THE YOUNG THEATRE
(at Beaconsfield)
Festival Totaliser Local Festival Awards YT Awards Won
FESTIVAL SUCCESSES
| Between 1974 and | 2021 |
| The Young Theatre at Beaconsfield has entered | 70 | Plays |
| into | 84 | Festivals |
| and has won | 171 | Awards |
In 2004 The Young Theatre (at Beaconsfield) were the first youth group ever to win the All England Theatre Festival,
then became the first youth group ever to win the British Final Festival of One Act Plays with Ball Boys
Maidenhead Awards 2017
| LOCAL FESTIVAL AWARDS | |
|---|---|
 Henley Drama Festival (known as the Kenton Drama Festival until 2011) | |
| Kenton Drama Award | Open Class Winners |
| Weatherhead Award | Open Class Runners-Up |
| Reg Judd Award | Best (Senior until 2017) Youth Group |
| Daphne Marshall Memorial Award | (Best Junior Youth Group until 2017) Best Youth Performance |
| John/Doris Clive-Spencer Award | Best Original Play |
| Dorothy & Arthur Sharp Award | Best Stage Presentation |
Henley Standard Award  | Best Actor |
| Hannen Award | Best Actress |
| Clive-Spencer Award | Best Performance in a Supporting Role |
| Young Award | Best Senior Youth Performance |
| Cecil Hole Memorial Award | Best Junior Youth Performance |
| Joanna Jones Award | Best Supporting Youth Performance |
| Charlotte Thomas Award | All Women |
| Jean Sutherland Memorial Award | Adjudicators Choice |
| Diamond Shield Award | Magic Moment |
Festival Successes 1974 to present day
The most recent awards are at the top. Select the page icon
for more information about festivals alongside.
| FESTIVAL | ENTRY | INDIVIDUAL | AWARD | NOTES | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 |
Maidenhead | Bar and Ger | Youth Drama Trophy | Eastern Area Final | Adjudicator's Trophy |
| 2021 |
Spelthorne & Runnymede Drama Festival | Katheryn Howard | Runners-up | ||
| Youth (16-21) | |||||
| Technical Merit | |||||
| Best Supporting Youth (<21) | For the Chorus of Celeste Dadd, Jorja Middleton and Fawn Knott | ||||
| Best New Play | (well done to Catherine Hiscock) | ||||
| 2020 |
- none - | Round the World With Class Six | Competitions furloughed | ||
| 2019 |
Henley | Bottom’s Dream | |||
| Maidenhead | Bottom’s Dream | ||||
| Elegy for a Lady | with Shared Intent Theatre | ||||
| 2018 |
Maidenhead | James and the Giant Peach | Maidenhead Advertiser Trophy | Overall Festival Runners-Up | |
| John Rigg Trophy | Best Comedy | ||||
| South of England Building Society Bowl | Best Presentation | ||||
| For costume | Moyra Hutchinson Trophy | Adjudicator's Award | |||
Henley
(All) Henley winners 2018 | Reg Judd Award | Best Youth Group | |||
| Dorothy and Arthur Sharp Award | Best Presentation | ||||
| For Stage Management team | Jean Sutherland Memorial Award | Adjudicator's Choice | |||
| 2017 |
Henley
(All) Henley Winners 2017 (photo: Henley Herald) | Cagebirds | Reg Judd Award | Best Senior Youth Production | |
| Jean Sutherland Memorial Award | Adjudicator's Choice | ||||
| Izzy Loudon (The Wild One) | The Young Award | Best Senior Youth Performance | |||
| Rachel Ing (Twitting) | Joanna Jones Award | Best Supporting Youth Performance | |||
Maidenhead
(All) Maidenhead Winners 2017 (photo: Maidenhead Drama Festival) | Cagebirds | Maidenhead Advertiser Trophy | Best All Female | ||
| Rainbow's Ending | Dorcas Gowing Memorial Trophy | Overall Runners Up | |||
| Youth Drama Trophy | Best Youth Production | ||||
| Moyra Hutchinson Trophy | Adjudicator's Award | ||||
| 2016 |
All England Theatre Festival Eastern Area Final Walton-on-Thames |
Home Free! | |||
| Henley | Shadow Of the Giants | Daphne Marshall Memorial Award | Junior Youth | ||
| The Cast | Cecil Hole Memorial Award | Best Performance | |||
| Home Free! | Jean Sutherland Memorial Award | Adjudicator's Choice | |||
| Helen | Charlotte Thomas Award | with Shared Intent Theatre | |||
| Thomas Maddren | Clive Spencer Award | ||||
| Dorothy & Arthur Sharp Award | |||||
Maidenhead
(All) Maidenhead winners 2016 | Home Free! | Dorcas Gowing Memorial Trophy | |||
| The Lynda Whitworth Award The Roy Bates Memorial Fund donation to the AETF Winners All England Theatre Festival | |||||
| The Shadows of the Giants | Adjudicator's Award - The Moyra Hutchinson Trophy | ||||
| Helen | Maidenhead Advertiser Trophy | with Shared Intent Theatre | |||
| 2015 |
Henley | Nine | Kenton Drama Award | with Shared Intent Theatre | |
| Charlotte Thomas Award | |||||
| Helen Sendall & Tara Tobler | Hannen Award | ||||
| Round the World with Class Six | Daphne Marshall Memorial Award | ||||
| The Entire Cast(!) | Cecil Hole Memorial Award | ||||
Maidenhead
(All) Maidenhead winners 2015 | Nine | Dorcas Gowing Memorial Trophy | with Shared Intent Theatre | ||
| Maidenhead Advertiser Trophy | |||||
| South of England Building Society Bowl | |||||
| Round the World with Class Six | Aubrey Harding Trophy | ||||
| John Rigg Trophy | |||||
| 2014
| Maidenhead | Domby Dom | none | ||
| 2013
| Henley | No Picnic | Reg Judd Award | ||
| Tom McGrath | The Young Award | ||||
| Maidenhead | Chatroom | none | |||
| No Picnic | none | ||||
| 2012 | Barn Theatre, Oxted | The Better Half | none | All-England Festival semi-final | |
| Henley (Kenton) | The Better Half | Weatherhead Award | Overall Runners-up | ||
| Dorothy & Arthur Sharp Award | Best Stage Presentation | ||||
| Catherine Hiscock | Hannen Award | Best Actress | |||
| Lucy Kelly Patterson | Clive Spencer Award | Best Supporting Performance | |||
| Oubliette | Katie Vowles | Cecil Hole Memorial Award | Best Junior Youth Performance | ||
| Daphne Marshall Memorial Award | Junior Youth Group | ||||
| Maidenhead | The Better Half | Biggs Drama Shield | Overall Festival Winner | ||
| South of England Building Society Bowl | Best Stage Presentation | ||||
| 2011 | No Festival Entries | ||||
| 2010
| Kenton (Henley) | One For The Road (by Harold Pinter) | Kenton Drama Award | Festival Winners. More... | |
| Mark Oldknow | Henley Standard Award | Best Actor. More... | |||
| Cage Birds | Reg Judd Award | Best Senior Youth Group. More... | |||
| Lucy Kelly-Patterson | The Young Award | Best Senior Youth Performance. More... | |||
| Maidenhead | One For the Road | Aubrey Harding Trophy | Best Performance of a Short Play. More... | ||
| 2009
| Maidenhead | Women of Troy | Fred Stone Trophy | Best Unpublished Play | |
| Kenton (Henley) | Catherine Hiscock | The Young Award | Best Senior Youth Performance More... | ||
| 2008
| Kenton (Henley) | After Midnight Before Dawn | Reg Judd Award | More... | |
| Charlotte Thomas Award | |||||
| The Devil You Know | Tom Curtis | The Young Award | |||
| Robyn Giel | Joanna Jones Award | ||||
| Maidenhead | After Midnight Before Dawn | ||||
| The Devil You Know | |||||
| 2007
| Kenton (Henley) | The Mysteries: The Passion | Reg Judd Award | More... | |
| Charlotte Thomas Award | |||||
| Round the World With Class 6 | Christian Northwood | Joanna Jones Award | |||
| Maidenhead | The Mysteries: The Passion | Moyra Hutchison Trophy | |||
| Round The World With Class 6 | Joan Beckley Trophy | ||||
| 2006
| Kenton (Henley) | Power Games by James Ivens | Jess Dutton | Joanna Jones Award |  |
| Mike Ivens | Cecil Hole Memorial Award | ||||
| Chalfont | Charlie Malling | Joyce Gunner Cup | |||
| Mike Ivens | Silver Jubilee Shield | ||||
| Dennis Shield | |||||
| Maidenhead | Joan Beckley Trophy | ||||
| Youth Drama Trophy | |||||
| 2005
| Kenton (Henley) | Us and Them | Chloe Mantripp | Cecil Hole Award | |
| Chalfont | Dennis Shield | ||||
| Maidenhead | none | ||||
| 2004 | Aberystwyth British Final Festival of One Act Plays, | Ball Boys | The Howard de Walden Ewer | Winners of British Festival. THE YOUNG THEATRE (at Beaconsfield) : British Champions 2004 - - the first youth group ever to win the British title ! | |
| AETF English Final Maidenhead | Ball Boys | Mark Oldknow | The Paul Dyson Trophy | Adjudicator's discretionary award for work of merit | |
| Mark Oldknow | The Irene Gartside Award | Stage Presentation | |||
| The John Maude Trophy | Winners of All-England Theatre Festival. Ball Boys qualified for the British Final Festival of One-Act Plays held at Aberystwyth, Wales - the first youth group ever to do so ! | ||||
| AETF Eastern Area Final Leigh-on-Sea | Ball Boys | The Barn Theatre Cup | Winners of the Area Final. Ball Boys qualified for the AETF English Final held at Maidenhead - the first year a youth group had ever qualified for the English Final ! | ||
| Kenton (Henley) | Laundry Girls | Harriet Abbott | Cecil Hole Award | ||
| Ball Boys | Peter Sharman & James Cooke | The Young Award | |||
| Reg Judd Award | |||||
| Maidenhead | Laundry Girls | Joan Beckley Trophy | |||
| Ball Boys | Youth Drama Trophy | ||||
| Maidenhead Advertiser Trophy | |||||
| Dorcas Gowling Memorial Trophy | Ball Boys (Directed by Mark Oldknow) qualified directly for the Eastern Area Final of the All-England Theatre Festival held at Leigh-On-Sea | ||||
| Walter Rivers Cup | |||||
| Chalfont | Laundry Girls | Liv Priest | Joyce Gunner Cup | ||
| Ball Boys | James Cooke | Silver Jubilee Shield | |||
| Rayner Cup | |||||
| Chalfont Cup | |||||
| 2003 | No Festival Entries | ||||
| 2002 |
Chalfont | Oedecles - King of Thebes | David Butcher Award | ||
| Conversations With A Golliwog | |||||
| Kenton (Henley) | Oedecles - King of Thebes | ||||
| Conversations With A Golliwog | Niki Matthews | Joanna Jones Award | |||
| Maidenhead | Oedecles - King of Thebes | ||||
| Conversations With A Golliwog | |||||
| 2001
|
Kenton (Henley) | The Cagebirds | Dorothy & Arthur Sharp Award | ||
| Ritual for Dolls | none | ||||
| Chalfont | The Cagebirds | Dennis Shield | |||
| Bucks Advertiser Cup | |||||
| Lauren Reed | Joyce Gunner Cup | ||||
| Ritual For Dolls | Rayner Cup | Ritual For Dolls (Directed by Mark Oldknow) also qualified for Stage Two of the All England Festival held at the Beacon Centre, Beaconsfield. | |||
| Maidenhead | The Cagebirds | none | |||
| Ritual For Dolls | none | ||||
| 2000
|
No Festival Entries | ||||
| 1999
|
Chalfont | Permission To Cry | Rayner Cup | ||
| Row Lennon | Joyce Gunner Cup | ||||
| Maidenhead | none | ||||
| 1998
| Chalfont | Two | Chalfont Cup | ||
| Ben Sansom | Silver Jubilee Shield | ||||
| Rayner Cup | |||||
| Absence of Reason | Bucks Advertiser Cup | ||||
| Maidenhead | Two | [somebody] | Moyra Hutchison Trophy | ||
| Absence of Reason | |||||
| 1997
|
Chalfont | After Midnight, Before Dawn | Dennis Shield | ||
| Teechers | Rayner Cup | ||||
| Flora Robson Cup | Jointly with St.Peter Players | ||||
| Lizzie French | Joyce Gunner Cup | ||||
| Droitwich Discovery | Chris Davidson | Silver Jubilee Shield | |||
| Maidenhead | Teechers | Youth Drama Trophy | |||
| After Midnight, Before Dawn | Becky Sharman | Moyra Hutchison Trophy | |||
| Kenton (Henley) | Teechers | Reg Judd Award | |||
| Rob Bowen | The Young Award | ||||
| After Midnight, Before Dawn | Daphne Marshall Memorial Award | ||||
| Dave Bermingham | Cecil Hole Award | ||||
| 1996
|
Chalfont | Floor Thirteen | Dennis Shield | Script link | Read | Buy | |
| Maidenhead | Joan Beckley Trophy | ||||
| 1995
|
Chalfont | Death Of An Angel | Dennis Shield | [Read/buy the Script] | |
| Graham Cup | |||||
| Tim Rogers | Silver Jubilee Shield | ||||
| Maidenhead | In Need Of Care | Aubrey Harding Trophy | |||
| Deadline Dawn | Youth Drama Trophy | ||||
| Death Of An Angel | Moyra Hutchison Trophy | [Read/buy the Script] | |||
| Kenton (Henley) | Death Of An Angel | none | |||
| 1994
|
Chalfont | Intrusions | Rayner Cup | ||
| Maidenhead | Intrusions | Youth Drama Trophy | |||
| 1993
| Maidenhead | The Cagebirds | Youth Drama Trophy | ||
| Ritual for Dolls | none | ||||
| Chalfont | The Cagebirds | none | |||
| Ritual for Dolls | none | ||||
| 1992
|
Chalfont | The Laundry Girls | Rayner Cup | ||
| Smithells Cup | |||||
| Kenton (Henley) | The Laundry Girls | Charlotte Thomas Award | |||
| 1991
|
Chalfont | In Need Of Care | The Dennis Shield | ||
| Danielle Hutton-Penman | Silver Jubilee Shield | ||||
| Kenton (Henley) | In Need Of Care | Danielle Hutton-Penman | The Cecil Hole Memorial Award | ||
| 1990
|
Chalfont | Us & Them | Dennis Shield | ||
| Chalfont | Winners | Rayner Cup | |||
| Flora Robson Cup | |||||
| David Farey | Silver Jubilee Shield | ||||
| Elisabeth Brownbill | Muriel Emere Cup | Trophy Awarded for the first time | |||
| Maidenhead | Youth Drama Trophy | ||||
| Dorcas Gowing Memorial Trophy | |||||
| Kenton (Henley) | Reg Judd Award | ||||
| Elisabeth Brownbill | The Young Award | ||||
| David Farey | Henley Standard Award | ||||
| 1989 | No Festival Entries | ||||
| 1988
| Chalfont | After Midnight, Before Dawn | none | ||
| Maidenhead | none | ||||
| 1987
|
Chalfont | Stereotypes | Rayner Cup | More… | |
| Graham Cup | More… | ||||
| DreamJobs | Dennis Shield | More… | |||
| Jo Till | Silver Jubilee Shield | More… | |||
| There's Always Spring | none | More… | |||
| Mirrors of the Mind | none | More… | |||
| Maidenhead | Stereotypes | Joan Beckley Trophy | More… | ||
| 1986
|
Chalfont | Albert | Rayner Cup | ||
| Edward Thornton | Silver Jubilee Shield | ||||
| Them Boots Ain't Made For Walking | none | ||||
| Ernie's Incredible Illucinations | none | ||||
| Maidenhead | Albert | Youth Drama Trophy | |||
| Aubrey Harding Trophy | |||||
| Them Boots Ain't Made For Walking | none | ||||
| 1985
| Chalfont | David & Broccoli | Rayner Cup | ||
| Wrecked | Graham Cup | ||||
| Kate Tarrant | Silver Jubilee Shield | ||||
| Maidenhead | none | ||||
| 1984
| Chalfont | Fallen Angels | Smithells Cup | ||
| Georgina Harvey | Silver Jubilee Shield | Awarded Jointly | |||
| Flies in July | Tim Palmer | ||||
| Graham Cup | |||||
| Maidenhead | Dorcas Gowing Memorial Trophy | ||||
| Aubrey Harding Trophy | |||||
| Youth Drama Trophy | Flies in July (Directed by Michael Wicherek) also qualified for Stage Two of the All England Festival at Northampton. | ||||
| Northampton: All England Theatre Festival divisional final | |||||
| 1983 - 1981 |
No Festival Entries | ||||
| 1980
|
Chalfont | Ritual For Dolls | none | ||
| November Echo | none | ||||
| Us & Them | none | ||||
| The DIY Frankenstein Outfit | none | ||||
| Maidenhead | Ritual For Dolls | Joan Beckley Trophy | |||
| November Echo | none | ||||
| 1979
|
Chalfont | Shirts | Dennis Shield | ||
| The CageBirds | Smithells Cup | ||||
| In Need of Care | Rayner Cup | ||||
| The Thistle in the Donkey Field | none | ||||
| Maidenhead | In Need of Care | Youth Drama Trophy | |||
| Shirts | none | ||||
| The CageBirds | none | ||||
| 1978 | No Festival Entries | ||||
| 1977 |
Chalfont | Ernie's Incredible Illucinations | Dennis Shield | ||
| Mark Oldknow | Silver Jubilee Shield | Trophy Awarded for the first time | |||
| 1976 - 1975 |
No Festival Entries | ||||
| 1974 |
Bucks Festival | The Cloak | Silver Award | ||
| Suzanne Sharpe | Individual Silver Award | ||||
| Jane Treays | Individual Silver Award | ||||
| Felicity Wiseman | Individual Silver Award | ||||
