FEATS 1991 programme

Frankfurt English Speaking Theatre e.V.
present S
15th Festival of European Anglophone Theatrical Societies
Kurtheater, Bad Homburg v.d.Hohe, Germany
17th, 18th, 19th
&
20th May 1991
It is with great pleasure that the Frankfurt English Speaking
Theatre e.V.
(FEST) welcomes you to the charming town of Bad
Homburg, and to FEATS '91. We sincerely hope that your time
here will be both rewarding and entertaining.
During the organizational work, we have met with the full and
hearty co-operation of the Verkehrsamt (Tourist Office) under
the efficient leadership of Herrn Bigalke and the theatre
staff. Without this help, the task would have been daunting.
For this, and also for the support of our sponsors and
advertisers, we wish to record here our most grateful thanks
to Optimus Bank, Ernst & Young GmbH, Benetton, Northwest
Airlines, Dresdner Bank, Telenorma GmbH, Dupont, Metzler Bank
and CISA Andorran Properties.
FEATS originated as a two-day drama festival organised as part
In 1980, a steering
committee was formed by the four Benelux groups, the AngloAmerican Theatre Group of The Hague, the British American
Theatre Society of Antwerp,
the English Comedy Club of
Brussels and the New World Theatre Club of Luxembourg. The
founders agreed to host FEATS in rotation and, with Rheindalen
in 1984, this is only the second time that the Festival has
been hosted by other than one of the 'founding four'. The
Festival has now grown to its current four-day format, and is
unique in Europe. Frankfurt English Speaking Theatre e.V.
(FEST to its friends, and not to be confused with a now
similarly-named organisation!) is honoured to play host to
this highly respected cultural event.
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'91
FEATS
17th - 20th May 1991, Kurtheater, Bad Hmburg v.d.H.
Programne of events
Friday 17th May
1.
2.
Lindsey Little Theater Andorra Circle Theatre
'Eclipse'
'Celia'
- an original script
- one act from
'Twigs' by
George Furth
3.
Tagora
-
'Hands Across the Sea'
- by Noel
Coward
Saturday 18th May
4.
Leiden English Speaking Theatre
an original script
5.
ESTEC Escape Players
6.
English Comedy Club
-
-
-
'Cricket Serenade' -
- by Harold Pinter
the Way' - an original script
'The amib Waiter'
'Going All
A Banquet will be held at the Vereinshaus Gonzenheim a£ter the adjudication
on Saturday evening. Tickets are available from our help desk in the foyer.
Sunday 19th May
7.
Little Theater of Geneva - 'Widows and Children First'
from the 'Torchsong' trilogy by Harvey Fierstein
8.
Anglo-American Theatre Group
9.
Welton - 'Wornberang'
- by
-
'After Liverpool' - James Saunders
Sue TckJnsend
Monday 20th May
10.
British Ehbassy Players - 'Pizzazz'
11.
In Players - 'Bluswayshu'
12.
British
by Alan Ayckbom
-
by Hugh Leonard
- an original script
American Theatrical Society - 'Relatively Speak.lngl-
Linda Denholm, Chairman of FEST, will introduce the plays for each evening
prorrp?tly at 7:30 pn. Please be in your seat by this time, and also prorrptly
after each of the two intermissions. Each intermission will last
hour.
Please remain in your seats after the third performance while the adjudicator
makes his way backstage.
Snroking is not permitted in the auditorium. For reasons of copyright and
fairness to both audience and actors alike, p b t q r a p h y is also not
permitted, whether with or without flash. We would ask you to set your
digital watches so as not to 'bleep' during the evening.
Access backstage is strictly limited to active members of the groups
conpeting that evening, and to festival and theatre staff.
Our Adjudicator
Russell Whiteley
G.O.D.A.
Russel l Whiteley lives
in
Normanton,
West
Yorkshire,
and
until
Easter t h i s year
was
t h e S e n i o r Teacher a t a
large
Comprehensive
School
near Wakefield.
H e had t h e o p p o r t u n i t y
to
take
early
r e t i r e m e n t and
jumped
a t t h e chance t o d e v o t e
more
time
to
adjudicating, directing
and e x a m i n i n g .
H l s c r e d i t s i n c l u d e a Diploma i n D r a m a t i c A r t s a t London
U n i v e r s i t y , t h e a p p o i n t m e n t a s C h i e f E x a m i n e r i n Drama GCSE,
A s s o c i a t e o f t h e London C o l l e g e o f M u s i c ,
Head o f t h e C r e a t i v e
S t u d i e s F a c u l t y a t C r o f t o n High S c h o o l ,
and o f
course
m e m b e r s h i p o f t h e G u i l d o f Drama A d j u d i c a t o r s .
Lecturing i n
Drama a n d T h e a t r e S t u d i e s and a d j u d i c a t i n g a t F e s t i v a l s a r o u n d
t h e UK t a k e s u p w h a t e v e r l i t t l e t i m e remains.
On h i s s c h e d u l e
1 9 9 1 a r e n o t o n l y a d j u d i c a t i o n o f t h e Woking One-Act
for
Festival,
b u t a l s o t h e A l l - W i n n e r s F e s t i v a l t o be h e l d a t
Stafford i n July.
T h i s i s R u s s e l l ' s f i r s t v i s i t t o FEATS - h e i s d e l i g h t e d t o
h a v e b e e n i n v i t e d h a v i n g h e a r d so much a b o u t i t f r o m h i s
f e l l o w a d j u d i c a t o r s . H e promises a t y p i c a l Y o r k s h i r e 'down-toearth'
evaluation o f each play,
hoping t h a t a l l t h o s e t a k i n g
i f indeed any
part can t a k e a l i t t l e constructive c r i t i c i s m ,
i s due. Participants a r e i n v i t e d t o a
'morning-after-thenight-before'
de-briefing,
w h e r e c o m m e n t s made b y R u s s e l l
d u r i n g t h e p r e v i o u s e v e n i n g ' s a d j u d i c a t i o n c a n be d i s c u s s e d .
Mit Sympathie
fur den Sport
~TELENORMA
Bosch Telecom
Friday
17th May
Andorra C i r c l e Theatre
Sant Julia De bria, Andorra
by
Eclipse W
Joan Abellan
directed by Andray Darmara
The cast
Falcon
Radio Announcer
Marc Riera
John Cooper
Mary Eldridge
Alexandre Gilbert
Production Staff
Stage Manager
Lighting
Sound
Crew
b r n a Hughes
Bnyr Hughes
Paul Whitaker
Andray Dannara
Falih Dannara
The play
It is the night of the full eclipse of the moon. It is also the
night of the premi&re of a Catalan version of 'Julius Caesar'. Both
are being broadcast live on Radio Catalunya.
As the play COCrmences, we find 'Falcon', a well-known theatre
critic, arriving at his appartment having come directly £ran the
premihre just a short distance away.
He prepares to write his review of the play for inclusion in the
morning paper when he is interrupted by Marc Riera, the star of the
play. They have little in cmmon except for a mtual friendship
with a young actor by the ram of Claudi, who was replaced in the
r6le of 'Brutus' after Falcon had written a devastating critique of
the young man's talents.
The reason for Riera's visit is not at first clear, but slwly it is
revealed that he has come to vindicate his friend. Haw he plans to
do this is eventually uncovered. But at what cost ?
Andorra, high in the Pyrenees, has many assets. Its majestic
scenery, high mountains and fast flowing clear rivers and stream,
not to mention its tax-free incentives, are only a few of these. But
until 1989, it never boasted an English-spea)ung theatre.
This was put right by one Andray Darmara, a Russian born lady of
great tenacity, who was trained in drama in the U.S.A. She set to
work harnessing the necessary talents for such a corrpany. The
Andorra Circle Theatre - ACT - was born.
Friday 17th May
Lindsey Little Theatre
Wiesbaden, Germany
directed by Frank Jewitt
The cast
Celia
Phi1
Swede
Joanne brse
Iuis bndragon
Joel R. Wood
Production Staff
Stage Manager
Lighting
Costumes
*-up
Stage Crew
Don Rathburn
Terry Roulias
Cast
Frank Jewitt
Cheryl Paris
Jams Pearson
The Play
Celia and her bigoted ex-Army Sergeant husband have invited an old
chm for a visit. They rehash old times and sports events leaving
Celia out in the cold.
The Wiesbaden-based Lindsey Little Theatre was formed in 1988. Its
membership is represented primarily by the American military, but
includes both civilians and active duty personnel. However, the
membership has steadily broadened to include German and British
citizens in the area. Since the home stage is small, the group
focuses its talents on small cast plays with a minimnn amount of set
and complicated props. The group is very active and has performed
twelve plays since January 1989. This is the Lindsey Little
Theatre's second a p r a n c e at FEATS.
Friday 17th May
Tagora
Strasbourg, France
'Hands across the Sea
by Noel C o w a r d
'
directed by Vincent Nash
The cast
Lady Maureen Gilpin (Piggie)
Carmander Peter Gilpin, R.N.
(her husband)
The Hon. Clare Wedderburn
Lieut.-Carmander Alastair Corbett, R.N.
Major Gosling (Bogey)
Mr. Wadhurst
Mrs. Wadhurst
Mr. l3umham
Walters
Julie Johnson
William Valk
buise Palmer
Robert Blackwell
Michel Tondowski
Roger Massie
Maggie Paterson
Tim Lisney
Caroline &ye
Production Staff
Costumes
Set
Lighting
Sound
Marie-Claude krowr
Alan Roach
R e d Moegen
Gudrun Nash
Roger Schnaller
Richard Tanner
R ~kY
vy
Anthea Kettle
The Play
Preparing for yet another quiet evening at hane, the Gilpins are
startled by the arrival of forgotten friends from the East. Wlt are
these friends really the friends they imagine ? The social tension
mounts as the Gilpin circle tries to answer the vital question: "If
these are not them, who are they ?"
Founded in 1988 and based on the Council of Europe, Tagora draws
support and talent from a wide range of Strasbourg sources. Recent
major projects have included bilingual (English and French) versions
of "A Tale of TklP Cities" and "A Midsurmer Night's Dream". This is
Tagora'S second a m r a n c e at FEATS.
Saturday 18th May
I;eiden English Speaking Theatre
Leiden, The Netherlands
'Cricket Serenade'
by Ad J,J,M, B o e z - e n
directed by Kees Epskanp
The cast
Vera
Geoff rey
Jan
Thandi
Sibongele
Joy Werdniiller von Elgg
Vivian van der Veen
Jenny Mijnhijmer
Lisette van Hulst
Henry Verboket
Hein Hartog
Vivian van der Veen
Jenny Mijnhijmer
Production Staff
Producer
Sound
Graphics
Ceciel Samers
Henry Verboket
Sjef Oltheten
Kees Epskamp
The Play
Wle,
aged 35,
acad. backgr.,
seeks lady with similar
I'm not interested in
the mrld of Peter Stuyvesant, nor in drinking Kahlua on
bountiful beaches. I'm looking for a serious and ciy~rmc
of my age, who is willing to canabine a sincere interest in life
abmad with the desire to build a stable and honest
relationship. Mn3.d re@,
trust and supprt are the key
words for what I have in mind.
hackround for prolonged stay in Africa.
Like so many modern, successful but lonely career people,
developnent aid worker Geoffrey has made a decision and placed
a personal ad. The resulting romantic weekend at his African
art filled apartment is spiled by bickering and a banal
dinner of stuffed chicken.
LEST have competed many times in previous FEATS competitions,
not without m e s s . With this play, they break with their
long tradition of presenting Shakepre, Shepard and Wilde by
performing the mrk of a Dutch writer. The Corrpany takes on the
challenge from within, testing its strength on a serious text
which produces many hilarious situations.
Progr-
Alteration
Due to the last-minute withdrawal of the Leiden English Speaking
Theatre, we are obliged to alter the advertised programme for
Saturday 18th May. We are very grateful to Martin Desloovere,
and to his colleagues of the De WAANzin Theatre Company from
Ghent in Belgium, for stepping in at extremely short notice and
performing an original script, Sea Changes.
We hope that you will understand the need for this alteration,
and we are convinced that it will in no way detract from your
enjoyment of the Festival.
David Jayne
-
Chairman, FEATS '91 Organising Committee
Saturday 18th May
De WAZiNzin Theatre Company
Ghent, Belgium
Sea Changes '
w r i t t e n and d i r e c t e d b y
&lal-tin D e s 1 o o v e z - e
The cast
The Man
Dirk de Corte
Production assistance from members of the Festival crew
The Play
A man. Spealung in mnologue. Or rather, desperately trying to enter
into dialogue with himself. His past, his mgnories. His thoughts,
his emotions.
"Nothing of him that doth fade
But doth suffer a sea change
Into something rich and strange"
To find the roots of De WAANzin, we have to go back to the period
1986 when a few of us started a 'Dutch section' within the
1984
tradition of the GGT (Gents Germanisten Theater) at the State
University of Ghent.
-
Saturday 18th May
ESTEC Escape Players
The Netherlands
'The I>urnb Waiter'
by Harold Pinter
directed by David Eaton
assisted by Sylvia Serlie
The cast
Mike Perry
Derek Peters
Production Staff
Lighting and Sound
The Dumb Waiters
Production Team
Shane Cunnane
David and Nicholas Hardy
Jim Haines
buck Wilson
Jill Peters
Margaret Eaton
David Hasell
Mike Chadwick
The Play
Harold Pinter wrote his ambiguously titled play "The IXnnb
Waiter" in 1957. It was perfomred as a double bill along with
his first play (which had originally brought him recognition)
"The Room" at the Hampstead Theatre Club in 1960.
"The hxnb Waiter" contains all the ingredients for which
Pinter's scripts are renowned. The elements of farce, menace
and suspense are brilliantly intermingled in absurd
discussions and situations which can be both trivial yet
terrifying.
The play has indeed a unique form of tragi-camedy where
everything is funny until it suddenly isn't funny anymore.
E!TI'EC
is the Technical Centre of the European Space Agency
and has appeared at FEATS in the past. The availability of a
new Sports, Social and Cultural Centre at EsTEC called ESCAPE
has rejuvenated live entertainment on the canpm mainly
through its Music Club of which the ESTEC! Escape Players are
a part.
Saturday 18th May
English Comedy Cl&
Brussels, Belgium
' a i n g All
by M i c h b l e
the W a y '
Bailey
directed by David Moon
The cast
W e
Carol
Mrs. Thonpmn
Barman
Man Next Door
Ian Davis
Jacqueline D m
Sarah Scheele
Alan Kenway
Ken Way
Production Staff
Stage Manager
Set Design
Lighting
Sound
Costumes
Props
*-up
Stage Crew
Jonathan Scheele
Ian Davis/Jonathan Scheele
Lyn Wainwright
Jim McKenna
Jill Hughes
Diana Mxton-Hooper
Nicky Harrison
Jane Hearn
Steve l3arry
Tim Luke
The Play
Written and set in late 1989, 'Going All the Way' was a response to
the euphoria created by the sudden outbreak of freedom in the
Eastern European countries. That's just the starting point however.
Freedom is a fine word, but do you really give a damn about
anybody's freedan except your own when it comes down to it ?
The English Comedy Club of Brussels, founded in 1909, is believed to
be the longest-established anglophone theatrical society in
Continental Europe. Its origins have in fact been traced to the
English influx which follawed on the heels of the Duke of Wellington
at the time of the battle of Waterloo. Still going strong after all
these years, the MX3 plts on three major productions per year,
holds one-act play evenings and play-readings, and has recently
taken a highly successful initial step into youth theatre. It is one
of the FEATS founding clubs and has been a member of the FEATS
Steering Carmittee since the inception of the Festival fifteen years
ago-
Sunday 19th May
The
Little Theater of Geneva
Geneva, Switzerland
and C h i l d r e n First'
from the 'Torchsong' Trilogy
'Widows
by H a r v e y F i e r s t e i n
directed by Sue Hunphreys
The cast
Radio Announcer
Ed
David
Arnold Beckoff
Mrs. Beckoff
Keith Kentopp
Kelvin Widdows
Jeff Sarmel
Chuck Slovenski
Doris Biles
Production Staff
Stage Manager
Lighting
Stage Crew
John Biles
Tin Hancox
Kate Harmer
Carol Hennessy
Pam Herrick
Mertin Inwood
The Play
The author Harry Fierstein was born in Brooklyn in 1954 and has
enjoyed a successful career as an actor in plays and films.
O f the Trilogy he writes; "Not one of these characters is "right".
There are no answers forthcoming. Wlt, like an old, familiar, halfheard somg playing on the juke box, you might catch a line which
reaches out and touches something going on inside of you. And for
that instant you are relieved of isolation. That is the mrth of
Torchsong. That is the goal of these plays."
The play opens with Amold, a witty, attractive, thirtyish homosexual having breakfast at hane with his old friend Ed and his
foster child, David.
The arrival of Amold's mother on one of her rare visits sets the
scene for love, pain, conflict, tenderness and laughter.
This play premiered in New York off-Broadway at LaMama in 1979.
Later, joined with the two related one-acts, it opened on Broadway
as Torch Song Trilogy, winning hearts and Tony Awards.
The Little Theatre of Geneva was founded in 1981 and is now in its
elventh season of conrmnity theater in the true American spirit.
From small beginnings, LTG is now an established group with a
reputation for highly entertaining shows.
y and drama, LTG engages a cross
Dedicated to the best of U.S. d
section of the English spalung ccmmmity of Geneva, both on stage
and back stage.
Sunday 19th May
Angio-Amterican
Theatre G r o u p
The Hague, The Netherlands
directed by Vivienne Price
The cast
Male 1
Female 1
Male 2
Female 2
Alfie Dyer
Caroline fhxrd
John Chisholm
Marty kinardi
Pmdmtion Staff
Stage Manager
Lighting
Sound
Set Design
Stage crew
Frances Clark
Peter Pigott/Hans van Bemnelen
John Bannell
David Price
Tony Broscarnbe
Susan Hunt
David Price
Helen Bannatyne
The Play
'After Liverpool' is not a play in the conventional sense of the
word. The author hirrrself describes it as a "suite of 'pieces" in
which the four players explore the various ways people try to
cormunicate, with varying degrees of success. It is a play which
lends itself to improvisation, looking as it does at a minefield of
human relationships.
The play was originally written for a group which had particularly
impressed the author at a festival of fringe theatre in Liverpool.
The them is universal and the players are all of us.
The Anglo-American Theatre Group was formed 40 years ago and
currently has nearly 200 members drawn £ram both the local
expatriate and Dutch c m i t i e s . Three major productions are
presented every year, one if which is traditionally a Christmas
pantomime. The AATG also organises small-theatre productions,
workshops and courses.
Sunday 17th May
Welton Theatre Club
Laarbruch, Germany
Wbmberang
by
Sue Townsend
directed by Patti Simpf#>n
The cast
Rita Onions
Dolly
Audrey Lemon
James Lemn
Mrs Connelly
Mrs Iavett
Lynda
Clerk
Mrs Cornwallis
Mr Riley
Fiona Cookson
Mandy Flint
Anne Kingston
Steve Slater
Linda Clark
Ali Fudge
Kate Randall
Corrin Russell
Jacqueline McDonald
Brian Connolly
Production Staff
Assistant Director
Stage Manager
Lighting
Sound
pronpt
Wardrobe
*up
Stage Crew
props
W i c composed by
Sue Hogben
Kev Thorne
Jerry Cuffley
Paul Wilkins
Trevor Bramley
Sue Whiteley
Brenda Bramley
Fiona Cuffley
Sue Whiteley
Ian Miteley
Tony Kingston
Peter Stock
Graham Hogben
John Hunter
The Play
It is afternoon in the Outpatients Clinic of the Gynaecological
Department of a National Health hospital. The patients sit quietly
and meekly under the control of the officious clerk. The appointment
schedule is m i n g behind as usual, but no-one wishes to or even
dares to carrplain. Everything appears peaceful and orderly until
Rita Onions walks in.
A quest for a home for the Laarbruch Players began in 1967 when a
grant of £1,200 was obtained from the Nuffield Trust. By March 1968,
a theatre had been created from a disused cookhouse. The driving
force behind this creation was Major Lief Welton. It was through his
inspiration and enthusiasm during 6 mnths of unceasing hard work
that the theatre sprang to life. In honour of his remarkable energy
and ingenuity, the theatre was named the Welton in 1970.
Monday 20th May
The British E=nibassy Players
Bonn, Germany
directed by Kieran kBrien
The cast
Marion
01ivia
Rooney
Conroy
Mrs. Hand
Margot Nisita
Gerardine Lieberam
Nick Short
Kieran McBrien
Yvonne Roche-Harth
Production Staff
Assistant Director
Stage Manager
Set Design
Set Construction/
Stage Crew
Lighting
Sound
*-up
Costtlmes
Sarah Bogusch
Gill Atkinson
Margie Cross
Detlev Karsten
Lutz Frenzel
Inge Frenzel
Jan Manning
John NewJane Easton
Maggie Moss
Irene Nicholson
The Play
Whilst waiting to hire a cabin cruiser on the river Shannon, two
characters, stranded by a strike, play an elaborate game which
involves re-enacting a marriage on the rocks, with other people in
the reception area as supporting cast. In the 'red corner', American
psychodrama - in the 'blue corner' Irish inhibitions.
The British Ehbassy Players officially celebrated its tenth birthday
in September 1990. Through these ever-changing times in Gemmy, the
membership remains fairly constant at 150 individuals from the Bonn
diplanatic and local German camunities. The Players, who have
participated in FEATS annually since 1987 (twice as last minute
reserves), aim to present two major plblic productions each year.
All surplus money is donated to charity and over the last ten years
substantial sums have benefited British, German and American causes.
New ventves during the last few years include performances of oneact plays and dinner theatre. Other activities enjoyed by the group
are rehearsed and m-rehearsed play readings, poetry evenings,
lighting workshops, and weekend acting and directing seminars.
Monday 20th May
I n Players Theatre G r o u p
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
'B1uswayShu'
Janet. Griffin, Peter
H o p w o o d & St;uartz Idell
by
directed by Janet Griffin
The cast
Stef
Walter
Peter Hopmod
Stuart Idell
Production Staff
Stage Manager
Set Design
Lighting
Sound
Costumes
Crew
Jill Walker
Anneke Pleiter
brry L,epa.de
Sue Greene
Ineke Siersem
Janet Cratchley
Joyce Warburton
The Play
SYNOPSISBLUSWAYSHU
DISCUSSION & IMPR(SVISAT1ON
CONCEPTUAL & DERIVED
'I0 THE EDCX & BACK
STEF & W
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ROCK&ROLL
'Bluswayshu' developed organically over the rehearsal and design
period. The basic structure came out of discussion, the text and
action out of improvisation.
The In Players have been producing English language theatre in
Amsterdam for m y years. Their planning provides space for a wide
variety of fonns of theatre, from large-scale rmsicals to intimate
monologues. The group stirmlates the production of both existing
and original plays, with the emphasis on modern theatre, and
provides ample oprtunity for beginning playwrights to broaden
their audience. The In Players are a prticularly democratic
organisation. In principle, any member of the group with a
realistic proposal is given the opportunity of ptting on a
production. In this way, the group's repertoire remains a
reflection of broader trends in society.
Monday 20th May
British American Theatrical Socliet,y
Antwerp, Belgium
'Relatively Speaking
by Alan Ayckbouz-n
(Act I, Scene 2 and Act 11, Scene 1)
'
directed by Nora Van Dessel
The cast
Greg
Ginny
Philip
Sheila
Colin Mnrphries
Lisa Lillelund
David Steen
Jean Coussmaker
Production Staff
Assistant Director
Producer
Stage Manager
Asst. Stage Manager
Set Designer
assisted by
Workshop Manager
Lighting Director
Lighting Assistant
Sound
Wardrobe
Props
*up
p-
Workshop Crew
Stage Crew
Yvette Robertson
Pat A m
Vincente Drews
Sinron Tong
Kris Van 't Hof
Jill Franks
Ian Davidson
Chad CoussMker
Claire Coussmaker
Fernand A m
Liz Van Dessel
Chris Laqdon & Kathy Heggie
Claire Coussmaker
Liz Van Dessel
Sandra Blackman, Frank Mahieu
Kris Van 't Hof , Rosemary Watson
Ian Davidson, Vincente Drews
Bob Lagdon, S k n Tong, Isabelle
van Waes
The Play
Greg has just asked Ginny to marry him, but she is slightly
hesitant. Why doesn't she want him to come along and met her
parents at The Willaws, Lower Pendon, Wks? And who has been
sending her all those flowers and chocolates?
This year, BATS celebrates its 35th anniversary. It was founded in
order to provide English language theatre to Antwerp audiences, and
has done so with conspicuous success over the years. The biggest
production each season is the pantomime, which can involve getting
on for a hundred BATS members both on and off stage. There are
usually three other productions during the year, in addition to
which there are monthly Open Evenings when members p.~ton their own
entertairunent. kmbership is fairly evenly split between British and
Belgian, with a fair sprinkling of other nationalities.
FE=ATS A
V
Philips Cup (1st)
1976 ECC, Brussels
ECC, Brussels
m ,g-Kent Players, ERG
W C , Brussels
LEST, Leiden
GEDS, Geneva
m, Luxembourg
ECC, Brussels
m, Copenhagen
CTC , Copenhagen
GEDS, Geneva
ATC, Brussels
LLT, Wiesbaden
S AND
PRENIOUS WINNERS
M Award (3rd)
Wembourg Cup (2nd)
1980 ECC!, Brussels
1983 BATS, Antwerp
GlW, Giitersloh
Kent Players, FRG
m , Luxembourg
ATC, Brussels
BATS, Antwerp
m, m n a m
ATC, Brussels
AATG, The Hague
ITG, Brussels
AT', Brussels
BEP, B ~ M
BATS, Antwerp
BATS, Antwerp
ECC, Brussels
De W z i n , Ghent
In Players, Arrrsterdam
BATS, Antwerp
LEST, Leiden
Mervvn Briscoe Award (2nd)
1990 LEST, biden
Best Actor
1979 Joe bbss, ATC Brussels
Danny Strike, Kent Players, ERG
Peter Laurens, Rick van Vliet, LEST
Jon van Eerd, LEST Leiden
Richard Incledon, GEDS Geneva
David Greenfield, GIW Giitersloh
Robert Rowe, NWI'C Luxembourg
Cliff Overton, Kent Players ERG
Tony Hart, In Players Amsterdam
Robert Rowe, NWI'C Luxembourg
Adam Brown, ATC Brussels
Stuart Holland, NWrC Luxembourg
Best Actress
1979 Roz Jones, Highbury
Paula Swepton, G E ~ SGeneva
Susan Blackwell, ECC! Brussels
Anne Fafoutakis, DGM Monaco
Doris Biles, GEDS Geneva
Gwen Kingsmill, BATS Antwerp
Sally Ebyle, ATC Brussels
Claire Canpbell Clausen, CI'C
Fay Glasgow, BATS Antwerp
Niamh Huggard, NWrC Luxembourg
Anne Everett, GEDG Geneva
Sarah Bogusch, BEP Ebnn
Jet Vergaert, tk hlAANzin, Ghent
Grand Duchy Cup
for best set
Kent Players, FRG
Kent Players, ERG
ECC, Brussels
BATS, Antwerp
ATG, Mijnchengladbach
BATS, Antwerp
ECC, Brussels
CI'C,Topenhagen
Stockholm Players
BEP, Bonn
BATS, Antwerp
LEST, Leiden
Marcel I3d-m Memrial Award
for stage management
BATS, Antwerp
ATC, Brussels
Hamburg Players, FRG
ECC, Brussels
ATC, Brussels
FEST, Frankfurt
FEST , Frankfurt
ATC, Brussels
Anthony Cornish Discretionary Award
Verulam Award
for best original script
1984 Vincent Eaton, ATC Brussels
1985 In Players, Amsterdam
1986 Jeremy Bentham, AATG The Hague
1987 not awarded
1988 Millie Conway, BATS Antwerp
1989 brry Lepaule, In Players
1990 Martin Desloovere, tk WAANzin
Allen Roach, Kent Players, ERG
Stage Crew, AATG The hgue
ATC, Brussels
Bob Smith, Laarbruch
BATS, Antwerp
Brauschweig Players, ERG
NWrC, Lalxembourg
Donal Merren, AATG The Hague
Stockholm Players
LEST, Leiden
AATG, The Hague
Bad Homburg vor der Hohe
The 1,200 year old town of Bad Homburg, twinned with Exeter, was
the official place of residence for the 'Counts of Hessen' for
hundreds of years, and lies at the very heart of Germany. Bad
Homburg, now a renowned spa-town and popular congress centre of
increasing importance, situated at the edge of the richly
forested Taunus mountains, is only a few kilometres away from
the metropolis of Frankfurt and the centre of european air
traffic, Rhein-Main airport. And yes, you guessed right, the hat
did get it's name from the town1
The charm of Bad Homburg is characterised by the impressive
LandgrafenschloB or 'Count's Castle' with its white tower, the
romantic old town and the spacious well-tended parks and spa
facilities. The generous pedestrian zones within the whole of
the town centre team with an abundance of shops, stores,
restaurants and caf&s, giving the area around the spa and
congress centre an almost mediterranean ambience and, perhaps
even more unusual for a spa town, a feeling of youth and
vitality.
The establishment of modern 'cleaner' industry in Bad Homburg,
especially in the last few years, has made the town into one of
the most important and popular shopping and economic centres in
the Rhein-Main area.
A
few facts:
Bad Homburg is 195 metres above sea level, and has 52,000
inhabitants. It is ideally placed for quick travel, being
connected via the rapid-transit S-Bahn to Frankfurt just 17 km
away. It also lies close to the A5 motorway, running from
Hannover in the north to Base1 in the south. This itself connects
nearby to the A 3 motorway which extends from north-west to southeast across Germany. One of the busiest airports in Europe is a
mere 26 km away, far enough not to suffer any of the detrimental
side-effects, but perfectly placed to take advantage of the
efficient connections that air-travel provides.
Places to see in the area:
The Landgrafenschlo$, the Kaiser-Wilhelms-Bad, the Russische
Kapelle, the Englische Kirche, the Siamese Temple, the Town
Museum in the 'Gotisches Haus', the Roman fort Saalburgmuseum,
or the open-air village museum in the Hessenpark outside town.
There are also some excellent walking routes up in the nearby
Taunus hills, all well-marked so that you don't lose your way.
For more detailed information about the region, please go to the
Verkehrsamt on the upper level of the Kurhaus complex, or
telephone them on (06172) 12 13 10.
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FEATS Steering Committee
Keith Bayross, Chairman (Anglo-AmericanTheatre Group, The Hague)
Ian Davis (English Comdy Club, Brussels)
Graham Fairfax-Jones (New World Theatre Club, Luxembourg)
Pat A m , (British American Theatre Society, Antwerp)
FEATS '91 Organising Committee
Chairman
Treasurer
Festival Technical
& Stage Manager
Hospitality
David Jayne
John Howard
John Lindsey
Jenny Howard
Ursula Baber
Horst Immel
Theatre Tech. Manager
Birgit Grothe
Asst. Stage Manager
Bob Baber
Festival Stage Crew
David Mark
Douglas Maass
Lighting
David Jayne
Sound
Michaela Maass
Box Office
Wendy Jane Jones
Help Desks
Susan Tackenberg
Banquet
Birgit Grothe
Publicity
Mike Everitt
Artwork and Design
Dieter Osterwald
Adjudicator's Assistant Bronwen Powell
Secretarial Assistance Palmina & Robert Powell
Magda & Harry Ladwig, Sue Pennick, Anouschka Micheletti,
Johanna Schurlein, Gudrun Valentiner, Allan Saunderson,
Lore Schultz, Lois & Lanny Roberds, Sarah Jane Hardy,
Barbara Illgner, Les Roberts, Margaret Vile,
Margaret Koidl, Karin Glaab, Elke Brunnbauer, Alice Mann,
Margaret Meckel, Jenny Cimring, Janet Weller,
Jane Fitzgerald, Margaret Blythe, Christine Hardaker,
Alison Wiehe, Tanja Wagner, Dagmar Schmidt
Programme and posters
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Dhyana Druck, Frankfurt
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