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Selected Student Productions
A Short Play About Sex and Death (ns) by John Donnelly,
In Your Space Theatre Company, Leeds University (Sunday Times Playwriting Award; Personal Managers’ Association Award, John Donnelly; Acting Award, Jim Gitsham & John Hopkins). nstc
Amlodi’s Journey by Runar Gudbrandsson (d)
De Montfort University (Commendation for Teamwork, Technical Presentation and Use of Space)
Angels in America by Tony Kushner,
Warwick University Drama Society (Acting Commendation, Chris Walters)
The Caretaker by Harold Pinter,
Slight Pause Theatre Company, Bretton Hall College (Buzz Goodbody Student Director Award, Paul Cooke; Acting Award, John McGuiness & Gavin Turnbull)
Decadence by Steven Berkoff,
Conspiracy Theatre, Leeds University (Ensemble Acting Award, Kayla Fell & Nathan Rimmell)
Ground Control (ns) by Charlotte Harris,
Minotaur Theatre Company, University of East Anglia
Heavy Breathing (ns) by Dylan Ritson,
Crazy Horse Theatre Company, Cambridge University (Acting Commendation, Dan Bates). Guardian Award,
Jester (ns) by Luke de Woolfson & Jascha Elliott,
Vicious Theatre Company, Middlesex University
Lear’s Daughters by The Women’s Theatre Group & Elaine Feinstein, Victoria Sponge Theatre Company,
Manchester Metropolitan University (Commendation for Concept and Ensemble)
Mary/Martin (ns) by Ellen Chadwick (ad from Rose Tremain’s Sacred Country),
Howl Theatre Company, London
Moby Dick (n d, ad from Melville),
Ten Gallon Theatre Company, Middlesex University (Commendation for Teamwork)
Nobody Here But Us Chickens by Peter Barnes,
Welsh College of Music & Drama. nstc
Not Enough Points on the Chicken (n) by Tim Glover,
Bombastic Biscuit Company, Hull University
Two by Jim Cartwright,
Guild Theatre Group, Birmingham University
Two by Jim Cartwright,
After Hours Theatre Company, Bretton Hall College (Ensemble Acting Commendation, Andy Murton & Wendy Reed)
Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett,
ADC, Cambridge University
Sunday Times Harold Hobson Student Drama Critic Award, Maddy Costa, Cambridge University
ISPC, Tina Westhead, Derby University, Rotten Apples
Cheek by Jowl Student Administration Award, Hannah Miller, Hull University
RNT Student Administration Award, Caroline Piggott, Leeds University
Festival Director’s Award (for his outstanding contribution to the NSDF and NSTC over many years), Stephen Jeffreys
Sponsors: The Sunday Times, BBC, Scarborough Borough Council, Arts Council of England & Danka Office Imaging;
lo: Simon Bradshaw;
td: Mark Griffith
