This festival finished on Saturday 14 April 1990, and this page is being kept for archival purposes only.
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Selected Student Productions
Agamemnon by Steven Berkoff, Birmingham Rep Youth Workshop (Judges’ Company Commendation)
Backbone (ns) by Michelle Jones, Corkscrew Theatre, Bishop Grosseteste College (Judges’ Acting Commendation, Michelle Jones)
The Big Book for Girls (ns d) scripted by Joe Richards, Dartington College of Arts (National Theatre Student Administration Award, Paula McFetridge; Judges’ Company Commendation). nstc 1994 & 95 Edinburgh, 96 London Dir: Iain Ormsby-Knox
Can’t Stand Up for Falling Down (n) by Richard Cameron, Thomas Sumpter School & John Leggott College (Sunday Times Playwriting Award; Judges’ Acting Commendation, Joanne Wootton). nstc (Fringe First & Independent Theatre Award) transferred to Hampstead Theatre
The Changeling by Middleton and Rowley, Merton Floats, Oxford University Drama Society
Cold Comfort (ns d), Silver Arcade, Leicester Polytechnic
Futurist Love in the Apple (ns) by David Bridel, Z Theatre Comapany, Hull University (Royal Insurance Award for Outstanding Company Contribution to the Festival; Judges’ Award for Best Costume Design, Dulcie Best)
The Hypochondriac by Alan Drury & Justin Chadwick (ad from Molière), Silver Arcade, Leicester Polytechnic. nstc & BAC
Look Back in Anger by John Osborne, Guernsey Youth Theatre
Love Kevin (n) by Richard F Green, Thom Strid & Jonathan Holtby, Northern Theatre Company
Morning Has Broken (ns) by Tim Fountain, Z Theatre Company, Hull University (Judges’ Acting Commendation, Polly Freeman)
On Hamlet (ns ad from William Shakespeare by David Farr), Panic Theatre, Cambridge University (Judges’ Acting Commendation, Ben Miller)
Radio Man (ns d), Head First Theatre Company, Middlesex Polytechnic. nstc : toured to Edinburgh, Budapest, & Wroclaw Festival (sole British show)
Spring Awakening by Frank Wedekind, Ursa Minor Company, Roehampton Institute
Invited Productions
Nevim Kudi Kam (I Don’t Know Where I’m Going) (n) by Lenka Lagranova, The Academy of Performing Arts, Damu, Prague
Introducing Andre Boloque (n)
Cabaret by and with Andrew Clover
Sunday Times Student Drama Critic Award, Adam Craig, Exeter University ISPC, Ndubuisi Anike, University of Benin, Nigeria, Catalyst of the New Dawn. nstc in London Judges’ Technical Commendation, Catherine Robertson, North Riding College
Sponsors: The Sunday Times, ITV, Scarborough Borough Council, Royal Insurance, British Gas, Natwest, Scarborough & The Ward Group; lo: Matthew Hansell; td: Stephen Christopher
