| National Drama Festivals Association | |
| Location: | Location of British All Winners Festival varies |
| Founded: | 1964 |
| Founders: | National Drama Festivals Association |
| Play Type: | Full length and One Act Festivals |
| Date: |
|
The National Drama Festivals Association (NDFA) was formed in 1964 to encourage and support amateur theatre, in particular through the organisation of drama festivals in the United Kingdom.
Since 1974 the NDFA has organised the British All Winners Drama Festival (BAWF) where the best of British amateur theatre take part in a week-long celebration of theatre.[1] The winners of all NDFA member festivals in the previous year, including full-length or one-act member festivals, are eligible for invitation to take part.
The NDFA sponsors two playwriting competitions - the George Taylor Memorial Award and the Nan Nuttall Memorial Awards.[2] The objective of this competition is to promote new writing for the theatre. Adjudication is carried out by a panel of judges, and the winners receive a certificate and a cash prize.
Membership of the NDFA is open to all drama festival organisations, theatre groups and individuals who are interested in supporting drama festivals in the UK.[3]
There are a number of awards presented at the British All Winners Drama Festival which include:[4]
| Number | Year | One Act Plays | Full Length Plays | Venue | Location | Adjudicator | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winners (Irving Trophy) | Nationality | Runners Up (NDFA Council Trophy) | Nationality | Winners (Mary Blakeman Trophy) | Nationality | Runners Up (Amateur Stage Trophy) | Nationality | |||||
| 39th | 2012 | Runnymede Drama Group | Entity Theatre Company | Halifax Thespians | Legion Players | Thwaites Empire Theatre | Blackburn | Russell Whiteley GoDA | ||||
| 38th | 2011 | Prometheus Theatre Company | GADOC | FissiParous Theatre | Whole Hog Productions | Beau Sejour Theatre and the Princess Royal Performing Arts Centre | St Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands | Tony Rushforth GoDA | ||||
| 37th | 2010 | GADOC | St Ursula Players | The Heath Players | Stafford Players | The Thameside Theatre | Grays, Essex | Paul Fowler GoDA | ||||
| 36th | 2009 | Karvid Productions - Hemel Hempstead | The Lighted Fools Theatre Company | Bejou Productions | Horncastle Theatre Company | Rhoda McGaw Theatre | Woking | Mike Kaiser GoDA | ||||
| 35th | 2008 | Send ADS - Surrey | St.Pauls Drama Group - Surrey | Everyman Productions - Co Sligo | Wakefield Little Theatre - Yorks | The Gaiety Theatre | Douglas, Isle of Man | Colin Dolley GoDA | ||||
| 34th | 2007 | Woking College Theatre Company | Lightnin' Drama Group | Bejou Productions | The Lamproom Theatre, Barnsley | Albert Hall Theatre | Llandrindod Wells | Scott Marshall GODA | ||||
| 33rd | 2006 | Barn Theatre Club | Runnymede Drama Group | Belvoir players | NIR | Cytringan Players | Rhoda McGaw Theatre | Woking | Mike Tilbury GODA | |||
| 32nd | 2005 | Pump House Theatre | TBC | TBC | TBC | The Halifax Playhouse | Halifax, West Yorkshire | Russell Whiteley GODA | ||||
| 31st | 2004 | Leonic Players | New World Theatre Club, Luxembourg | In Yer Space | Halifax Thespians | Albert Hall Theatre | Llandrindod Wells | Scott Marshall GODA | ||||
| 30th | 2003 | Bovingdon Players (Hertfordshire) | BAWDS (Cambridge) | The Lamproom Theatre Company (Barnsley, S Yorks) | In yer space (Preston, Lancs) | Forest Arts Centre | New Milton, Hants | Tony Rushforth GODA | ||||
| 29th | 2002 | Runnymede Drama Group | The Bradford Players Theatre Co. | Everyman Productions | Chelmsford Theatre Workshop | Castle Hall, The Wash | Hertford | Scott Marshall GODA | ||||
| 28th | 2001 | Pump House Theatre Company | Storrington Theatre Workshop | Sudbury Dramatic Society | Cardiff Players | Rhoda McGaw Theatre | Woking | Mike Tilbury GODA | ||||
| 27th | 2000 | Runnymede Drama Group | Wilstead Players | Brigstowe Theatre Company | Thurrock Courts Players | Spa Pavilion Theatre | Felixstowe | Jeannie Russell GODA | ||||
| 26th | 1999 | East Essex Players | Bovingdon Players | Enniscorthy Theatre Group | Deben Players | Thameside Theatre | Grays | Rex Walford GODA | ||||
| 20th | 1993 | Porthcawl | ||||||||||
| 4th | 1977 | Buxton | ||||||||||