Award
Siân Butler nominated for the Adjudicator's Award
2007 In There Anybody There? by Lee Flewitt
Avon:Won Best Technical for costumes
Andrew Stubbs nominated for Best Actor
Marion Whitlow nominated for Best Actress
Wiltshire:Won Best Technical
Won Runners Up Cup
Rob Creer nominated for Best Direction
Lin Bowden nominated for Best Actress
Marion Whitlow nominated for Best Actress
Steve Crump nominated for Best Actor
Gloucestershire:Marion Whitlow won Best Supporting Role
Nominated for Best Technical
Rob Creer nominated for Best Director
Steve Crump nominated for Best Supporting Role
Lin Bowden nominated for Best Actress
2006 Wilfred & Len by Steve Mercer
Wiltshire: Steve Mercer for Best Original Production
Mel Fox for Best Adult Peformance by an Actress
Runner Up Overall
Mark Graves nominated for Best supporting Actor
George Elphick nominated for Best actor
Steve Mercer nominated for Best Director
Avon:Won Best Technical
Runner Up
Duncan Collins nominated for Best Actor
George Elphick nominated for Best Actor
Gloucestershire: Overall Winner!
Won Best in Gloucestershire
Mel Fox won Best Actress
Won Best Technical Achievement
Won Best Director
Won Best Original Play
Duncan Collins nominated for Best Actor
George Elphick nominated for Best Actor
Mark Graves nominated for Best Supporting Actor
2005 Leaving Tommy by Mark Seaman
Wiltshire: The Evening Advertiser Award for an original production.
The June Thompson Memorial Cup for dramatic endeavour.
George Elphick nominated for best adult performance.
Mark Graves nominated for best adult supporting actor
Avon: George Elphick nominated for best actor.
Nominated for best technical
Gloucestershire:George Elphick won best actor.
Mark Seaman won best original play
Costumes nominated for the adjudicators award
2004 Edward by Margaret Wood
Avon: SianButler nominated for best actress
Wiltshire: Sian butler won best actress
Michelle Harris nominated for best actress
Nominated for best technical
Gloucestershire: Claire Taylor won most promising youth performer
2003 Rock of Ages by Steve Mercer
Wiltshire: Winners of 'Best original play'
Gloucestershire: Lin Bowden nominated for best actress
Steve Mercer nominated for best actor
Avon: Lin Bowden won best actress
Steve Mercer receieved mention for adjudicators award
2002 Olive & Hilary by Geraldine Aron
Avon: Winners of 'Best Technical'
Karin Davies nominated for Best Actress
Swindon: Karin Davies nominated for best actres
Nominated for 'Best Technical'
Pauline Pincott nominated for 'Best director'
Mark Graves won best supporting actor
Gloucestershire:Winners of 'best technical'
Sian Butler nominated for 'best actress'
2001 Privileges by Roy Whitlow
Cheltenham: Norma Graves nominated for Best Actress Winner of 'Best Original play' Sian Butler won Best Actress
2000 Pity About Kitty by Jimmie Chinn
Avon: Winner of 'Best Play'
Sian Butler nominated for Best Actress
Sandra Bunclark nominated for Best Actress
Gloucestershire: Winner of 'Best Technical'
Sian Butler nominated for Best Actress
Sandra Bunclark nominated for Best Supporting Role
Dummies nominated for Adjudicators Award
Wiltshire: Winner of Best Director
Runner Up for Best Play
Sian Butler nominated for Best Actress
Sandra Bunclark nominated for Best Actress
1999 Stages of the Heart by Mark Seaman
Avon:Nominated for Best Technical/Set
Stan Ward nominated for Best Actor
Winner of 'Overall Runner-up'
Cheltenham: Margaret Ward nominated for Best Actress
Winner of 'Best Original play'
Winner of 'Best Play in Gloucestershire'
Winner of 'Overall Festival Winner'
Stan Ward won Best Actor
Malmesbury: Margaret Ward nominated for Best Actress
Stan Ward nominated for Best Actor
Winner of 'Best Original Play'
1998 Garbee's Bear by Roy Whitlow
1997 Don't Blame it on the Boots by N.J. Warburton
1996 "Quake" by Anthony Booth
Siân Butler won Best Actress
1995 In by the Half by Jimmie Chinn
1992 Sequence of Events by George McEwan Greene
1991 Games by James Saunders
Bath:Tim Wrighton won Best Actor
1991 The Nightingale & Not The Lark by Jenifer Johnston
1987 The Orchestra by Jean Anoulih
1986 The Rose and Crown by J.B. Priestley
1986 The Monkey's Paw by W. W. Jacobs
1985 Hewers of Coal by Joe Corrie
1985 The Two Gentlemen of Soho by A.P. Herbert
1984 Progress by St. John Ervine
1983 The Last First Night by Zia Kruger
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