Feast of talent at the one act play festival

Swindon's One Act Play Festival has a wealth of talent spilling out this year with 13 entries battling it out in the drama stakes.

The festival is run by the Swindon and District Theatre Guild at the Arts Centre Devizes Road in Old Town.

The Swindon festival incorporates stage one of the Western Area of the All England Theatre Festival...

The Old Town Theatre Company's play is Amelia and the Man written by Christine Lang.

Christine particularly asked the actors from OTTC if they would like to perform her play.

Flicky Harrison
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Trophies galore for Old Town Theatre Company

Swindon drama groups pulled out all the stops at this year's One Act Play Festival and scooped an armful of trophies.

The overall winner was the Old Town Theatre Company with the play Amelia and the Man.

The group goes forward to Stage 2, the Central Divisional Final of the All England Theatre Festival. The actors were presented with the Betty Peck Rose Bowl...

Wendy Vickery from OTTC won the Audrey Suter Trophy for best actress and Steve Wheeler, also from OTTC, picked up the Lester Trophy for best actor in a supporting role. Best director went to Lance Hodges of OTTC. He won the Peter English Award...

The festival, run by the Swindon and District Theatre Guild, was held at the Arts Centre, Devizes Road all last week.

Organiser Joan Cheshire said that Amelia and the Man by OTTC was a very good play.

"It was a winner for me and I was glad to be proved right," she said.

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