This festival finished on Wednesday 03 April 1996, and this page is being kept for archival purposes only.
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Selected Student Productions
All the World’s a Biscuit (ns) by Tim Glover,
Garibaldy Productions, Hull University (Award for Originality and Completely Off- The-Wall Lunacy, Tim Glover)
The Backyard Miracle (n d),
Suitcase Theatre Company, Birmingham University
The Bald Prima Donna by Eugène Ionesco,
Garibaldy Productions, Hull University (Directing Award, Claire Marie Prenton; Acting Award, Sam Troughton; Design Commendation, Ruth Paton). nstc
Beautiful Thing by Jonathan Harvey,
Barking Mad Theatre Company, Bretton Hall College (Company Commendation)
Cabaret by Kander & Ebb,
UKC Dramatics
The Danube by Maria Irene Fornes,
Fall Out Theatre Company, Manchester Metropolitan University (Directing Award, Emma Hewitt)
Femme Fatale by Debbie Isitt,
Stolen Art, University of Glamorgan (Acting Award, Dee Brophy)
Ghetto by Joshua Sobol,
Warwick University Drama Society (Company Commendation). nstc Guardian Award (Edinburgh) & transfer to London (Pleasance)
Hamlet by William Shakespeare (ns ad by Nathan Evans),
Oxford University
The Interview (ns) and The Trembling Game (ns) by Robert Hamilton,
So Soo Me,
East 15 Acting School (Sunday Times Playwriting Award; Acting Commendation, Suzanne Dawson).
The Interview: nstc & London transfer Jamie (n) by Jeanne Kelly & Sarah Gibson,
Birchwood High School, Bishops Stortford
Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare (ad by Paul Arendt),
Holy Cow Productions, Bretton Hall College (Directing Commendation, Paul Arendt)
Our Gang by Eric Bogosian,
Welsh College of Music & Drama
The Politics of Altitude (n) by Colin Muir,
Aspects Theatre Company, University College, Salford
Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me by Frank McGuinness,
Endymion Theatre Company, LIPA
Strong Family Values (ns) by Richard Hurst & Oliver Matthews,
Welsh College of Music & Drama
ISPC, Richard Dingwall, Otago University, New Zealand, The No Men
Sunday Times Harold Hobson Student Drama Critic Award, Anya Sen Pearse, West Herts College, Watford
Festival Director’s Award (for outstanding services to the NSDF and NSTC over 15 years), Steve Garrett
Sponsors: The Sunday Times, BBC, Scarborough Borough Council, Arts Council of England, Kodak Office Imaging & IBM;
lo: Sarah Nicholson (RNT Student Administration Award) & Louise Hazell;
td: Mark Griffith
