This festival finished on Thursday 16 April 1987, and this page is being kept for archival purposes only.
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Selected Student Productions
American Eagle (ns d)
Bretton Hall College (Judges’ Company Commendation): nstc, then 2 year tour
Bazaar and Rummage by Sue Townsend,
Bretton Hall College
Beowulf (ns d) Phil Jackson & Steve Hammond,
Leicester Polytechnic (Buzz Goodbody Student Director Award, David Williams (now O’Shea); Judges Acting Commendation, Phil Jackson)
Blind Man’s Buff (ns) by Beverley Newns,
Paradox Theatre Company, University College, Swansea
Closed Doors (n d)
Shena Simon College, Manchester
Cold Shelter (ns) by Orit Azaz,
Bristol University Revunions
Count Rakowsky and the Zagrobki Mime Troupe (ns) by Michael Wickerek,
Theatre of Poland Touring Company (Judges’ Company Commendation)
The Difference (ns) by Neil Filby,
Z Theatre Company, Hull University
Holiday in the Sun (n) by Tony Grounds,
King Alfred School, Hampstead (Judges’ Company Commendation)
A Lonesome Road (ns d),
Shelley High School
The Same Old Story by Dario Fo & Franca Rame (tr Margaret Kunzle), Female Parts Theatre Company, Middlesex Polytechnic (Judges’ Acting Commendation, Lois Norman)
Spring Awakening by Frank Wedekind (tr Edward Bond),
Worcester Swan Youth Theatre
Statements After an Arrest Under the Immorality Act by Athol Fugard,
Westfield College Theatre Company
Torch Songs by Harvey Fierstein,
Bretton Hall College
The Venetian Twins by Carlo Goldoni (n tr Anna Farthing),
Bristol University Drama Society
Sunday Times Student Drama Critic Commendation, Robert Noble, Hull University, Simon Reade, Exeter University
ISPC, Andrew John Stables, Two Short Planks
Sponsors: The Sunday Times, City of Wakefield MDC, Yorkshire Television, Yorkshire Arts & IBM;
lo: Rick Locker (NT/BP Student Administration Award);
td: Nick Tobin