Birmingham’s Festival of Acting and Musical Entertainment 2011

Presentation Night 26th February 7pm, Dovehouse Theatre, Olton, Solihull

1. Youth Solo and Duo Awards

Stage2 members won and were highly commended in the following categories;

The W.T. Wiggin-Davies Shield For Under 14 Drama
Winner – Laura Dowsett
        
The Bolton King Shield For Over 14 Drama
Winner  - Chloe Jones
Highly Commended  - Charlie Reilly
Nominated - Connor Fox

The Frances Kenrick Shield For Drama Duologue
Winners  - George Hannigan and Jonni Dowsett
Highly Commended  - Luca Hoffman and Aidan Richards

The Lillie C. Johnson Trophy For Singing
Nominated – Elin Dowsett

The B.D.T.G. Shield For Over 14 Poetry
Winner – Connor Fox

2. One Act Plays

We entered Arsehammers in the Youth Section and The Year of the Monkey in Adults (as some cast are 19)

The William D.S Bennett Trophy For Direction
Winner – Liz Light, The Year of the Monkey

The Bert Newton Trophy For Technical Achievement
Nominated – The Year of the Monkey for Costume
Nominated – The Year of the Monkey for Lighting and Sound

The Alexandra Theatre Trophy For Best Adult One Act Play
Winner – The Year of The Monkey

The Herringshaw Trophy For Most Outstanding Male Adult Performance
Nominated and Highly Commended - Connor Fox (Fred in the Year of the Monkey)

The Noele Gordon Trophy For Most Outstanding Female Adult Performance
Nominated – Charlie Reilly (Rose in The Year of the Monkey)

The Rose Bowl For any Outstanding Achievement in an Adult One Act Play
Winner – The Antiphonal Prayer Scene in The Year of the Monkey
Nominated – The ‘Musical Chairs’ sequence in the Year of the Monkey

The Sir Barry Jackson Shield for Best Youth One Act Play
Winner – Arsehammers

The Leon Salberg Shield For Most Outstanding Male Youth Performance
Nominated – George Hannigan

The Mabel Burrows Shield for Any Outstanding Achievement in a Youth One Act Play
Nominated – The Direction of Arsehammers

3. Peripatetic Festival

Each year all amateur companies in the West Midlands enter all the productions they stage that year. Stage2 entered Shakers, Under Milk Wood and James and the Giant Peach and received the following nominations
The Roy and Betty Gaunt Cup For Best Supporting Cast
Nominated – Shakers

The Brodribb Cup For Direction
Nominated – Liz Light, Shakers

A huge thank you to everyone who took part and contributed to this fabulous success!