This festival finished on Wednesday 15 April 1981, and this page is being kept for archival purposes only.
If you are able to provide any more information, please contact the Archivist.
Abide With Me by Barrie Keeffe,
Southampton University Theatre Group
The Changeling by Middleton & Rowley,
Exeter University Student Theatre
Cramp (n) by John Godber,
Minsthorpe High School & Community College (Sunday Times Playwriting Award; Almost Free Theatre’s Naftali Yavin Prize; YTV Award; BP Outstanding Production Award). nstc (Fringe First)
Equus by Peter Shaffer,
Dunelm Theatre Company, Durham University (Best Lighting, John Churchill & Andrew Sauderson; Best Incidental Music; Best Publicity and Artwork, Elisabeth Robinson)
Home Sweet Bloody Home (n) by Richard J Lewis,
Aston Comprehensive School, Sheffield
How Does Your Garden Grow? (ns) by Joe Turner,
Green Room Club, Hull University (NT/BP Student Administration Award, Patricia Tulip; Best Supporting Actress, Eileen Ryan)
In Camera by Jean Paul Sartre,
Durham University Theatre
Interview by Jean-Claude van Itallie,
Bretton Hall College
Kennedy’s Children by Robert Patrick,
Westfield College Drama Society, London (BP Best Company Acting)
A Portrait of Sarah Siddons by Caroline Pugh,
Green Room Society, Hull University (BP Best Actress, Rebecca Harbord; Best Design, Joe Turner). nstc
The Silent Woman (Epicoene) by Ben Jonson,
Manchester Umbrella Theatre Company (Buzz Goodbody Student Director Award, Laurence Boswell; BP Best Classic Production Award; BP Best Actor, David Phelan; Best Supporting Actor, Tony Johnson)
Somewhere in Barnet (ns) by Martin Jacobs & Michael Baran,
Manchester Umbrella Theatre Company (Inter-Action Community Theatre Prize)
Stiffs (n) by Mark Britton,
Sussex University Drama Society
Stories (Read, with settings):
Transparent Things, by Vladimir Nabokov;
The Last Night in the Old House, by Elizabeth Bowen;
Cupboard Man, by Ian McEwan;
You Should Have Seen the Mess, by Muriel Spark.
Framework (2nd Year Theatre Design Dept), Central School of Art & Design
Szabo (ns d)
Bath Technical College Drama Students (Best Stage Management)
Three Sisters by Anton Chekhov,
Durham University Theatre (Best Costume, Victoria Penny)
SPECIAL INVITATION PERFORMANCES
Victoria Wood & The Great Soprendo (Geoffrey Durham) double bill (nc) The Loves of Kamar and Budur;
From the Arabian Nights, Shared Experience (nc)
The Sleeping Beauty (n) by Kjartan Poskitt, National Student Theatre Company (nc)
ISPC (1980) Janice Hally, Glasgow University, Ready or Not Sunday Times Student Drama Critic Award, James MacDonald, North London Polytechnic
Sponsors: The Sunday Times, BP, Yorkshire Television, Granada Television, London Weekend Television, Lincolnshire & Humberside Arts, Scottish Television, Yorkshire & Humberside Tourist Board/English Tourist Board;
lo: David Hurst;
td: Ian Cook
