Curtain set to rise on one-act plays
VillageTheatre hosts annual contest
East Kilbride Rep Theatre Club’s annual one-act play competition returns to the Village Theatre next month.
EK Repfest, which sees amateur dramatics clubs from across the country perform a short one-act play, will run from Tuesday, May 8 to Saturday, May 12.
Every play is professionally adjudicated at the end of each night and, on the final evening of the festival, trophies from six different categories are awarded by adjudicator Jim Gibson.
The categories are: The Betty McAuley Trophy for best staging; The East Kilbride Rep Theatre Club Trophy for best actress; The Alf Davidson Cup for best actor; The John McNicol Cup for best production; The East Kilbride Arts Council Trophy for production in second place; The Whitemoss Trophy for production in third place.
Jim – returning as adjudicator for the first time since 2014 – has worked in Ayrshire’s drama community for over 40 years, playing and directing with several clubs in one-act plays to full-length productions and musicals and has been adjudicating across the country for almost 25 years.
Since the festival began in 1984, over 400 plays have been performed.
Clubs have come from far and wide and this year, the club welcomes old friends and some new groups from the likes of Stewarton, Dunlop, Carluke, Rutherglen, Fintry and Falkirk.
The running order for this year’s festival is:
Tuesday, May 8:
Tryst Theatre – Antigone (a drama by Kenneth N Ross). Dunlop Players – John’s Mother (a comedy by Helen Boyce).
Dunlop Youth Players – Little Box of Oblivion (a comedy by Stephen Bean).
Wednesday, May 9:
Kirkton Players – Alan and Jean’s Incredible Journey (a drama by Ian Kershaw). Kirkton Players – Blood on Canvas (a drama by Richard James).
Thursday, May 10:
Rutherglen Repertory Theatre – The Crass Menagerie (a comedy by Isabella Rae) Fintry Amateur Dramatic Society – Eight O’clock (a drama by Reginald Berkeley)
Friday, May 11:
Killin Drama Club – Happy Jack (a comedy by John Godber).
Stewarton Drama Group – Small Box Psychosis (a comedy/drama by Barry McKinley).
Saturday, May 12:
Rutherglen Repertory Theatre – Funeral for a Fiend (a comedy by Gerry McCartan).
Stewarton Drama Group – A Galway Girl (a drama by Geraldine Aron).
Tickets are priced £5 for shows on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday; £7 for the Saturday show or £14 for the whole festival.
Call the box office on (01355) 248669/261000 or book online at www. sllcboxoffice.co.uk