One Act Festival 2008

This year's adjudicator - Bruce Adam

Bruce Adam has been lecturing in Drama (including Higher National Diploma work in Acting and Performance) and English for more years than he cares to remember.  As well as being a member of the committee of the Scottish Association of Speech and Drama Adjudicators (SASDA), he is an Examiner in English and Drama for the Scottish Qualifications Authority.  He continues to enjoy an eclectic involvement in theatre, directing and performing in everything from Shakespeare to panto and from musical theatre to street theatre.  He has written a number of much performed plays for adults and children and is a prize- winning poet.

This year's competitors...

Tuesday 6th May

• Studio 32, East Kilbride presents Politics in the Park - a comedy by Ian Heggie
  

• Kirkton Players, Carluke presents A Respectable Funeral - a comedy/drama by Jimmie Chin
  

Wednesday 7th May

• Tryst Theatre, Larbert presents The Donahue Sisters - a drama by Geraldine Aron
  

• Tryst Theatre, Larbert presents The Duck Variations - a drama by David Mamet
  

Thursday 8th May

• Largs Players presents Small Box Psychosis - a drama/black comedy by Barry McKinlay
  

• Killin Drama Club presents Extensions - a play by Murray Schisgal

• Rutherglen Rep presents Borderline - a black comedy by Isabella Rae
  

Friday 9th May

• East Kilbride Rep Theatre Club presents Effie's Burning - a drama by Valarie Windsor
  

• Stewarton Drama Group presents One Good Beating - a drama by Linda McLean

• Greenock Players presents What's For Pudding? - a comedy by David Tristram
  

Saturday 10th May

• Purple Star Theatre, East Kilbride presents Tissue - a drama by Louise Page
  

• EKO Players, East Kilbride presents Lilith - a drama by Richard Hodge

And the winners were...

The Betty McAuley Trophy
for
Best Staging

Stewarton Drama Group
for
"One Good Beating"

The EK Rep Club Trophy
for Best Actress

Laura McPherson
from Stewarton Drama Group's
production of "One Good Beating"

The Alf Davidson Cup
for
Best Actor

Alan Clark
from Tryst Theatre's
production of
"The Duck Variations"

The Whitemoss Trophy
for
3rd Place

Largs Players
for
"Small Box Psychosis"

The East Kilbride Arts Council Trophy
for
2nd Place

Stewarton Drama Group
for
"One Good Beating"

The John McNicol Cup
for
1st Place

Tryst Theatre
for
"The Duck Variations"