All the winners at the 2017 one act drama festival with their trophies following the presentation of prizes in the community theatre last Saturday night.
The 2017 Isle of Arran One Act Drama Festival
There was high praise indeed for the 2017 one act drama festival when seasoned adjudicator Nat Little said it was the best festival he had ever judged.
Whiting Bay Music and Drama were the big winners with Poison taking the top prize and acting awards for the stars Dave Simpkin and Andy McNamara.
Just one point separated the top three plays at the festival, Mr Little revealed with Lamlash Drama Club squeezed into second place with the comedy Present Slaughter.
The winning play was a comedy drama, set in a dingy flat. It and featured just two actors and involved, as the title suggests, a case of mistaken poisoning, but with a delicious twist.
Mr Little described it as ‘fabulous from start to finish’ and Dave and Andy thoroughly deserved their acting awards for a perfor- mance the adjudicator described as ‘absolutely brilliant’.
The annual festival, which played to packed performances over three nights at Lamlash community theatre last weekend, saw 35 performers stage eight plays, which ranged from comedy to serious drama. There were also three youth entries, two from Shiskine and one from Lamlash.
High praise
Hailing from Kirkcudbright, it was Mr Little’s first visit to Arran but he had high praise for the plays and the organisation and the packed audiences on the three nights warmed to his light hearted, but incisive, adjudication.
He praised the Isle of Arran Drama Association for its decision to continue to award trophies for individual performances which had been outlawed some time ago by the Scottish Community Drama Association.
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