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Henley Drama Festival 2024 List of winners:

The Kenton Drama Award (Class I Open)
Henley Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society for Woyzeck

The Weatherhead Award (Class I – Runner Up)
Sinodun Players for And Go To Innisfree

The Charlotte Thomas Award  (Class II – Best All Women/Men)
Sinodun Players for And Go To Innisfree

The Eileen Copus Rose Bowl (Class III – Best Youth)
North Oxford Youth Theatre for Wedding Belles

The Dayton Cup (Class IV – Best Original Play)
Peter Yates for You and Me (RAWtheatre)

The Dorothy & Arthur Sharp Award (Best Presentation)
Henley Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society for Woyzeck

The Henley Standard Award (Best Actor)
Piers Burnell for Woyzeck (Henley Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society)

The Hannen Award (Best Actress)
Marilyn Johnstone for And Go To Innisfree (Sinodun Players)

The Peggie Wilcock Award (Best Supporting Role)
Rowena McMenamin for Stradford Boy (Henley Players)

The Daphne Marshall Award (Best Performance Class III)
Florence Miller for Wedding Belles (North Oxford Youth Theatre)

The Joanna Jones Award (Best Supporting Class III)
Maddy Smith for Wedding Belles (North Oxford Youth Theatre)

The Jean Sutherland Memorial Award (Adjudicator’s Choice)
Zoe Keys for Woyzeck (Henley Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society)

The Diamond Shield Award (Magic Moment)
RawTheatre for You and Me

Henley Drama Festival 2023 List of winners:

The Kenton Drama Award (Class I Open)
Wargrave Theatre Workshop for Last Tango in Little Grimley

The Weatherhead Award (Class I – Runner Up)
Back to Front Theatre for Lila on the Wall

The Charlotte Thomas Award (Class II – Best All Women/Men)
Headington School, Oxford for Numbers

The Eileen Copus Rose Bowl (Class III – Best Youth)
Headington School, Oxford for Numbers

The Dayton Cup (Class IV – Best Original Play)
Emma Gardner for No Prime Minister (Didcot Phoenix Drama Group)

The Dorothy & Arthur Sharp Award (Best Presentation)
Headington School, Oxford for Numbers

The Henley Standard Award (Best Actor)
Mike Watt for Last Tango in Little Grimley (Wargrave Theatre Workshop)

The Hannen Award (Best Actress)
Grace Tye for Last Tango in Little Grimley (Wargrave Theatre Workshop)

The Peggie Wilcock Award (Best Supporting Role)
Len Pannet for The Timid Twosome (Sinodun Players)

The Daphne Marshall Award (Best Performance Class III)
Rose Hardcastle for Numbers (Headington School, Oxford)

The Joanna Jones Award (Best Supporting Class III)
Koa Copland for After The Flags and Bands (Stageworks)

The Jean Sutherland Memorial Award (Adjudicator’s Choice)
HAODS for Blackadder-Episode-General Hospital

The Diamond Shield Award (Magic Moment)
Sara Beazley for Last Tango in Little Grimley (Wargrave Theatre Workshop)

Henley Drama Festival 2022 List of winners:

Class I Open
Limitless Academy for Performing Arts Teechers

Class I (Runner Up)
HAODS for The Devil and the Dove

Class II (Best All Women/Men)
Didcot Phoenix Drama Group for Not a Cream Cracker

Class IV (Best Original Play)
Janet Bolam for The Road Less Travelled (Oxford Theatre Guild)

Best Presentation
HAODS for The Devil and the Dove

Best Actor
Tim Ponsford & Peter Burton for Out of the Flying Pan (Bishopstoke Players)

Best Actress
Sapphire Shoferpoor for The Proposal (Oxford Theatre Guild)

Best Supporting Role
Rory Copus for Last Tango in Little Grimley (The Henley Players) and Joanna Mckerlie for Late Entry (Wychwood Players)

Best Performance Class III
Whole Cast of Limitless Academy of Performing Arts for Teechers

Best Supporting Class III
Ines Soto for Sensational (Quirky Bird Theatre)

Adjudicator’s Choice
Bishopstoke Players for Out of the Flying Pan

Magic Moment
The picnic scene when they pass the record round and improvise summertime
in slow motion with strange clicks and burrs in The Devil and the Dove (HAODS)

Henley Drama Festival 2019 List of winners:

Class I Open
Wychwood Players for Another Fine Mess

Class I (Runner Up)
Maidenhead Drama Guild for A Spy with a View

Class III (Best Youth)
Stageworks for Lovers

Class IV (Best Original Play)
Hedda Bird for I am David (Wokingham Youth Theatre)

Best Presentation
Wychwood Players for Another Fine Mess

Best Actor
Richard Hartley& Mark Jessey As Laurel & Hardy in Another Fine Mess (Wychwood Players)

Best Actress
Melanie Hill As Vicky in A Spy with a View (Maidenhead Drama Guild)

Best Supporting Role
Barry Rosier As Baldrick in Bells (HAODS)

Best Performance Class III
Katie Foster As Lizzie Borden in Memory of Lizzie (Luckley House School)

Best Supporting Class III
Chorus in Lovers (Stageworks)

Adjudicator’s Choice
The entire cast of Wokingham Youth Theatre for I am David

Magic Moment
For King the Dog and Puppeteer in I am David (Wokingham Youth Theatre)

Henley Drama Festival 2018 List of winners:

Class I Open
Oxford Theatre Guild for Queers (3 monologues)

Class I (Runner Up)
Didcot Phoenix Drama Group for A Bench at the Edge

Class II (All Women/Men)
Didcot Phoenix Drama Group for A Bench at the Edge

Class III (Best Youth)
The Young Theatre for James and the Giant Peach

Best Presentation
The Young Theatre for James and the Giant Peach

Best Actor
Peter Sheward-Himpson As Steve in Queers (Oxford Theatre Guild)

Best Actress
Julie Huntington As Effie in Effie’s Burning (HAODS)

Best Supporting Role
Daisy Norton As Young Primrose in Primrose Way (Didcot Phoenix Drama Group)

Best Performance Class III
Danny Mohideen As William in Chatroom(North Oxford Youth Theatre)

Best Supporting Class III
Talon Baker As Duncan in Macbeth (Quirky Bird Theatre)

Adjudicator’s Choice
The Stage management team of The Young Theatre for James and the Giant Peach

Magic Moment
For the final hug between Effie and the Doctor in Effie’s Burning (HAODS)

Henley Drama Festival 2017 List of winners:

Class I Open
HAODS for Bethlehem Lights

Class I (Runner Up)
Didcot Phoenix Drama Group for The Lesson

Class III (Senior Youth)
The Young Theatre for The Cagebirds

Class IV (Junior Youth)
Stageworks for The hitch-hiker

Class V Best Original Play
Michael Ashton (HAODS) For Bethlehem Light

Best Presentation
Didcot Phoenix Drama Group for The Lesson

Best Actor
Stanley Browne (HAODS) For Bethlehem Lights

Best Actress
Elizabeth Alabi (HAODS) For Bethlehem Lights

Best Supporting Role
George Petrie (The Henley Players) For Seagulls

Best Performance Class III
Izzy Loudon (The Young Theatre) For The Cagebirds

Best Performance Class IV
Sophie Amlot (Stageworks) for The hitch-hiker

Best Supporting Class III/IV
Rachie Ing (The Young Theatre) for The Cagebirds

Adjudicator’s Choice
The Young Theatre for The Cagebirds

Magic Moment
The Professor’s first appearance in The Lesson

Henley Drama Festival 2016 List of winners:

Class I Open Kenton Drama Award
Maidenhead Theatre Guild. The Dreaming

Henley Drama Festival 2015 List of winners:

Class I Open Kenton Drama Award
The Young Theatre – Nine