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Another Festival, Felixstowe's 59th, has come and gone. Our adjudicator, Mike Kaiser, has made his decisions, the audience have voted for their favourite play and all the cups have been presented to the winners by Stephen Burroughes the Chairman of Suffolk Coastal District Council and Festival President. The picture shows the winners with our President and the Adjudicator and a full list of winners names can now be found by following the Previous Festival Winners link above.
Planning for next year, our Diamond Festival, begins soon so if you have any questions about the festival which are not answered on these pages please contact the Festival Director Alan Dix either by telephone on 01394 274203 or by e-mail. The Syllabus for 2010 will be available to download as soon as it is published.
Following a suggestion by Mona Vince, the first Annual Felixstowe Drama Festival of Full Length Plays, to use its full name, was held in 1951 and it has taken place annually since. The festival, which is run by a committee, is a full member of the National Drama Festivals Association (NDFA).
Towards the end of the year previous to each festival amateur drama groups throughout the UK are invited to submit their plays for consideration. From those submitted the committee choose a short list who are then invited to perform at Felixstowe. Although comedy is always popular, the aim in choosing the plays is to have a broad balance of high quality entertainment spread throughout the festival week.
Before the actual performance commences on the opening Saturday night there is a short Opening Ceremony then, following each night's performance, the adjudicator gives the audience a brief idea of his or her thoughts on the play itself, the way the producer and technical team handled the production and how the performers themselves played their particular character.
All of this culminates eight days later on the final Saturday when, after the performance, the adjudicator will briefly talk to the audience and then make up his or her mind about who has won which of the various trophies. There is then a short Closing Ceremony, during which the awards are presented to the winners. Winning the Felixstowe Festival qualifies the team for invitation to perform in the National All-Winners Festival. Details of this event, along with information about other member Festivals, can be found on the National Drama Festivals Association web site.
The 2010 Festival will be held as usual over the May Bank Holiday week at the Spa Pavilion Theatre on Felixstowe's picturesque seafront. Performances will begin each evening at 7.30pm.
Tickets can be booked in any of the following ways:
Tickets should be on general sale from 30th March 2010. For current ticket prices please contact the Box Office.
When booking directly with the Felixstowe Box Office there is a charge of £1.50 per transaction if you use a credit card. There is no charge if you use a debit card. For any transaction there will be an additional charge of £1.00 if you wish your tickets to be posted to you.
When booking through Ticketmaster, using either the 24hr. phone number or on-line, there will be a per ticket service and booking charge.
By becoming a Friend of the Felixstowe Drama Festival you will be able to:
If you are interested in becoming a Friend of the Festival and would like to know more please contact any member of the committee.
* subject to availability
Our adjudicator for next year will be announced shortly.
The Plays and Players for 2010 will be shown as soon as they are announced.
Each performance is broken down into four areas - acting, production, stage presentation (set, costume, sound and lighting) and endeavour, originality or attainment. The performance of each team in each area is then awarded marks by the adjudicator according to the System of Marking shown below. The winner is decided by the aggregate marks given by the adjudicator. The first nine trophies are awarded in this way. The SCDC Trophy is awarded at the discretion of the adjudicator to anyone for any aspect of the festival which he or she feels should be rewarded, but, it is not necessarily awarded at every festival. The winners of the last two trophies are decided by the Friends of the Festival who are present in the Last Night audience. Their voting slips are collected up and counted by the Festival stewards whilst the adjudicator is making the final decisions about who has won what.
