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This year the Woking Drama Association (WDA) is hosting the 2009 All Winners Drama Festival, as organised by National Drama Festivals Association (NDFA).

Drama Groups which have won Full-Length or One-Act Member Festivals between 9th June 2008 and 7th June 2009 are eligible for invitation to take part in the 2009 NDFA British All Winners Festival (BAWF).

The Festival will be presented in the Rhoda McGaw Theatre in Woking which is part of the Ambassadors complex.

The NDFA was formed in 1964 to encourage and support amateur theatre in all its forms and in particular through the organisation of drama festivals. There are now 51 member festivals throughout the UK who between them organise 18 Full Length and 45 One Act festivals. More information is available at the NDFA website.

Prices for the All Winners 2009 festival are:
19th July to 25th July: £5 per evening
Season Tickets (7 competitive nights) £20
Season Tickets need to be purchased by the start of the First night.

The Festival runs from Sunday 19th to Saturday 25th July 2009.

Programme (begins each evening at 7.00pm)

Sun 19th July (One-Act)

1. Lighted Fools Theatre Company: The Dumb Waiter by Harold Pinter
2. Taunton Thespians: Two Gentlemen of Soho by A.P. Herbert
3. Thurrock Courts Players: Just The Ticket by Carol Hayes

Mon 20th July (Full Length)

Bejou Productions: Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me by Frank McGuinness

Tue 21st July (One-Act)

1. Runnymede Drama Group: The King by Stewart Conn
2. Wilstead Players: Lucy In The Sky by Tony Layton
3. Karvid Productions: Alas Poor Fred by James Saunders

Wed 22nd July (One Act Youth Plays)

1. GADOC: Marry Me A Little by Stephen Sondheim, Craig Lucas & Norman Rene
2. Marist Senior School: A Memory Of Lizzie by David Foxton
3. Woking College Theatre Company: Cider With Rosie by Laurie Lee (A stage adaptation by James Roose-Evans)

Presentation of Youth Awards

Thu 23rd July (Full Length)

Horncastle Theatre Company: The Accrington Pals by Peter Whelan

Fri 24th July (One-Act)

1. Hand in Hand Theatre Productions: Remembrance Day by Bev Clark
2. GADOC: Laughter In The Shadow Of The Trees by James Prideaux
3. Kilmant Players: Me & My Friend (Act 1) by Gillian Plowman

Sat 25th July (Full Length Play)

Stageability Actors School: Blood Brothers by Willy Russell

Presentation of Awards

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