Runnymede Drama Group Explained

Runnymede Drama Group
Location Country:	United Kingdom
Affiliation:	National Drama Festivals Association
Full Name:	Runnymede Drama Group
Founded:	1948^[1]
Key People:	Colin Dolley GODA
Website:	rdg.org

Runnymede Drama Group ("RDG") is a community theatre group based in Chertsey, Surrey that is notable for not only for its longevity, but also for its success both at a national and international level being one of the few groups to have won every major festival in the United Kingdom and having also been selected to represent the United Kingdom on the international stage.

History

Based in the Surrey town of Chertsey, RDG was founded in 1948.^[1] It stages at least five productions each year, including drama festival entries. The group has also been noted for its production and promotion of new material, such as its 2000 production of Scarecrow.^[2]

Festival honours

• National Drama Festivals Association - British All Winners Drama Festival
  • 2012 - Winners
  • 2006 - Runners-Up
  • 2002 - Winners
  • 2000 - Winners
  • 1993 - selected to appear in festival
  • 1977 - selected to appear in festival
• National Festival of Community Theatre
  • British Final Festival of One Act Plays
    • 2002 - Selected to represent England (winners of English festival)
    • 2000 - Overall Winners
    • 1993 - Selected to represent England (winners of English festival)
  • All-England Theatre Festival
    • 2002 - English Winners
    • 2000 - English Winners
    • 1996 - English semi-finalists
    • 1993 - English Winners
    • 1977 - English semi-finalists
• International Festival of Amateur Theatre - Mondial du Théâtre
  • Represented the United Kingdom in 2001 in Monaco.^{[3] [4]}

Notes and References

1. Colin Dolley, Scene and Heard - Fifty Years of the Runnymede Drama Group, 1998, (Cambridge Publishing Services),
2. D. L. Lepidus, New playwrights: the best plays of 2000, page 106 Contemporary playwrights series (Publisher: Smith and Kraus) 2002
3. Web site: Runnymede Drama Group - Runnymede Drama Group - Home . www.rdg.org.
4. Web site: 12ème Festival Mondial du Théâtre Amateur 26 juillet - 4 août 2001 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110723211732/http://www.monaco.net/communiques/2001070401.htm . 23 July 2011 . monaco.net . FR.